Yet another PDF to LRF converter

[astra]

Originally Posted by Linda

I did everything I think I was suppose to do and got the following message when I tried to convert a PDF file from the library.

"Connot open E:/documents and settings|Linda|My documentz\My Digital Editions|Lost_Lake.pdf as a pdf file"

What am I doing wrong?

Thank you.

Linda

Just a wild wild guess..is it possible it is not a pdf file? Someone renamed let's say blah.doc to blah.pdf or something like that?

[godel10]

I am trying to use pdflrflinux-0.99 (I also tried with the windows command line and I got the same problem) for my device (it is a Sony Librie, so perhaps the screen size is a bit different) and I am having some problems with the left margins in all the files that I generate.

For instance, when I use this pdf file and I write the command line "pdflrflinux-0.99 --rotation=-90 -rs -i Bou02b.pdf -o Bou02bstandard_pdf.lrf" my output is this lrf file. Unfortunately it has problems with the left margin as can be seen in the following pictures: picture1, picture2 and picture3


On the other hand if I try the command line "pdflrflinux-0.99 --rotation=-90 -rs --width=550 --height=730 -i Bou02b.pdf -o Bou02b550730_pdf.lrf" the output is this file and again it also has problems with the left margin as is shown in picture1, picture2 and picture3


Does anybody know the right command line options in order that the text fits inside the device screen?

[JSWolf]

pdflrf does not handle DRM or passworded protected PDF. So if the PDF you are trying to convert is one of those, you are out of luck.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by godel10

I am trying to use pdflrflinux-0.99 (I also tried with the windows command line and I got the same problem) for my device (it is a Sony Librie, so perhaps the screen size is a bit different) and I am having some problems with the left margins in all the files that I generate.

For instance, when I use this pdf file and I write the command line "pdflrflinux-0.99 --rotation=-90 -rs -i Bou02b.pdf -o Bou02bstandard_pdf.lrf" my output is this lrf file. Unfortunately it has problems with the left margin as can be seen in the following pictures: picture1, picture2 and picture3


On the other hand if I try the command line "pdflrflinux-0.99 --rotation=-90 -rs --width=550 --height=730 -i Bou02b.pdf -o Bou02b550730_pdf.lrf" the output is this file and again it also has problems with the left margin as is shown in picture1, picture2 and picture3


Does anybody know the right command line options in order that the text fits inside the device screen?

What it looks like is that the width of the image is slightly too wide for the Libre. use the GUI for Windows to specify a slightly less wide image and see how it works.

[godel10]

The pdf file is not password protected. As I have said it happens with all pdf files and the one of the example has been compiled by myself from the latex source.

Originally Posted by JSWolf

What it looks like is that the width of the image is slightly too wide for the Libre. use the GUI for Windows to specify a slightly less wide image and see how it works.

I already tried but I didn't manage. Indeed this is what is done in the second command line I have written above (I specify a width and a height but there is no change in the output)

[Linda]

Thank you. I think it must be password protected. Is there anyway to convert password protected pdf files?

[godel10]

Now I understand better the problem that I was pointing out above. So, let me explain it in a better way. [ I would like to ask people to check if they are getting the same problem than me. For this purpose I am going to use the windows 0.99 version (I guess it is then easier for people to check if they have the same bug), but the linux command line for pdflrf is neither working well.]

The bug is that the output from the command line is different than the output of the gui version, being this last one the right one.

Take any pdf file you have. Let us assume the name is "file.pdf". Now convert file.pdf to an lrf file using the gui 0.99 version (with the landscape profile, the one by default) setting the height to 500. Next try to do the same thing from the command line. You have to use the following command line

pdflrf-0.99.exe --rotation=-90 --height=500 -rs -i file.pdf -o file.pdf.lrf

Now you have to lrf files, "file.lrf" and "file.pdf.lrf". Then if you use your standard program to read lrf files you will realize that the two previous outputs are very different (at least for me this happens).

Is the same happenning to you?

