Thread: help in improving readability of a pdf file
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Old 11-29-2014, 03:58 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by michelev View Post
I have a pdf file that, when transferred to my kindle looks more "washed out" as opposed when I open on my pc screen: whites look a bit greyer and especially black text turn towards a lighter and thinner black, resulting in worse readabilty.

I cannot convert it to another format because the pdf is full of screenshot and imaged, which would not convert well in calibre.

Do you have any hint?

Thank you
Kindle 4 (The latest Kindle I have) has a contrast setting for PDF.

While the PDF is open, you should be able to bring up a menu that has an entry labeled something like: "Zoom & Contrast" Selecting that should bring up a dialog with zoom, contrast, and rotation settings. If you contrast is default, there should be 2 darker setting labeled "darker" and "darkest".

Presumably more recent Kindles have similar capability.
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