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roger64 · 10-28-2019, 03:04 AM

Hi

Thanks for providing your code (and to Calibre of course). I was able to produce quite a nice PDF with it (though it adds a useless "false" cover).

I am used to produce 9cm×12cm PDF for my Kindle Paperwhite 3 with Prince. The only drawback I can find with your solution would be to read the PDF using the so-so Kindle PDF viewer.

Koreader muPDF viewer, provided with Koreader provides a much better reader experience, but requires a jailbroken device. Nothing is perfect.

Also, as shown here, postprocessing the output with cpdf could reduce the size of the output file. I got 1.6MB with one instead of 2.5MB. Usually, the expected difference in size is about 10 to 20%. The other factor which could explain this size difference could be the size of the embedded font files but I am unable to prove it.

10-28-2019, 03:04 AM	#7
roger64 Wizard Posts: 2,625 Karma: 3120635 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Kindle PW3 (wifi)	Hi Thanks for providing your code (and to Calibre of course). I was able to produce quite a nice PDF with it (though it adds a useless "false" cover). I am used to produce 9cm×12cm PDF for my Kindle Paperwhite 3 with Prince. The only drawback I can find with your solution would be to read the PDF using the so-so Kindle PDF viewer. Koreader muPDF viewer, provided with Koreader provides a much better reader experience, but requires a jailbroken device. Nothing is perfect. Also, as shown here, postprocessing the output with cpdf could reduce the size of the output file. I got 1.6MB with one instead of 2.5MB. Usually, the expected difference in size is about 10 to 20%. The other factor which could explain this size difference could be the size of the embedded font files but I am unable to prove it. Last edited by roger64; 10-28-2019 at 03:45 AM.