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Title: DjVu
Post by: greatwolf1283 on 20:09, 26 August 16
Just wondering if anyone can help me as I'm trying to put together a manual, and wanted to try a different format than PDF as the end result was over 200MB in  size.  I'm trying to use DjVu but can't seem to get a good setup for it.  Basically I want the main pages to be greyscale, with the front and back covers in colour.

If anyones got any pointers that would be much appreciated.
Title: Re: DjVu
Post by: SRS on 20:59, 26 August 16
Tried something like that ? Compress PDF online. Same PDF quality less file size (http://www.ilovepdf.com/compress_pdf)
Title: Re: DjVu
Post by: VincentGR on 22:26, 26 August 16
Compression as SRS said is a way.
Also you can try OCR conversion as it will reduce the size significantly, plus you can search keywords  ;D

Title: Re: DjVu
Post by: Bryce on 10:18, 28 August 16
Compression, but I wouldn't use an online tool, it will take forever. Try using something like PDF24 Creator and mess about with the quality and compression settings.

Bryce.
Title: Re: DjVu
Post by: Gryzor on 13:33, 29 August 16
I use this: pdfforge | PDF Creator - The FREE PDF Converter Tool, ease to use pdf printer, (http://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator) . Final PDF size usually depends on the compression and format of image you use. PDF is just a container for other stuff, like mkv...
Title: Re: PDFCreator
Post by: Nich on 15:58, 29 August 16
Quote from: Gryzor on 13:33, 29 August 16
I use this: pdfforge | PDF Creator - The FREE PDF Converter Tool, ease to use pdf printer, (http://www.pdfforge.org/pdfcreator) . Final PDF size usually depends on the compression and format of image you use. PDF is just a container for other stuff, like mkv...

I wouldn't go near PDFCreator, as it's long been known to be infested with malware. It's a shame, because I used it in its early years before the developers included malware with it, and it was a really useful tool for generating PDFs.
Title: Re: PDFCreator
Post by: Docent on 17:58, 29 August 16
Quote from: Nich on 15:58, 29 August 16
I wouldn't go near PDFCreator, as it's long been known to be infested with malware. It's a shame, because I used it in its early years before the developers included malware with it, and it was a really useful tool for generating PDFs.

They offer ads-free version for just 10 EUR, perhaps this one do not install any malware. You can also build it on your own :) - the source is available here :github.com/pdfforge/PDFCreator (http://github.com/pdfforge/PDFCreator)
Title: Re: DjVu
Post by: Bryce on 08:29, 30 August 16
The one I use is this: PDF Creator & Converter kostenlos - PDF erstellen - PDF24 (https://de.pdf24.org/)   It definitely doesn't have any malware in it, just a sheep?

Bryce.
Title: Re: DjVu
Post by: Gryzor on 14:06, 30 August 16
Oh crap: PDFCreator - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDFCreator?oldformat=true#Adware_toolbar_controversy) . Strangely, I never got any toolbars, nor any suspicious behavior afterwards. Maybe I'm just extra careful when installing...
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