In acrobat 6.0 professional there is an option under the advanced menu
called 'pdf optimizer'. We have repositories full of pdfs and we've
tested this feature on a few of them and it makes a huge difference in
file size and the quality is still well enough for what these
documents are. Even with the batch job in acrobat we cannot automate
this process the way we feel it needs to be done.

Instead we want to do this progmatically. I'm wondering if we can use
the pdf optimizer feature we've seen in acrobat 6.0 professional via
the sdk so that we can have more control over the process. I've been
looking at the docs for the 8.1 sdk but I do not see anything
mentioned about pdf optimizations. Can anyone clarify if it's possible
at all?

As of now we're just looking at ways to write code for reducing the
file size of the already in place pdf documents. This is a specialized
task and using the features available from acrobat reader's interface
just isn't going to cut it in terms practicality.