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RWAP / PrinterToPDF

Project for converting captured printer data files to PDF format
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Large PDFs #33

Closed acaire closed 2 years ago

acaire commented 2 years ago

Hi, just trying to track down large PDF sizes, and was wondering if a 150MB PDF from a 1.6KB input file (180KB intermediary PNG file) is normal? I've investigated the changes in #6 but can't yet find any other reason for the excessive size. Thanks!

RWAP commented 2 years ago

The problem is that the PNG has to be inserted as an image inside the PDF - the code uses the libHaru PDF library to create the PDF from the image, so you would have to ask the maintainer of libHaru,

As I said, the other option is to insert the text directly into the PDF which would be better for plain text, adding search functions etc, but alas I do not have time to do this and match up the necessary PDF fonts with those on an Epson printer.

acaire commented 2 years ago

Gotcha, appreciate the extra info - thanks!