PDF enlarging? - Page 2

jbcohen · 01-06-2011, 08:19 AM

I am familiar with some of the popular scanning software for the Windows environment and most of the scanning market as well as the awards for acuracy goes to Nuance's product called Omni Page, http://www.nuance.com/for-individual...page/index.htm. There are free and less expensive OCR software available but since you are dealing with a particularly dificult job to do I would recommend the best of the OCRs for the job. If you told forum members that you are scanning simple harback books with no graphics then i would suggest a trip to Sourceforge to find software for the job.

heychadwick · 01-06-2011, 11:23 AM

Mucho Gracias! I will have to take a look at it.

heychadwick · 01-24-2011, 06:24 PM

YES! BRISS really did the trick! Well, I used Briss to cut out the tables and text that I wanted. At this point, though, I realized how long it takes to turn pages on my ereader. So, I want to cut out all the pages I don't need. I want to remove just the tables that I cut. I then used PDF SAM to remove the pages that I wanted. I'm very pleased with the results.

Hmmm....I'm wondering something, though. There were a few things that were on the same row that I had to cut on two different pages. I wish there was a way I could move things around and put them both on the same page. They would fit, but I just don't know how to do that.

Any ideas? I like what I have. I have things in a readable format. Now I just want to make it easier to fit more on one page.

Also, any idea how to add chapters or some sort of index to it so I can jump to where I want?

frabjous · 01-24-2011, 09:21 PM

You could add bookmarks with something like jpdftweak; possibly combining pages with its 2up feature, but I'm not sure that's fine grained enough for what you need.

Personally, I'd accomplish both using pdflatex, but that's a huge learning curve if you don't already know LaTeX.

heychadwick · 01-26-2011, 10:02 AM

I think I have found the solution. My neighbor is a graphic artist and apparently does this type stuff all the time. He uses Adobe Acrobat to cut the images out. Then, he pasts them into Photoshop. I can then create the dimensions of the page to be the optimal size for my e-reader. Then, I save that page as a .pdf. I have to save each page individually. At the end, I use Acrobat to pull them all together and bind into one .pdf!

I downloaded the trail versions of these and am going to try it out. I doubt I will need to do it many times after I get them all done.

frabjous · 01-26-2011, 12:43 PM

But doesn't that rasterize the PDF, and hence make it much larger in filesize than it would be?

It also sounds like more manual labor that I would have liked. But hey, if you like the results, go for it.

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01-06-2011, 08:19 AM	#16
jbcohen Wizard Posts: 3,032 Karma: 11196738 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Where am I? Device: Kindle Paperwhite Signature edition and a Samsung S24 Ultra	I am familiar with some of the popular scanning software for the Windows environment and most of the scanning market as well as the awards for acuracy goes to Nuance's product called Omni Page, http://www.nuance.com/for-individual...page/index.htm. There are free and less expensive OCR software available but since you are dealing with a particularly dificult job to do I would recommend the best of the OCRs for the job. If you told forum members that you are scanning simple harback books with no graphics then i would suggest a trip to Sourceforge to find software for the job.

01-06-2011, 11:23 AM	#17
heychadwick Member Posts: 20 Karma: 386 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: PRS-300	Mucho Gracias! I will have to take a look at it.

01-24-2011, 06:24 PM	#18
heychadwick Member Posts: 20 Karma: 386 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: PRS-300	YES! BRISS really did the trick! Well, I used Briss to cut out the tables and text that I wanted. At this point, though, I realized how long it takes to turn pages on my ereader. So, I want to cut out all the pages I don't need. I want to remove just the tables that I cut. I then used PDF SAM to remove the pages that I wanted. I'm very pleased with the results. Hmmm....I'm wondering something, though. There were a few things that were on the same row that I had to cut on two different pages. I wish there was a way I could move things around and put them both on the same page. They would fit, but I just don't know how to do that. Any ideas? I like what I have. I have things in a readable format. Now I just want to make it easier to fit more on one page. Also, any idea how to add chapters or some sort of index to it so I can jump to where I want?

01-24-2011, 09:21 PM	#19
frabjous Wizard Posts: 1,213 Karma: 12890 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Amherst, Massachusetts, USA Device: Sony PRS-505	You could add bookmarks with something like jpdftweak; possibly combining pages with its 2up feature, but I'm not sure that's fine grained enough for what you need. Personally, I'd accomplish both using pdflatex, but that's a huge learning curve if you don't already know LaTeX.

01-26-2011, 10:02 AM	#20
heychadwick Member Posts: 20 Karma: 386 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: PRS-300	I think I have found the solution. My neighbor is a graphic artist and apparently does this type stuff all the time. He uses Adobe Acrobat to cut the images out. Then, he pasts them into Photoshop. I can then create the dimensions of the page to be the optimal size for my e-reader. Then, I save that page as a .pdf. I have to save each page individually. At the end, I use Acrobat to pull them all together and bind into one .pdf! I downloaded the trail versions of these and am going to try it out. I doubt I will need to do it many times after I get them all done.

01-26-2011, 12:43 PM	#21
frabjous Wizard Posts: 1,213 Karma: 12890 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Amherst, Massachusetts, USA Device: Sony PRS-505	But doesn't that rasterize the PDF, and hence make it much larger in filesize than it would be? It also sounds like more manual labor that I would have liked. But hey, if you like the results, go for it.

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