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rfog · 08-15-2010, 05:03 AM

AFAIK all eInk viewers crashes showing some PDFs. I have a DR1000 and crashes too. The crash possibility increases with PDF complexity. Normally a PDF with only one or two images on each page works fine, but it is normal that PDF with columns, layers, and so will crash in most of the ebook readers. They aren't prepared to handle complex PDF and have little memory for that tasks.

And being tested a Papyre (Hanlin), a Boox, a iLiad, a DR1000, a Cyboox Gen2, and a Kindle 2 and DX the last ones are the less crash with PDF, being followed by DR1000 and Boox.

08-15-2010, 05:03 AM	#2
rfog Guru Posts: 694 Karma: 2383012 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Schiedam (The Netherlands) Device: Lots of eInk devices and iOS stuff	AFAIK all eInk viewers crashes showing some PDFs. I have a DR1000 and crashes too. The crash possibility increases with PDF complexity. Normally a PDF with only one or two images on each page works fine, but it is normal that PDF with columns, layers, and so will crash in most of the ebook readers. They aren't prepared to handle complex PDF and have little memory for that tasks. And being tested a Papyre (Hanlin), a Boox, a iLiad, a DR1000, a Cyboox Gen2, and a Kindle 2 and DX the last ones are the less crash with PDF, being followed by DR1000 and Boox.