[alexxxm]

It's a great tool and I used it a lot (under Linux, FC5).
The only problem is that I get many times the error:

...
Couldn't find a font for 'Times-Roman'
Couldn't find a font for 'Helvetica'
...

... of course I can imagine what it does mean, but I don't understand why it happens, since I know I have those fonts installed:
[root@lambda2 lrf]# fc-match times
n021003l.pfb: "Nimbus Roman No9 L" "Regular"
[root@lambda2 lrf]# fc-match Helvetica
n019003l.pfb: "Nimbus Sans L" "Regular"

I read somewhere that somebody else had this problem, but don't remember where.

Any info?

Alessandro

[mazzeltjes]

hail oh cacapee
this is without doubt the best converter
on the web.
Even for a total stranger to this sort of
program it's easy to understand (after reading the thread from
the start) and to use.
The batch converter works great in winxp and win2000.
Slow but great.
I've started converting 13000+ sci-fi and fantasy books ( 6.5gb) this afternoon
so it will be interesting how long this is gonna take.

Question :
Would it be possible to put a pause function
in the program?
My pc is slowed down a lot when the converter is running,
so it would be handy if I could pause when other work needs doing.
Again

Thanx a million for a great prog

mazzeltjes

[jlc]

Bravo! I used to think Rasterfarian was all I would ever need and have. Then this tool comes along and completely blows me away. Many thanks for such a great program.

[Thing]

Hello Cacapee,

First of all, kudos to you for this excellent app, it is the best solution for Letter/A4 PDFs on the reader so far!

Now I'm trying to use the --fit="2xheight" option to scale the image in two pages but the output file has 3 pages instead, the last line goes to the third page (I have --runpages set to "off").
What am I doing wrong? I've tried several options on both command line and GUI frontend...

Thanks,
Thing



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One more info: it seems to be a rounding problem related to the "--overlap" option. If I set it to "-0.05" (negative) the problem is fixed for a couple of pages, then the blank pages appear again. These are the parameters I'm passing:

pdflrf --rotation=0 --fit="2xheight" --overlap=-0.05 --smartcut --erode=2 -f 30 -l 40 -i "myInput.pdf" -o "myOutput.lrf"

And this is the output from pdflrf, notice that starting on page 34 it generates 3 pages. If 'overlap' is set to '0.0', it generates 3 pages from page 30:

Processing page: 30, Progress: 9
Processing page: 30, Progress: 9
Processing page: 31, Progress: 18
Processing page: 31, Progress: 18
Processing page: 32, Progress: 27
Processing page: 32, Progress: 27
Processing page: 33, Progress: 36
Processing page: 33, Progress: 36
Processing page: 34, Progress: 45
Processing page: 34, Progress: 45
Processing page: 34, Progress: 45
Processing page: 35, Progress: 54
Processing page: 35, Progress: 54
Processing page: 35, Progress: 54
Processing page: 36, Progress: 63
Processing page: 36, Progress: 63
Processing page: 37, Progress: 72
Processing page: 37, Progress: 72
Processing page: 38, Progress: 81
Processing page: 38, Progress: 81
Processing page: 39, Progress: 90
Processing page: 39, Progress: 90
Processing page: 39, Progress: 90
Processing page: 40, Progress: 100
Processing page: 40, Progress: 100

[vitto]

Hi, i use the PdfLrf 0.99 for Windows with some PDF documents. I have a doubt, when i convert these files then, in the reader, i can not change the font side. If i use word documents i can do this. Do you know if this is a problem of the PdfLrf or what? Thanks

[vitto]

cacapee, do you have a manual for the PdfLrf 0.99 for windows?

[astra]

I think that the end result lrf consists from pics, rather than actual text. At least that's how I explained it to myself.

[mazzeltjes]

Cacapee
I've been running your prog for 5 days
under windows xp and 2000
It's rocksolid no crashes no restarts great
request
any chance of building a lock setting on the
portrait, landscape etc. settings ?
thanks
mazzeltjes

P.S.
I'mblushing as I type this,
I've started up an old pc
running under dapper drake
but how the helldo I install
pdflrf ?