[R] reduce size of pdf

[Greg Snow]

You could use pch='.' (assuming pairs, don't know if you used that or splom or something else).

For lots of points you may want to look at the hexbin package (bioconductor).

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Gregory (Greg) L. Snow Ph.D.
Statistical Data Center
Intermountain Healthcare
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nevil Amos [mailto:nevil.amos at gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 5:37 PM
> To: Greg Snow
> Cc: r-help at r-project.org
> Subject: Re: [R] reduce size of pdf
> 
> The file is a large number of scatterplot matrices (120pp of 4x4
> matrix)  the individual plots may have up to several hudred points.
> 
> I am already using the "useDingbats"  but the files are still very
> large
> - I can reduce them about 50% in cute.pdf by changing the dpi setting
> but it would be good to handle directly in R
> 
> They need to be screen/ draft print quality only not for publication.
> 
> They are being used to ciruclate to a number of people for discussion
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 30/04/2010 2:20 AM, Greg Snow wrote:
> > It would help if we knew how big your pdf is and why it is big.  Can
> you show an example or at least describe the process used to generate
> the file and what you goals are in creating/displaying the file?
> >
> >