Convert djvu to pdf?

[Boccaccio]

Hi everybody!

I recently found a number of old scores (mainly editions from ~1600) here http://www.bibliotekacyfrowa.pl/dlibra, among them e.g. the 1615 edition of Monteverdi's Orfeo. However, they offer all their scores in djvu. I tried to convert L'Orfeo to pdf using djview4, but this created a >300MB document from a 15MB document. So I'd like to know if there is some more effective way to create pdfs from djvu (using Linux) or if we could allow djvus again on IMSLP.

[carmar1791]

You have to install djview djvulibre-plugin .
Djview has an option:export as...
The second way is imagemagik by convert command: convert yourfile.djvu -monochrome -compress Group4 yourfile.pdf
Third way:Install gscan2pdf and after inport your djvu and export it in the way you like using a proper compression.
Usually djvu files are 10 time smaller than pdf so it's normal a pdf is bigger so many times if you want a small pdf you have to convert your djvu to tiff and than compress Group4 monochrome all files and than convert to pdf.
See here too
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=216531

Ciao Carmar

[carmar1791]

But I've just seen your Monteverdi file is quite.... "buggy"......

[aldona]

Wow...that site certainly has some interesting and rare material.

[carmar1791]

I answer to Boccaccio.The question on my discussion page was:How can I obtain a small pdf from a djvu file?
For all about Monteverdi file here : http://imslp.org/wiki/L%27orfeo%2C_favo ... C_Claudio)
I did this:
Unix sistem:

Install djvu viewer and firefox djvu plugin.
This viewer has an option:export as.....and here you can choose (pdf tiff png etc) but you must flag the options "force bitonal G4 compression".
I told that file was buggy because when I choose export as a pdf I obteined a white file. So I decided to convert djvu to tiff (G4 compression),I opened the tiff multipage file with Okular and I printed it to pdf.
This way usually works very well with all files ....but i told you that file was buggy .....because here and there I found some little white stains instead of notes...... so I switched to

Windows xp:

I installed djvu viewer and I printed that file by a virtual pdf printer flagging the option "print colors like black".This is the file you find on imslp.

Usually all works perfectly on unix sistems too.I tried on a Mozart quartet file found on that site and all worked well.
To bypass that problem about Montevedi Orfeo.djvu on unix sistems you should do this (but it's a long way):
Open djvu file by okular (okular is a djvu reader too) , select a page at once (by selection tool) and save as png. After that convert all your files to pdf.(but you need alot of time)
Ciao

Carmar

[nice-guy]

This online converter offers some options to produce smaller PDFs than average from DjVu: http://www.djvu-pdf.com In some cases it works quite well...

[Philipkangdds69]

How can I convert djvu to PDF on Mac OS X? – Quora

[daphnis]

There are several pieces of software that'll allow you to read the files. Check out http://djvu.org/links/

[jmay]

But I've just seen your Monteverdi file is quite.... "buggy"......

I agree this is hopeless!