Mokuro2Pdf

Create pdf files with selectable text from Mokuro's html overlay

You can use Memo2Anki to mine from the pdfs

Requirements

• Prawn gem install prawn

• MiniMagick gem install mini_magick

• Image Magick

Usage

Use TheRealDynamo's Colab Notebook

Follow the instructions in order to Mokuro and convert your manga volumes to pdf, completely online no setup required

or

Process your manga volume(s) using Mokuro

Arguments

Mandatory

Single volume
-i path     - Path to volume's images folder, relative/absolute
-o path     - Path to volume's mokuro _ocr folder, defaults to Mokuro2Pdf/_ocr/-i if -i is relative

Multiple volumes
-p path     - Parent images folder's path, must be absolute
-q path     - Parent jsons folder's path, must be absolute

Optional
-n filename - Generated pdf's filename, defaults to volume's images folder's name
-w path     - Output folder's path, defaults to volume/Mokuro2Pdf's root folder
-g value    - Gamma value to be used on all pages, ranges from 0.0 to 1.0, defaults to 1
-f value    - Selectable text's font transparency, ranges from 0.0 to 1.0, defaults to 0
-u          - Turns on upscaling to Kindle's pdf viewport resolution, improves image quality on Kindle
-c          - Converts all images to JPG(92) for a smaller file size
-s          - Use Natural Sorting for filenames, might break properly named files so use only when pages get placed out of order

Single Volume conversion

ruby Mokuro2Pdf.rb -i "image path" -o "ocr path"

"ruby Mokuro2Pdf.rb -i "[ばらスィー] 苺ましまろ 第01巻" -n "苺ましまろ 第01巻" -f 0.1 -g 0.5 -u"

will generate a 苺ましまろ 第01巻 - MKR2PDF.pdf pdf file

Multiple Volumes conversion

Create a parent folder containing all the volumes you want to convert, one for the images and another for the jsons

ruby Mokuro2Pdf.rb -p "parent folder path" -q "parent json path"

"ruby Mokuro2Pdf.rb -p "C:/Users/Ghabriel/Desktop/Manga" -q "C:/Users/Ghabriel/Documents/ Mokuro2Pdf/_ocr" -g 1 -w "C:/Users/Ghabriel/Desktop/Manga/PDF" -u"

will generate a [foldername] - MKR2PDF.pdf pdf file for each folder inside -p

Kindle usage

Use -g 0.8 for better contrast, -u for better image quality

You can mine from the pdfs using Memo2Anki

A 20 page demo is avaiable, to read it on your kindle simply drag and drop "Mokuro2Pdf-Demo - MKR2PDF.pdf" to your kindle's documents folder