pdfSetJPEGQuality

Set the JPEG quality level.
void pdfSetJPEGQuality(PDFHandle pdf, int quality)
This function sets the JPEG quality factor, which is a number from 0 to 100. 0 is the lowest quality and highest compression; 100 is the highest quality and lowest compression. You will generally want to use values in the 50-95 range. The default value is 75.

This parameter is only relevant when pdfWritePageBitmap or pdfWriteRegionBitmap is called with pdfImageFileJPEG.

The pdfResetBitmapParams function resets JPEG quality to the default value of 75.

C:
pdfSetJPEGQuality(pdf, 85);
pdfResetBitmapParams
pdfWritePageBitmap
pdfWriteRegionBitmap