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TwiSteDCBloSsoM · 12-27-2008, 06:26 PM

That's been the same for me. I've had my reader since Tuesday. I've read about 15 books so far on it. I've had it hooked on and off of my computer here and there for testing manga.
I didn't want to use comiclrf or that mangato whatever program. One you have to download and to me it makes no sense.. the other you have to download like 3 things.
So I just figured out my own way. Got a virtual printer thing that saves files to pdfs.. made a power point with each slide being a page of the manga. Then I used the virtual printer to save my manga as a pdf. Course I had to mess with the settings a bit to figure everything out. Which dpi had the best quality without giving my manga weird white lines.. then settings which kept the file smaller but in great quality.
In the end I had a 14.2 mb pdf for one volume of manga. It was readable on the reader to. Though the text was a bit hard in some places though still completely readable.

Once I had all that done I just used pdflrfwin to make the pdf into an lrf.. also so I could change the title and author.
In the end I had an 8mb lrf file. I put it on my reader and I was amazed. My pdf had been really good on the reader but once it was an lrf file it was amazing. The whole file ended up looking completely like it was straight from the book. Everything was clear and visible and the text was VERY visible.

Over all I was quite happy I figured out how to get the manga on my reader and make it look the best without having to use some programs that made no sense to me.
If I understood them I would probably use them instead since my way does take a bit of time..
Not like I don't have time though so it's not to bad.

I'm just amazed at all this reader can do.

Had some lady stop and talk to me at the allergist because she had wanted the reader but she's waiting for Target to get a new stock of them.

I just ordered the charger and leather case for my reader today. Target no longer sells cases except with the light.
Now I just need to go off and find the best memory card, that's cheap and has the most space.
I'm just relying on a few 1GB ones right now.

12-27-2008, 06:26 PM	#28
TwiSteDCBloSsoM Enthusiast Posts: 41 Karma: 142 Join Date: Dec 2008 Device: Sony Reader PRS-505	That's been the same for me. I've had my reader since Tuesday. I've read about 15 books so far on it. I've had it hooked on and off of my computer here and there for testing manga. I didn't want to use comiclrf or that mangato whatever program. One you have to download and to me it makes no sense.. the other you have to download like 3 things. So I just figured out my own way. Got a virtual printer thing that saves files to pdfs.. made a power point with each slide being a page of the manga. Then I used the virtual printer to save my manga as a pdf. Course I had to mess with the settings a bit to figure everything out. Which dpi had the best quality without giving my manga weird white lines.. then settings which kept the file smaller but in great quality. In the end I had a 14.2 mb pdf for one volume of manga. It was readable on the reader to. Though the text was a bit hard in some places though still completely readable. Once I had all that done I just used pdflrfwin to make the pdf into an lrf.. also so I could change the title and author. In the end I had an 8mb lrf file. I put it on my reader and I was amazed. My pdf had been really good on the reader but once it was an lrf file it was amazing. The whole file ended up looking completely like it was straight from the book. Everything was clear and visible and the text was VERY visible. Over all I was quite happy I figured out how to get the manga on my reader and make it look the best without having to use some programs that made no sense to me. If I understood them I would probably use them instead since my way does take a bit of time.. Not like I don't have time though so it's not to bad. I'm just amazed at all this reader can do. Had some lady stop and talk to me at the allergist because she had wanted the reader but she's waiting for Target to get a new stock of them. I just ordered the charger and leather case for my reader today. Target no longer sells cases except with the light. Now I just need to go off and find the best memory card, that's cheap and has the most space. I'm just relying on a few 1GB ones right now.