Good PDF creator?

Aquinax · 03-19-2017, 05:15 PM

This question does NOT relate to Calibre, but perhaps I may still ask it here. Namely after trying Foxit and Adobe Acrobat, I'm looking out for software which can handle generating a PDF out of scanned images. Foxit and Adobe bloat teh size of the result file to 3x - 5x the size of the input bulk of images. Suggestions are appreciated.

HarryT · 03-19-2017, 05:49 PM

Why not use Calibre? Put your images in a ZIP file, import it into Calibre, then use Calibre to convert it to PDF. Works well.

Nate the great · 03-19-2017, 06:17 PM

I just use the software that came with my epson scanner, but I am always looking for a better solution.

BetterRed · 03-19-2017, 06:19 PM

I would use Irfanview to create the PDF directly from the image files - a simple drag/drop operation. If I thought I might need to edit the PDF (add, remove, reorder images) I'd create a multipage TIFF instead, and save it as a PDF when satisfied.

BR

Aquinax · 03-20-2017, 07:35 AM

BetterRed, irfanview and PDF.dll plugin actually accomplished what the supposedly professionals, Adobe, Foxit failed - namely to produce a single file of commensurate size. Out of 245 MB of images I got a 251 MB PDF file. Although the program stopped short of converting all 865 images several times, terminating at 500-550th image, I let it create two PDFs from the start and from the end, and then combined the two PDFs in Foxit. Good advice, thanks.

HarryT, Calibre creates a joke of a PDF, skewed and of poor resolution - though I haven't looked into the settings of it.

BetterRed · 03-20-2017, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Aquinax

BetterRed, irfanview and PDF.dll plugin actually accomplished what the supposedly professionals, Adobe, Foxit failed - namely to produce a single file of commensurate size. Out of 245 MB of images I got a 251 MB PDF file. Although the program stopped short of converting all 865 images several times, terminating at 500-550th image, I let it create two PDFs from the start and from the end, and then combined the two PDFs in Foxit. Good advice, thanks.

Glad it worked for you. Irfanview is good, but 865 images is rather a lot

IV's been around since Windows 98 at least, maybe even 95, still being enhanced, new plugins still being developed. It's not Photshop or the GIMP - but it is free, and you don't need a PhD in graphics to drive it.

FWIW I would have concatenated the two PDF's using PDFsam, (PDF split and merge), another useful freebie.

BR

HarryT · 03-20-2017, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Aquinax

HarryT, Calibre creates a joke of a PDF, skewed and of poor resolution - though I haven't looked into the settings of it.

Definitely it'll be the settings. I've created a fair number of PDFs from collections of images, and when you get the settings right, Calibre does a good job.

03-19-2017, 05:15 PM	#1
Aquinax Banned Posts: 34 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2016 Device: Aquinax	Good PDF creator? This question does NOT relate to Calibre, but perhaps I may still ask it here. Namely after trying Foxit and Adobe Acrobat, I'm looking out for software which can handle generating a PDF out of scanned images. Foxit and Adobe bloat teh size of the result file to 3x - 5x the size of the input bulk of images. Suggestions are appreciated.

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03-19-2017, 05:49 PM	#2
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Why not use Calibre? Put your images in a ZIP file, import it into Calibre, then use Calibre to convert it to PDF. Works well.

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Nate the great Sir Penguin of Edinburgh Posts: 12,375 Karma: 23555235 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: DC Metro area Device: Shake a stick plus 1	I just use the software that came with my epson scanner, but I am always looking for a better solution.

03-19-2017, 06:19 PM	#4
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,715 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	I would use Irfanview to create the PDF directly from the image files - a simple drag/drop operation. If I thought I might need to edit the PDF (add, remove, reorder images) I'd create a multipage TIFF instead, and save it as a PDF when satisfied. BR

03-20-2017, 07:35 AM	#5
Aquinax Banned Posts: 34 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2016 Device: Aquinax	BetterRed, irfanview and PDF.dll plugin actually accomplished what the supposedly professionals, Adobe, Foxit failed - namely to produce a single file of commensurate size. Out of 245 MB of images I got a 251 MB PDF file. Although the program stopped short of converting all 865 images several times, terminating at 500-550th image, I let it create two PDFs from the start and from the end, and then combined the two PDFs in Foxit. Good advice, thanks. HarryT, Calibre creates a joke of a PDF, skewed and of poor resolution - though I haven't looked into the settings of it.

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