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Originally Posted by Mono
Janek,
I will repeat, what I have already wrote.
The pdf file you are refering to is very bizarre file! If I try print it via pdf printer the output pdf becomes 1000 times bigger than original.
Also, the fact, that several pdf readers and e-books can open it does not mean that it is valid pdf. There may be a question, what means valid pdf, but it should be pdf standard by ISO. Adobe may have and prabably has some additions and modifications to the standard.
Simply. This file misbehaves and because of that maybe is not valid pdf file. It is strange that Adobe reader can read it and Adobe SDK in Onyx e-reader cannot.
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Mono, I don't think you got my point. This is not about a file being technically "valid", but it is about reasonable expectations of a user. A user has no obligation to know a thing about pdfs. If it opens, then it works, that's user end's test for validity.
Sure, did Onyx warn their customers that some PDFs just dont work (which is a fact), the issue would be none. But since they:
1. Failed to produce a reader that has functionalities at par with most other readers,
2. Failed to warn customers that they did,
3. Advertise their product as able to read "arbitrary documents in pdf format" (look at their website),
they simply take the responsibility for consequences.