PDF to PDF Image?

normaldistribut · 07-02-2011, 10:28 PM

Hey everyone, I decided to join this site because I simply could not find a PDF to kindle format solution that worked well.

I am aware of how to convert PDF to a Kindle format but as per usual t comes out a bit jumbled at some points.

What I thought may be a good solution was to somehow take an image of every page of the PDF and then stitch them back together. This way my kindle will display the image and not text, and therefore no jumbled text.

Is there a program that would convert my PDF to images and stitch them back into a PDF file as a series of images? To which I would then convert to Kindle format?

Jeff L · 07-03-2011, 05:55 PM

What's the difference between a pdf and an image of a pdf?

This seems like taking a long way around the block to get back to where you are now.

If an image of the pdf would work fine (format size is OK), then no conversion is needed. Just use the pdf itself.

If you must convert, well, everyone has problems with that. I use Mobipocket Creator which makes an intermediate html file during the conversion process. You can then edit that file to correct any problems and then make a mobi file from the corrected html.

sil · 07-05-2011, 01:11 AM

PDFs are meant to retain deisng/layout, not reflow like a webpage. That way the document is authored to look one way and when viewed or printed anywhere else it will look identical. The nature of it doesn't allow for conversion to a reflowing format.

That said, it depends on the contents of a particular PDF and what your particular issues are. You can use something like ImageMagick + Ghostscript to convert a PDF to a series of images. Zip them up, rename from *.zip to *.cbz and Calibre will convert that to a mobi for you if you want.

I prefer to just leave the PDFs intact (unconverted) but I run them through Briss which lets you crop the entire PDF to remove all the empty margins around the content so the PDF content ends up a little bit bigger and readable on the kindle.

Another option is copy the content into a word processor to clean up the formatting and export to html and then mobi.

It depends on each particular PDF and how much effort you want to clean it up. But all my PDF reference books are just fine cropped, fit full screen on a K3 and are readable without zooming and I don't lose any formatting that way. I've never yet felt the need to convert.

07-02-2011, 10:28 PM	#1
normaldistribut Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: Kindle	PDF to PDF Image? Hey everyone, I decided to join this site because I simply could not find a PDF to kindle format solution that worked well. I am aware of how to convert PDF to a Kindle format but as per usual t comes out a bit jumbled at some points. What I thought may be a good solution was to somehow take an image of every page of the PDF and then stitch them back together. This way my kindle will display the image and not text, and therefore no jumbled text. Is there a program that would convert my PDF to images and stitch them back into a PDF file as a series of images? To which I would then convert to Kindle format?

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07-03-2011, 05:55 PM	#2
Jeff L Zealot Posts: 117 Karma: 584308 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: San Francisco Device: Kindle	What's the difference between a pdf and an image of a pdf? This seems like taking a long way around the block to get back to where you are now. If an image of the pdf would work fine (format size is OK), then no conversion is needed. Just use the pdf itself. If you must convert, well, everyone has problems with that. I use Mobipocket Creator which makes an intermediate html file during the conversion process. You can then edit that file to correct any problems and then make a mobi file from the corrected html.

07-05-2011, 01:11 AM	#3
sil Member Posts: 12 Karma: 260 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Kindle	PDFs are meant to retain deisng/layout, not reflow like a webpage. That way the document is authored to look one way and when viewed or printed anywhere else it will look identical. The nature of it doesn't allow for conversion to a reflowing format. That said, it depends on the contents of a particular PDF and what your particular issues are. You can use something like ImageMagick + Ghostscript to convert a PDF to a series of images. Zip them up, rename from .zip to .cbz and Calibre will convert that to a mobi for you if you want. I prefer to just leave the PDFs intact (unconverted) but I run them through Briss which lets you crop the entire PDF to remove all the empty margins around the content so the PDF content ends up a little bit bigger and readable on the kindle. Another option is copy the content into a word processor to clean up the formatting and export to html and then mobi. It depends on each particular PDF and how much effort you want to clean it up. But all my PDF reference books are just fine cropped, fit full screen on a K3 and are readable without zooming and I don't lose any formatting that way. I've never yet felt the need to convert.

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