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Ulixes · 04-17-2012, 09:18 AM

Hello, this is regarding Onyx Boox M92, firmware version 1. 6.

Generally the Onyx handles PDFs extremely well, including large files and files with graphics. With one big exception: any PDFs I seem to download from Internet Archive (public domain books) do not show at all, just blank pages. They show fine in Adobe Acrobat Reader.

This seems to be a common problem on other e-readers as well. It seems to have something to do with the complexity of these PDFs, as they contain scanned-in pages (?) or contain layers. I am not sure which.

I've tried printing such PDFs using Primo, Cute PDF, and DoPDF starting from FoxIt viewer. The results are extremely disappointing: the process takes hours and only a few pages come out well.

Surely this is a massive problem? For me it means no access on Onyx to thousands of books. If Onyx cannot handle ANY kind of PDFs, it does not do what it says on the box, even though it's a lovely device otherwise.

Have others run into this? Any solutions?

04-17-2012, 09:18 AM	#1
Ulixes Member Posts: 17 Karma: 20 Join Date: Apr 2012 Device: Onyx Boox M92	M92: some PDFs contain only or mostly blank pages Hello, this is regarding Onyx Boox M92, firmware version 1. 6. Generally the Onyx handles PDFs extremely well, including large files and files with graphics. With one big exception: any PDFs I seem to download from Internet Archive (public domain books) do not show at all, just blank pages. They show fine in Adobe Acrobat Reader. This seems to be a common problem on other e-readers as well. It seems to have something to do with the complexity of these PDFs, as they contain scanned-in pages (?) or contain layers. I am not sure which. I've tried printing such PDFs using Primo, Cute PDF, and DoPDF starting from FoxIt viewer. The results are extremely disappointing: the process takes hours and only a few pages come out well. Surely this is a massive problem? For me it means no access on Onyx to thousands of books. If Onyx cannot handle ANY kind of PDFs, it does not do what it says on the box, even though it's a lovely device otherwise. Have others run into this? Any solutions?