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Re: Image resolution for PDF

From: Jean-Marc van Leerdam <j.m.van.leerdam_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Apr 2008 23:07:59 +0200

Steve,

On 06/04/2008, Jean-Marc van Leerdam <j.m.van.leerdam_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Steve,
>
> On 06/04/2008, Stefan Küng <tortoisesvn_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Jean-Marc van Leerdam wrote:
> >
> > > But if we really want to include a larger image, we just have to set
> > > it's DPI to a higher value. That way, the image will fit on the page and
> > > still show the required detail when printing (or by zooming in when viewing
> > > the PDF).
> > >
> >
> > The problem with this approach is that we'd have to check this for every
> > single image (and there are a lot of them) to find a dpi which makes it fit
> > on a page.
> >
> > But if you have some time to do this, be my guest :)
>
>
> My proposal is to stick with the adjustimages.bat you have now, but change
> it to use 150 dpi and a max width and height of 800 and 1250.
>
> The best solution would be to check if an image fits (pixelwidth / dpi <=
> limitW and pixelheight/dpi <= limitH) and if it doesn't fit, automatically
> adjust the dpi to make it fit.
>
> I'll see if I can find some tool to examine an image file, do the math and
> then modify the dpi setting if needed...
>

I did some scripting and used just a .cmd file together with the
nconvert.exe you used. Attached is the result. This could (imho) replace
adjustimages.bat.

-- 
Regards,
Jean-Marc
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