Cropped PDF for Sony?

jgray · 04-07-2008, 05:01 PM

As a test, here is a single page from Forest Runes that has had the margins cropped off. I would like to see if someone with a Sony reader and a digital camera would post a picture, to see if this is readable without zooming. I picked this particular page because it has the poem with the longest lines.

vivaldirules · 04-07-2008, 10:15 PM

Here's a scan of your PDF as viewed on my nine month old Sony PRS-500. I really can't read it. Next to it is a scan of the file after I've converted it with PDFLRF. I'm sorry I don't have much control over the brightness of the two scans.

jgray · 04-07-2008, 11:19 PM

Thanks for doing the test for me. It looks like cropping the margins isn't going to do any good for Eink readers. Actually, it looks like you have more L/R margin than the PDF actually has. It must be a scaling issue. What is the aspect ratio of that screen?

I am still going to do some other ebook formats for this book, beyond PDF. I was just curious if cropping margins would help.

04-07-2008, 10:15 PM	#2
vivaldirules When's Doughnut Day? Posts: 10,059 Karma: 13675475 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houston, TX, US Device: Sony PRS-505, iPad	Here's a scan of your PDF as viewed on my nine month old Sony PRS-500. I really can't read it. Next to it is a scan of the file after I've converted it with PDFLRF. I'm sorry I don't have much control over the brightness of the two scans. Attached Thumbnails

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04-07-2008, 11:19 PM	#3
jgray Fanatic Posts: 554 Karma: 2928497 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Clara 2E & Sage	Thanks for doing the test for me. It looks like cropping the margins isn't going to do any good for Eink readers. Actually, it looks like you have more L/R margin than the PDF actually has. It must be a scaling issue. What is the aspect ratio of that screen? I am still going to do some other ebook formats for this book, beyond PDF. I was just curious if cropping margins would help.

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