PRS-300 reading pdf on sony 300, way too small

viraja · 02-12-2011, 04:41 PM

Hello,
I am not a computer person and this is a bummer. I have a lot of constant file sharing to read, on the go, and my pdf is soo small even w/pushing to L size font on the reader and turning horizontal.
I wonder if there is anything I can do about. I have tried to make the font larger in the original pdf and then save the copy, but it simply doesn't stay large. Now, this is after I have already saved an original copy, does that matter?
I need help and anyone who takes this on, needs to understand I need it spelled step by baby step; if there are any to start with

thanks so much
Viraja

oldbwl · 02-13-2011, 04:26 AM

I would install Calibre on your PC and use that to convert the file to epub. Whilst the straight out of the box conversions are quite good, they may not be perfect if your original PDF has columns or images etc. However, they will allow a better resize and a better performance all round.

Conversion in Calibre is easy, you wont need baby type instructions. But if you get stuck, the Calibre forum has loads of info on this subject.

Mark Nord · 02-13-2011, 05:09 AM

Another thought:
if you have access to the sources just define the output "paper" size according the screen-dimension of your reader:
Width = 3.47 “
Height = 4.54 “
This was recommended here

doreenjoy · 02-14-2011, 03:27 AM

Calibre conversion often doesn't work on PDFs. Most of my PDF files translate into one big line with no paragraph breaks in the entire book.

Does the 300 have the Zoom and Panning options to zoom in on PDF files?

Poppaea · 02-14-2011, 05:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by doreenjoy

Calibre conversion often doesn't work on PDFs. Most of my PDF files translate into one big line with no paragraph breaks in the entire book.

Does the 300 have the Zoom and Panning options to zoom in on PDF files?

Someone in the German forums suggested to use MobiPocketCreator Publisher Edition. Works like a charm. You have to set in the second step BUILD the choices to 'no compression' and 'no encryption'. You'll get a perfect mobi.file ready to be further processed with Calibre. Today I saw that the first step changes the PDF to XML so actually that should be sufficient for conversion but I haven't checked it yet.

delphin · 02-15-2011, 01:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Poppaea

Someone in the German forums suggested to use MobiPocketCreator Publisher Edition. Works like a charm . . .

Since MobiPocket offers the MobiPocketCreator Publisher Edition free, this might be worth a look.

Does MobiPocketCreator handle text reflow reasonably well?

I have found other PDF to TXT format converters that work a little better than Calibre, but they just give a raw TXT output file with a ragged right margin and lots of unwanted hard carriage returns that you end up having to remove using E-book Tidy or another tool in order to get your EPUB to reflow properly.

Also, the intermediate conversion to txt format file in not ideal because you loose any formatting such as headings and figures, as well as any hyper-links or TOC.

It would be nice if the PDF->MOBI->EPUB conversion could preserve at least some of the original formatting, but even if this is not the case, I would be happy if it could at least do a reasonable job of paragraph detection and text reflow.

Poppaea · 02-15-2011, 05:36 AM

I am not sure if I know what reflow is and I only read novels, but it has all the headers and the spaces and the blocksentence all my other 'normal' books have. Just give it a try it is incredebly simple.

viraja · 02-18-2011, 12:48 AM

thanks, so, I read below that if there are say, two pages, actually I think you are addressing this, with a "line", then it may reformat funny. so does this mean that Calibre isn't right? Most of this is articles from journals. Also, is Calibre free, and then should one use Moblebk, or whatever the additional program is? this is all getting super complexed for 15 articles a week. First off, my sony elibrary, doesn't have a Sync Now button, and I can never figure out if it has, how to Sync the thing, sigh.
then, I have to copy in the folder, that I dragged everything/copied it into, that is easy, into the elibray, after that, I can't find a way to just sync it!, and then the pdf conversion sounds like it will take another hour for all these articles a week. Why is this so complicated? do I need a different device or all of them funky with .pdf?
sighing away

02-12-2011, 04:41 PM	#1
viraja Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: sony reader 300	reading pdf on sony 300, way too small Hello, I am not a computer person and this is a bummer. I have a lot of constant file sharing to read, on the go, and my pdf is soo small even w/pushing to L size font on the reader and turning horizontal. I wonder if there is anything I can do about. I have tried to make the font larger in the original pdf and then save the copy, but it simply doesn't stay large. Now, this is after I have already saved an original copy, does that matter? I need help and anyone who takes this on, needs to understand I need it spelled step by baby step; if there are any to start with thanks so much Viraja

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02-13-2011, 04:26 AM	#2
oldbwl Zealot Posts: 122 Karma: 164 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Old Ynysybwl Device: Sony PRS-300	I would install Calibre on your PC and use that to convert the file to epub. Whilst the straight out of the box conversions are quite good, they may not be perfect if your original PDF has columns or images etc. However, they will allow a better resize and a better performance all round. Conversion in Calibre is easy, you wont need baby type instructions. But if you get stuck, the Calibre forum has loads of info on this subject.

02-13-2011, 05:09 AM	#3
Mark Nord 2B \|\| !2B Posts: 852 Karma: 194010 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Austria Device: Sony PRS505/650/T1/tolino vision 5	Another thought: if you have access to the sources just define the output "paper" size according the screen-dimension of your reader: Width = 3.47 “ Height = 4.54 “ This was recommended here

02-14-2011, 03:27 AM	#4
doreenjoy 01000100 01001010 Posts: 1,889 Karma: 2400000 Join Date: Mar 2009 Device: Polyamorous	Calibre conversion often doesn't work on PDFs. Most of my PDF files translate into one big line with no paragraph breaks in the entire book. Does the 300 have the Zoom and Panning options to zoom in on PDF files?

02-15-2011, 05:36 AM	#7
Poppaea Lucifer's Bat Posts: 2,577 Karma: 20638583 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Earth/Berlin Device: Kobo Libra Colour	I am not sure if I know what reflow is and I only read novels, but it has all the headers and the spaces and the blocksentence all my other 'normal' books have. Just give it a try it is incredebly simple.

02-18-2011, 12:48 AM	#8
viraja Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2011 Device: sony reader 300	thanks, so, I read below that if there are say, two pages, actually I think you are addressing this, with a "line", then it may reformat funny. so does this mean that Calibre isn't right? Most of this is articles from journals. Also, is Calibre free, and then should one use Moblebk, or whatever the additional program is? this is all getting super complexed for 15 articles a week. First off, my sony elibrary, doesn't have a Sync Now button, and I can never figure out if it has, how to Sync the thing, sigh. then, I have to copy in the folder, that I dragged everything/copied it into, that is easy, into the elibray, after that, I can't find a way to just sync it!, and then the pdf conversion sounds like it will take another hour for all these articles a week. Why is this so complicated? do I need a different device or all of them funky with .pdf? sighing away

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