Output Formats and Destination Profile

JJH1947 · 04-07-2009, 01:10 PM

What is the relationship between the drop-down Output format on Calibre's main screen and the Source Profile drop-down on Calibre's Page Setup screen? In other words, how do these two options relate to one another?

Also, I am not clear what Source Profile on Calibre's Page Setup screen means or does.

Are these features documented somewhere? I have looked at the Calibre manual; perhaps I missed something.

Thanks in advance for any help anyone can provide.

BinaryTB · 04-13-2009, 02:56 PM

I was interested in finding out what Profiles are too, couldn't find anything in the forum, and the only thing I got from the manual was this:
http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/user_m...hlight=profile

The important part:
"Affects conversion of font sizes, image rescaling and rasterization of tables"

Don't understand why, for instance, a mobi file needs to be made for a Kindle compared to another reader. It's a mobi, it should be pretty much the same (very similar at least) in all mobi readers, right?

04-07-2009, 01:10 PM	#1
JJH1947 Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: None	Output Formats and Destination Profile What is the relationship between the drop-down Output format on Calibre's main screen and the Source Profile drop-down on Calibre's Page Setup screen? In other words, how do these two options relate to one another? Also, I am not clear what Source Profile on Calibre's Page Setup screen means or does. Are these features documented somewhere? I have looked at the Calibre manual; perhaps I missed something. Thanks in advance for any help anyone can provide.

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04-13-2009, 02:56 PM	#2
BinaryTB Connoisseur Posts: 73 Karma: 74 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Boston, MA Device: Kindle 3	I was interested in finding out what Profiles are too, couldn't find anything in the forum, and the only thing I got from the manual was this: http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/user_m...hlight=profile The important part: "Affects conversion of font sizes, image rescaling and rasterization of tables" Don't understand why, for instance, a mobi file needs to be made for a Kindle compared to another reader. It's a mobi, it should be pretty much the same (very similar at least) in all mobi readers, right?

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