Comments on: Kindle DX PDF Support Review

By: Ruby

Ruby — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:57:33 +0000

can I highlight my book on kindle? does the PDF apps had this applications?

By: Peter Vogel

Peter Vogel — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 22:12:03 +0000

Does the PDF support handle PDF’s with DRM turned on?

By: admin

admin — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:21:15 +0000

In PDF it will display any language as long as font glyphs are embedded in the PDF file itself. So it really depends on PDF file.

By: enazi

enazi — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 00:01:08 +0000

DOES THE Kindle DX SUPPORT DISPLAYING ARABIC?

By: admin

admin — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:35:57 +0000

Savory is your friend for opening PDF files

By: Mark P

Mark P — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 02:48:14 +0000

One of the best uses of my Kindle 2 is to have portable reference PDFs handy without carrying reams of paper. Linux has good PDF readers that render files of interest well. Why not just configure a Kindle 2 upgrade with one or two linux PDF (or postscript) readers? That feature does not prevent or even compete with buying other Kindle content. It expands its utility with complementary functionality.

Many PDF files convert well with the e-mail service, mobipocket reader, calibre. But some do not. Even OmniPage17 cannot cleanly convert some PDF files, though it purports to support Kindle output. It would be much easier to just transfer good PDF files to the Kindle without having to buy a DX. I don’t want a larger device, anyway.

By: Review of the Kindle DX « Dead Ink Vinyl

Review of the Kindle DX « Dead Ink Vinyl — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:10:32 +0000

[...] Blog Kindle has a good article on the Kindle DX’s PDF rendering, including TeX equations (work flawlessly) and features from later PDF versions such as 3D modeling [...]

By: Jon H

Jon H — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:56:22 +0000

The Kindle DX PDF implementation seems to only use the PDF’s ‘media box’, rather than the ‘trim box’ or ‘crop box’, which may be smaller. The media box would include things like registration marks, which are not meant for the finished page. The crop or trim box would be smaller in that case and would exclude the registration marks.

More to the point, using the media box results bigger margins, thus ‘bigger’ pages that need to be shrunk down to fit on the Kindle screen, resulting in smaller text, which is harder to read. Using the crop or trim box would often make books easier to read.

And, if a PDF renders on the Kindle with very small text and large margins, the user could edit the file in Acrobat or Preview.app, and set a crop box with smaller margins, in order to get the text to render a bit larger.

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:27:13 +0000

Can anyone with a DX please try opening this PDF in both portrait & landscape view?
Link: http://files.me.com/khomsan/q23dqu

It’s a PDF that was converted from HTML with Thai language & some images on it. Just want to see how the device renders such document before buying one myself.
my email: khomsan.mobile@gmail.com

Thanks in advance!
-Sam

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 22:15:26 +0000

I just received my DX and have been testing the PDF features.
One major frustration with the implementation is the way that it handles pages in landscape mode. While many reviewers have pointed out that landscape provides a bit of extra magnification for PDFs, it has its problems.

In particular, it runs all of the pages together. Therefore, if the PDF page covers 2.2 Kindle screens, the extra 0.2 at the end will offset the next PDF page slightly. As a result, all of the subsequent pages are progressively further out of phase. It would have made sense to force each new PDF page to start at the top of the Kindle screen.

This is not a limitation of the hardware. It is just half-baked programming. They can do better.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:55:18 +0000

I think that emailing kindle-feedback@amazon.com would be more efficient than starting a ePetition. I also believe that Amazon is aware of these issues. It’s just that they wanted to push the product to the market quicker rather than have it complete.

By: SomeGuy

SomeGuy — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:22:50 +0000

Thanks for the review. As for firmware updates, simply put, we the customers should make our opinions be heard by Amazon en masse, rather than complaining to ourselves in a corner somewhere. I keep hearing people complain about the PDF limitations, but wonder if any of these people have actually took their complaint to Amazon. With enough badgering, I bet they would cave in, rather than getting fat and happy with Kindle sales. Start the ePetition!

By: DoctorD

DoctorD — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:26:38 +0000

For pdf documents rendered unreadable on the Kindle, one fix I have found is to download the Mobipocket Creator. Convert the pdf file to a .prc file, then move it to your kindle. Often it will display properly, and all controls on the Kindle will work properly.

By: Robert Nicholson

Robert Nicholson — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:03:04 +0000

Since Kindle 2 was released how many updates to the firmware have there been?

I would like to think that we will see functionality add thru firmware updates for the DX over time. Especially the the links and table of contents.