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GrannyGrump · 08-07-2017, 06:55 AM

I am not sure if this post should be here, or in one of the "reader" subforums.

I have a number of public domain books in pdf format (from archive.org) which are apparently formatted to display as "interlaced" --- you know the kind I mean -- each page displays one slow horizontal stripe at a time. It might take as much as 60 seconds to display one page, top to bottom. Very annoying for someone who reads faster than the display.

I use freeware PDF-EXchange reader (from Tracker software) --- much MUCH smaller and faster and better in all ways than the Adobe reader--the search process is amazingly fast. The display updates faster than Adobe, but still disgustingly slow.

Is there such a thing as a way to process these pdf documents to force them to display faster? Or is granny on another wild goose chase?

08-07-2017, 06:55 AM	#1
GrannyGrump Obsessively Dedicated... Posts: 3,221 Karma: 35037583 Join Date: May 2011 Location: PA {back in the usa!} Device: Sony PRS-T2, ADE on PC	Advice? process to speed up display of interlaced pdfs I am not sure if this post should be here, or in one of the "reader" subforums. I have a number of public domain books in pdf format (from archive.org) which are apparently formatted to display as "interlaced" --- you know the kind I mean -- each page displays one slow horizontal stripe at a time. It might take as much as 60 seconds to display one page, top to bottom. Very annoying for someone who reads faster than the display. I use freeware PDF-EXchange reader (from Tracker software) --- much MUCH smaller and faster and better in all ways than the Adobe reader--the search process is amazingly fast. The display updates faster than Adobe, but still disgustingly slow. Is there such a thing as a way to process these pdf documents to force them to display faster? Or is granny on another wild goose chase?