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JPG to PDF under 150 KB

To make a PDF under 150 KB, PixelFit compresses the JPG to at most 149,262 bytes and wraps it in a one-page PDF with about 738 bytes of PDF structure, 150,000 bytes or less in total. Measured: an A4 scan at 150 DPI fits at quality 41; a 4:3 photo at about 877 × 657 pixels (quality 75).

PDF under 150 KB

PDF · under 150 KB (at most 150,000 bytes) · original pixel size · white background

PixelFit aims at 150,000 bytes or less, so the file passes whether the form counts 1 KB as 1,000 or 1,024 bytes.

Fit, background and padding white background · page the size of the picture

Saving presets is part of Pro.

Pick a photo to fit it to under 150 KB (at most 150,000 bytes).

The result appears here: the exact byte count, pixel size and quality, the size before and after, a preview and a download button.

Where the 150 KB go in a JPG-to-PDF file

Of the 150,000 bytes that pass as 150 KB under both KB definitions, PDF structure takes 738 bytes for one A4 page (computed with PixelFit's own writer), leaving 149,262 bytes, 99.5 %, for the JPEG; ten pages leave 14,475 bytes each.

For one photo, quality 75 allows 877 × 657 pixels and quality 90 687 × 515; a full 12 MP frame must be scaled down first, which the tool does for you.

How many pages fit in a 150 KB PDF

The 150,000 bytes of 150 KB, less 738 bytes of PDF structure for the first page and about 501 for each extra one, shared evenly.

PagesJPEG bytes per pageMax A4 DPI at q50Max A4 DPI at q75A4 at 150 DPI
1 page 149,262 138 DPI 105 DPI quality 41
2 pages 74,383 87 DPI 68 DPI no: 1.7× over at q30
3 pages 49,421 69 DPI 55 DPI no: 2.5× over at q30
5 pages 29,452 52 DPI 41 DPI no: 4.3× over at q30
10 pages 14,475 36 DPI 28 DPI no: 8.7× over at q30
20 pages 6,987 25 DPI 20 DPI no: 17.9× over at q30

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Phone photos in one PDF under 150 KB

Largest 4:3 photo per page, in pixels, when 1 to 10 photos share 150,000 bytes; "full" means a 12 MP phone photo keeps all its pixels (the tool never enlarges).

PhotosQuality 60Quality 75Quality 90
1 photo 1,013 × 759 877 × 657 687 × 515
2 photos 716 × 537 618 × 463 485 × 363
3 photos 584 × 438 506 × 379 395 × 296
5 photos 453 × 339 390 × 292 300 × 225
10 photos 310 × 232 267 × 200 207 × 155

A4 and Letter pixel sizes against 150 KB

One typed page per DPI: its pixels, the quality it gets alone in 150 KB, and how many fit at quality 75.

DPIA4 pixelsOne A4 page under 150 KBLetter pagePages at q75
72 DPI 595 × 842 quality 91 quality 92 1
100 DPI 827 × 1169 quality 78 quality 79 1
150 DPI 1240 × 1754 quality 41 quality 42 none
200 DPI 1654 × 2339 no: 1.3× over at q30 no: 1.2× over at q30 none
300 DPI 2480 × 3508 no: 2.3× over at q30 no: 2.2× over at q30 none

Readable pages and photos in 150 KB

150 KB fits one typed A4 page scanned at up to 138 DPI at quality 50 (our readability threshold); a 300 DPI scan gets nothing: even quality 30 is 2.3 times too big. Scan at 100 DPI or crop to the text.

What fits at a readable 150 DPI is a crop: a full-width strip about 252 mm high (85 % of the page, roughly 49 lines of 12-point type at single spacing) at quality 50. For a certificate or mark sheet, crop to the part the form needs before you convert.

Under 150 KB a full 150 DPI A4 scan gets quality 41, and no photo of 1600 × 1200 fits at quality 70.

One image free, several merged with Pro

Free: each image becomes its own one-page PDF under 150 KB. Pro: several images merged into one PDF under 150 KB, on your device; 2 pages get 74,383 bytes of JPEG each.

How to turn a JPG into a PDF under 150 KB

  1. Open the tool above

    Preset: PDF output, at most 150 KB.

  2. Add the JPG

    Drop, paste or pick it (PNG, WebP and HEIC work too).

  3. Choose the page

    Keep the picture's own size or fit it on A4 or Letter.

  4. Download

    name-150kb.pdf arrives with its exact byte count (150,000 bytes or less).

Sources

  1. Measured by PixelFit with sharp 0.35.5 / libvips 8.18.7 on 31 October 2026.
  2. Samples, Wikimedia Commons, checked 31 October 2026: typed page (public domain) commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=194775753; landscape (CC0 1.0) commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=154070378
  3. Paper sizes, Markus Kuhn, checked 31 October 2026: cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-paper.html
  4. PDF format, Library of Congress, checked 31 October 2026: loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000474.shtml

Frequently asked questions

How do I convert a JPG to PDF under 150 KB?

Drop the JPG into the tool on this page, preset to PDF under 150 KB: the picture is compressed to 149,262 bytes or less, so the PDF ends at or below 150,000 bytes.

Can I convert JPG to PDF for free?

Yes, one image per PDF, with no upload. Under 150 KB a 4:3 photo keeps 877 × 657 pixels at quality 75; merging several JPGs is Pro.

How many pages fit in a 150 KB PDF?

Under 150 KB, not even one full A4 page at 150 DPI keeps quality 50; one page fits at 100 DPI.

What DPI should a scan have for a 150 KB PDF?

For one typed A4 page, at most 138 DPI at quality 50, or 105 DPI at quality 75, under 150 KB; of the usual 72 to 300 DPI settings, 100 DPI.

Why is the PDF bigger than my JPG?

A PDF wraps the JPEG in page, image and cross-reference objects: 738 bytes for one page in PixelFit's writer, about 501 more per added page.

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