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kovidgoyal · 10-26-2006, 02:14 PM

Hi all,

I've noticed a problem with reading large PDF files (>1000 Sony Reader pages). I created the PDFs with htmldoc using the following commandline

htmldoc --overflow --webpage myfile.html --size 90x117mm --left 2mm --right 1mm --top 1mm --bottom 1mm -t pdf13 --fontsize 10 --no-embed --textfont Sans --footer " " --header "t c " --compression=1 --gray --headfootfont Sans-Bold --linkstyle underline --headfootsize 8 -f myfile.pdf

As I read through the PDF page turning becomes slower and slower, at the start its ~1s by page 900 its ~7s After page 1000 the text stops displaying entirely (just a blank screen with the toolbar at the bottom). The pdf file displays fine in Acrobat Reader on my desktop. This has happened with two separate PDF files generated in this way.

Can anyone confirm this? Is there something wrong with the htmldoc commandline I use?

Thanks,

Kovid.

10-26-2006, 02:14 PM	#1
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	reading large pdfs Hi all, I've noticed a problem with reading large PDF files (>1000 Sony Reader pages). I created the PDFs with htmldoc using the following commandline htmldoc --overflow --webpage myfile.html --size 90x117mm --left 2mm --right 1mm --top 1mm --bottom 1mm -t pdf13 --fontsize 10 --no-embed --textfont Sans --footer " " --header "t c " --compression=1 --gray --headfootfont Sans-Bold --linkstyle underline --headfootsize 8 -f myfile.pdf As I read through the PDF page turning becomes slower and slower, at the start its ~1s by page 900 its ~7s After page 1000 the text stops displaying entirely (just a blank screen with the toolbar at the bottom). The pdf file displays fine in Acrobat Reader on my desktop. This has happened with two separate PDF files generated in this way. Can anyone confirm this? Is there something wrong with the htmldoc commandline I use? Thanks, Kovid.