Re: Converting PDF Document Revisited
- From: "Gerald Levy" <bwaylimited@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2011 16:03:08 -0500
Dave,
I did a little research, and fixed the problem without having to uninstall OB
7. The following explains the unknown file type error and how to resolve it:
Using the Freedom Import Printer in OpenBook 7.0 results in Unknown File Type
error message.
Problem:
If WYNN 5.0 or OpenBook 8.0 is installed after OpenBook 7.0, OpenBook 7.0 will
not be able to use the Freedom Import Printer. This is because WYNN and OpenBook
8.0 set the Freedom Import Printer to color, while OpenBook 7.0 requires that
it be black and white. The workaround for OpenBook is to set the printer
to black and white for OpenBook 7.0. You can set the Freedom Import Printer
back to color when using OpenBook 8.0 and WYNN, though printing will work with
OpenBook and WYNN in both color as well as black and white.
Solution:
If you have OpenBook 8.0 and wish to change the Freedom Import Printer setting
to black and white for use with OpenBook 7.0, do the following:
list of 9 items
1. Navigate to the Control Panel, select Printers, and then highlight the
Freedom Import Printer.
2. Press the Application Key on your keyboard.
3. Select Properties.
4. Select the Additional tab, and then choose the Additional Properties button.
5. Select the TIFF tab.
6. Modify the Bits per Pixel combo box setting as desired to either 1 bit -
Black and White or 24 bit - True Color.
7. Press OK to apply the changes and exit the Printing Defaults dialog box.
8. Press OK to apply the changes and exit the Freedom Import Printer Properties
dialog box.
9. Resume printing to the Freedom Import Printer.
list end
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: Farfar Carlson
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 2:00 PM
Subject: Re: Converting PDF Document Revisited
Gerald,
That's too bad. Maybe if you reinstall OB 7 you'll get that functionality
back again? Frankly I was not impressed with OB9. Write me off-list if you'd
like to hear my non-JAWS rant on OB9.
dgcarlson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Dave
Composed on a Dell Latitude 630 in the general vicinity of my Audio Recording
and Mixing Studios, San Francisco Bay Area.
----- Original Message -----
From: Gerald Levy
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 10:31
Subject: Re: Converting PDF Document Revisited
Yes, indeed, I got this dialog to choose which version of Open Book to use
to open the PDF file. I ttried both OB 7 and OB 9. With OB 7, I got the
unknown file type error, and with OB 9, I got a message that the trial period
had expired and image and OCR capabilities were dnot available. I should point
out that the Freedom Import Printer function worked fine before I installed OB
9 demo, so it is possible that something in the installation screwed up the
Freedom Import Printer function in OB 7. Someone else on another list reported
having the same problem after installing OB 9 demo.
Gerald
----- Original Message -----
From: Farfar Carlson
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: Converting PDF Document Revisited
Gerald,
I have both OB 8 and OB 9 installed. When I invoke the Freedom Import
Printer I'm presented with a little dialog that asks me which version of OB I
want to use for the recognition. Did you not get this dialog?
Note that the dialog has a nasty habit of not coming into focus, and
likes to hide behind any other window on the screen, so you may have to Alt-Tab
several times before you find it.
I've found that both OB 8 and OB 9 will work correctly with the Freedom
Import Printer and "blank" PDF files.
Another idea is for you to save the "blank" PDF document, but save it in
an older version of PDF, and then try just opening the document inside Openbook
9. It will directly load and convert the file without ever using the FIP.
Dave
Composed on a Dell Latitude 630 in the general vicinity of my Audio
Recording and Mixing Studios, San Francisco Bay Area.
----- Original Message -----
From: Gerald Levy
To: JFW list
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 09:57
Subject: Converting PDF Document Revisited
Here we go again. I received an email attachment that contained a
PDF file, but when I tried to open it using Adobe Reader X, I got the dreaded
empty document message, which means that Adobe Reader was unable to convert it
to text. So I selected Freedom Import Printer from the Print menu to scan the
document with Open Book. I have both Open Book 7.0.2 and the demo version of
Open Book 9 installed on my computer. But when I selected OB 7.0.2 to scan the
document, I got an "unknown file type" error message when OB 7 attempted to
open the file. Is there any easy way to fix this problem without removing both
OB 7 and OB 9 and reinstalling OB 7? If not, is there any other way to convert
this document into a text format that is readable by JAWS? Someone mentioned
something called Image Writer, but I can't find it on my computer, so I assume
that it is either not available or not enabled. I am running JAWS 9 with XP
Pro. Thanks for any help.
Gerald
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