k2pdfopt: optimizes PDFs for viewing on e-readers - Page 5

thomass · 12-30-2011, 05:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by willus

I've posted k2pdfopt v1.34, which fixes the problem Guns4Hire had (incorrect detection of the document orientation) along with a few other bug reports/feature requests I have received over the last month or so.

I try to use this one on my windows 7 x86 but it say I need libwinpthread-1.dll to use it. also couldn't find this dll via Google.

willus · 12-30-2011, 07:37 PM

The DLL issue should be resolved in v1.34a. I'm using a new gcc platform (v4.6.3 pre-release) and had to figure out how to remove the DLL dependencies. Please download v1.34a.

ThomasC · 12-31-2011, 03:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by willus

The DLL issue should be resolved in v1.34a. I'm using a new gcc platform (v4.6.3 pre-release) and had to figure out how to remove the DLL dependencies. Please download v1.34a.

Many thanks willus. This seems to work fine.

cheers,
Tom

Guns4Hire · 12-31-2011, 09:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by willus

I've posted k2pdfopt v1.34, which fixes the problem Guns4Hire had (incorrect detection of the document orientation) along with a few other bug reports/feature requests I have received over the last month or so.

Cheers.

activemind · 01-23-2012, 07:38 PM

First of all a big Thank You for making this App. This is probably the best and the least painful app I have come across to making reading pdf on Kindle 3 painless.

Now the question (You knew that was coming

So my pdf converted nicely but the text size is still a little too small. I tried -odpi from 200 to 300 in various steps and the results were not too good.

Whats the best way to increase the text size even if it means more number of pages.

TIA!

willus · 01-23-2012, 10:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by activemind

First of all a big Thank You for making this App. This is probably the best and the least painful app I have come across to making reading pdf on Kindle 3 painless.

Now the question (You knew that was coming

So my pdf converted nicely but the text size is still a little too small. I tried -odpi from 200 to 300 in various steps and the results were not too good.

Whats the best way to increase the text size even if it means more number of pages.

TIA!

Using -odpi is the way to increase magnification. It would help if you could post or e-mail me part of your document so I can get an idea of the layout to see why you don't like the results for higher values of -odpi. You might check this page. You could also try landscape mode. Is your source document multi-column?

ab7vf · 02-11-2012, 05:57 PM

interesting program, seems to be a good start on this

2 questions

any options/hints on decreasing word spacing in the output?
Source available for putzing around with

Thanks (both for replying and the program)

Jim

willus · 02-11-2012, 07:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ab7vf

interesting program, seems to be a good start on this

2 questions

any options/hints on decreasing word spacing in the output?
Source available for putzing around with

Thanks (both for replying and the program)

Jim

Jim -- the word spacing is exactly the same as the source document unless you turn on full text justification. There are presently no options to change it. I am not distributing the source to k2pdfopt because I do not have the rights to distribute some of it. This may change at some point if I can either re-write or replace those parts of it.

ab7vf · 02-11-2012, 11:52 PM

Ok .. silly of me not to try it both ways (ie with and without full justify)

Thanks, Jim

varnie · 02-12-2012, 08:47 AM

thanks for the program.
Just tried the last x32 bit version for Ubuntu (with the default options) on many input PDF files, and it got killed after some time. Now I am trying to figure out which PDF caused that.

varnie · 02-12-2012, 02:38 PM

okay, I was trying to process a dozen of books in the folder.
I gave it few runs and it got literally "killed" several times randomly with the message "KILLED" in the console.

willus · 02-12-2012, 08:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by varnie

okay, I was trying to process a dozen of books in the folder.
I gave it few runs and it got literally "killed" several times randomly with the message "KILLED" in the console.

If you are able to post a link to or send me a single example file that consistently causes k2pdfopt to fail, please do so. Otherwise it will be very difficult to diagnose this.

willus · 02-17-2012, 01:37 AM

I've just posted k2pdfopt v1.35, which has (hopefully) better column flow in some cases and a debugging mode output option, plus some other features and bug fixes.

willus · 04-05-2012, 11:55 PM

I've just posted k2pdfopt v1.40 which now has true text wrapping capability.

DickeFix · 04-06-2012, 01:45 AM

Willus, thanks for this MAJOR update which makes this very useful program even better! The program is so good that I prefer to read scientific articles on the Kindle instead as original on paper. I also regularly use your program pdfr.exe to decrease the file size of large pdf-files with unnecessary high native resolution.

I have still some problems to understand the best way to increase text size with k2pdfopt.exe. Should I change input DPI, output DPI, display resolution or document scale factor?

02-17-2012, 01:37 AM	#73
willus Fuzzball, the purple cat Posts: 1,283 Karma: 11087488 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: California Device: iPad	k2pdfopt v1.35 released I've just posted k2pdfopt v1.35, which has (hopefully) better column flow in some cases and a debugging mode output option, plus some other features and bug fixes.

04-05-2012, 11:55 PM	#74
willus Fuzzball, the purple cat Posts: 1,283 Karma: 11087488 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: California Device: iPad	k2pdfopt v1.40 released I've just posted k2pdfopt v1.40 which now has true text wrapping capability.

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12-30-2011, 07:37 PM	#62
willus Fuzzball, the purple cat Posts: 1,283 Karma: 11087488 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: California Device: iPad	The DLL issue should be resolved in v1.34a. I'm using a new gcc platform (v4.6.3 pre-release) and had to figure out how to remove the DLL dependencies. Please download v1.34a.

01-23-2012, 07:38 PM	#65
activemind Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Kindle	First of all a big Thank You for making this App. This is probably the best and the least painful app I have come across to making reading pdf on Kindle 3 painless. Now the question (You knew that was coming So my pdf converted nicely but the text size is still a little too small. I tried -odpi from 200 to 300 in various steps and the results were not too good. Whats the best way to increase the text size even if it means more number of pages. TIA!

02-11-2012, 05:57 PM	#67
ab7vf Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 296 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Pacific Northwest Device: dxg and newfound Icarus 8	interesting program, seems to be a good start on this 2 questions any options/hints on decreasing word spacing in the output? Source available for putzing around with Thanks (both for replying and the program) Jim

02-11-2012, 11:52 PM	#69
ab7vf Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 296 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Pacific Northwest Device: dxg and newfound Icarus 8	Ok .. silly of me not to try it both ways (ie with and without full justify) Thanks, Jim

02-12-2012, 08:47 AM	#70
varnie Connoisseur Posts: 99 Karma: 30196 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kindle Touch	thanks for the program. Just tried the last x32 bit version for Ubuntu (with the default options) on many input PDF files, and it got killed after some time. Now I am trying to figure out which PDF caused that.

02-12-2012, 02:38 PM	#71
varnie Connoisseur Posts: 99 Karma: 30196 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: Kindle Touch	okay, I was trying to process a dozen of books in the folder. I gave it few runs and it got literally "killed" several times randomly with the message "KILLED" in the console.

04-06-2012, 01:45 AM	#75
DickeFix Enthusiast Posts: 43 Karma: 4733 Join Date: Apr 2011 Device: Kindle 3Wifi+3G and DX	Willus, thanks for this MAJOR update which makes this very useful program even better! The program is so good that I prefer to read scientific articles on the Kindle instead as original on paper. I also regularly use your program pdfr.exe to decrease the file size of large pdf-files with unnecessary high native resolution. I have still some problems to understand the best way to increase text size with k2pdfopt.exe. Should I change input DPI, output DPI, display resolution or document scale factor?

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