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DSpider · 08-21-2011, 06:24 AM

ARC or PDF, which is it? Because I thought the ".arc" extension is an archive format by some less-than-popular compression software out there.

Hmph.

PDF is always a PITA to convert. It's been discussed countless times before... PDF is an output format. It's always better to go back to the source file (RTF, DOC, ODT, etc).

The way I see it, there's a thorough and time consuming method (but the result is usually of very high quality) and a quick and dirt method.

The quality method is to print screen it, OCR it with ABBYY FineReader or similar, print screen the graphics (and possibly turn them into vector graphics), proof read it, export it as HTML, use Sigil and turn it into ePub. From there you convert it into Mobi or whatever. Then you proof read the final product again, on the Kidney, correcting everything you might have missed the first time - and trust me, there's gonna be stuff you miss. There always is.

The quick and dirt method on the other hand, is to print each page as a JPG or PNG. Most readers have a resolution 800x600. Consult the spec sheet from the package or the Amazon website. It's probably 800x600. There are various printer drivers. I can't help you there, Google can. Last time I used this method was in 2007 or so for converting exam preps (which were in PDF format) to read on my PSP.

08-21-2011, 06:24 AM	#3
DSpider Evangelist Posts: 450 Karma: 343115 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Romania Device: PW2 2014	ARC or PDF, which is it? Because I thought the ".arc" extension is an archive format by some less-than-popular compression software out there. Hmph. PDF is always a PITA to convert. It's been discussed countless times before... PDF is an output format. It's always better to go back to the source file (RTF, DOC, ODT, etc). The way I see it, there's a thorough and time consuming method (but the result is usually of very high quality) and a quick and dirt method. The quality method is to print screen it, OCR it with ABBYY FineReader or similar, print screen the graphics (and possibly turn them into vector graphics), proof read it, export it as HTML, use Sigil and turn it into ePub. From there you convert it into Mobi or whatever. Then you proof read the final product again, on the Kidney, correcting everything you might have missed the first time - and trust me, there's gonna be stuff you miss. There always is. The quick and dirt method on the other hand, is to print each page as a JPG or PNG. Most readers have a resolution 800x600. Consult the spec sheet from the package or the Amazon website. It's probably 800x600. There are various printer drivers. I can't help you there, Google can. Last time I used this method was in 2007 or so for converting exam preps (which were in PDF format) to read on my PSP.