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BetterRed · 12-15-2016, 05:22 PM

@shatheone - If it's a b&w e-ink reader that can't read comic formats directly, I would consider doing something like this:

unzip the cbz (they're just a rebadged zip)
use an image editor to convert the images to grey scale, on Windows I would use IrfanView
create a PDF from the b&w image folder - again I would use IrfanView, it has an option to create multi-page PDF's from a set of images

I don't know if Irfanview could create a PDF of ~2,000 images, it might run out of resources like calibre did. In that case I would create several smaller PDF's (e.g. 10 of ~200 images each) and piggyback merge them with something like PDfsam (split and merge).

I don't know if your e-reader could handle a PDF of that size. If it can't, buy an android tablet and download a comic book app.

BR

12-15-2016, 05:22 PM	#6
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,789 Karma: 30237628 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@shatheone - If it's a b&w e-ink reader that can't read comic formats directly, I would consider doing something like this: unzip the cbz (they're just a rebadged zip) use an image editor to convert the images to grey scale, on Windows I would use IrfanView create a PDF from the b&w image folder - again I would use IrfanView, it has an option to create multi-page PDF's from a set of images I don't know if Irfanview could create a PDF of ~2,000 images, it might run out of resources like calibre did. In that case I would create several smaller PDF's (e.g. 10 of ~200 images each) and piggyback merge them with something like PDfsam (split and merge). I don't know if your e-reader could handle a PDF of that size. If it can't, buy an android tablet and download a comic book app. BR Last edited by BetterRed; 12-15-2016 at 05:32 PM.