MobileRead Forums - View Single Post

undertodetsy · 01-25-2008, 10:13 PM

oh dear, I have only 3 weeks to figure this out, and it seems to be a nightmare.

I thought I could scan the guidebooks that I have purchased (this is for my personal use only), create an Adobe Acrobat 7 pdf file and then put them on the PRS505 instead of lugging an entire duffle bag of guidebooks with me on my upcoming trip.

a) scanned book shows on elibrary, won't show on reader
b) reader doesn't seem to even know it is there
c) as an aside - reader doesn't seem to recognize anything on the memory cards
d) after copious time speaking with SONY, was told to create the pdf as a 5-inch x 6-inch page, so tried so by printing out a pdf at a reduced page size, then scanning again -- resolution is going bad, I have harvested at least one or two forests in this attempt to be paperless and the PRS505 still doesn't see the *.pdf file. ....

e) found this forum and seem to have a dozen different ways to do things, none of them real clear to me (I really thought the first time I read PDFRasterfarian that the solution being suggested was to go take a break.... ;-)

I'm sorry to ask things that have likely been asked a thousand times, but any of the searches I've done seem to give me threads that are over my head... (mixing metaphors?)

all suggestions greatfully accepted...

01-25-2008, 10:13 PM	#1
undertodetsy Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2008 Device: BB8830 and Sony PRS505	only 3 weeks to figure this out... oh dear, I have only 3 weeks to figure this out, and it seems to be a nightmare. I thought I could scan the guidebooks that I have purchased (this is for my personal use only), create an Adobe Acrobat 7 pdf file and then put them on the PRS505 instead of lugging an entire duffle bag of guidebooks with me on my upcoming trip. a) scanned book shows on elibrary, won't show on reader b) reader doesn't seem to even know it is there c) as an aside - reader doesn't seem to recognize anything on the memory cards d) after copious time speaking with SONY, was told to create the pdf as a 5-inch x 6-inch page, so tried so by printing out a pdf at a reduced page size, then scanning again -- resolution is going bad, I have harvested at least one or two forests in this attempt to be paperless and the PRS505 still doesn't see the *.pdf file. .... e) found this forum and seem to have a dozen different ways to do things, none of them real clear to me (I really thought the first time I read PDFRasterfarian that the solution being suggested was to go take a break.... ;-) I'm sorry to ask things that have likely been asked a thousand times, but any of the searches I've done seem to give me threads that are over my head... (mixing metaphors?) all suggestions greatfully accepted...