I did some research and thought I would post my results for anyone with a hankering to put formatted text and images right onto a PSP. This will only work with PCs since it focuses on using Paperless Printer to make your JPGs. I used Open office (www.openoffice.org) to create the test documents. You can use any word processor or page layout app you want.
To setup a document to be the right dimensions to print to Paperless Pritner is pretty easy and is great for getting pur text documents into the PSP as jpegs.
• Paperless Printer uses and odd pixel to inch conversion(98.159...pixels per inch). So these settings won't work with Acrobat (72ppi) or other software.
• Page size should be set to 4.89x2.81.
• Set all margins to 0. This allows tables or rules to reach the edges of the screen if you want them to.
• Text and other elements just change the indent on both sides to move them in 1/8th of an inch. This gives a little breathing room so the text doesn't touch the edge of the screen.
• The two fonts that work best on computer screens are Georgia and Verdana. They were originally designed for screen display and are quite readable on the PSP as well, you can, of course, use any font you like. Font size should be 10-14 depending on how good your eyes are. I found 12 to be more than enough and verdana and georgia are readable at 10 points.
• You will need to change the margins on your headers and footers (automatic in Word). Set their margin to 0.01 so it seperates a little from the top.
Once you have this format you can use any images, text and formatting and it will all go over to the PSP. The Paperless Printer has a lousy compressor so leave compression 90% or higher.
I hope that everyone realizes that this function of putting text into a Jpeg file can be done using almost any graphics program, including good old fashioned MS-Paint (included with every MS Windows OS). At the very least, it is an alternative for very small jobs.
Another point worth mentioning is that the Jpeg images don't have to be 480x272 pixels - the PSP has the capability to scroll and zoom around much larger images.
here it is. I wrote this ages ago then the blogs disappeared.
On the mac you can do this using acrobat professional. It uses a 72ppi so the dimensions are slightly different. Divide the 480x272 by 72 and you will have the correct dimensions to print from there.
Out of random thinking, is there a way to use the Paperless Printer to make readable materials that are viewable while holding the PSP in your left hand and scrolling with the R button?
all I want to do is drop a 200+ page manual in pdf format into a program so that I can use my psp to refer to it. From what I understand, these processes are not for large jobs
peru said: "all I want to do is drop a 200+ page manual in pdf format into a program so that I can use my psp to refer to it. From what I understand, these processes are not for large jobs"
Although I havent done this exactly, I would suggest using Adobe In Design, setting up the document with the correct width and height for PSP, and just placing the text to all the pages export to pdf.
A 4 page word document can be saved as a .htm file using microsoft word, taking up only 23kb. and then can be put into the psp root diretory and opened from the internet browser ("file:/xxxxx.htm"
So much easier. As for PDF files, try converting them to HTML in acrobat, i haven't tried it but it should work.
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