scan to pdf I need a scanner that will scan to a pdf file format. Will this machine do it?
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I scanned hundreds of school work documents on my iMac G5 PowerPC - OSX Leopard in 2009 and I believe I used some online service to convert everything from image to pdf. Because I wanted my school documents specifically stored as PDF; but I guess I should have kept jpg for the google automatic photo backup.
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Yes, of course. It scans anything in pdf format which you can then convert to a jpeg in the Scansnap program.
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Sorry, I have only been able to scan single pages. What I do is, open the files, copy paste in Word or Power Point and then save as PDF
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Yes. It's available online if you cannot use the disk that cones with the scanner. But it is a plug n play device. If you don't have the software installed it automatically scans it as a photo. The problem is that you can't change it to a pdf or manipulate it in any way.
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Ramon, may I suggest to check the WEB site: http://www.vupointsolutions.com/magic_wand_portable_scanner Indeed it does PDF natively, and as far as Letter or A4, you need to understand the concept. You are not locked into a size, as you manually scan a "surface", be it small or large. You will need an editor if they are png files, so as to make them fit your desired proportions. I would suggest you read the manual from the manufacturer's WEB page. This is not a tool for mass scanning, but occasional note taking on the road, e.g. Library, as it is a tad tedious to use. In real life, you cannot scan a whole book with it!!!
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Yes, there is a flatbed scanner and it works beautifully. You can scan it to a .tif file or other formats, but you have to have the HP software dialog box open. On the minus side, the scanner is set to scan at "millions of colors" and can't be readjusted except manually, with each thing you scan. You have to click through a lot of dialogue boxes. Another reviewer mentioned scanning to .pdf, but I haven't been able to find that feature despite several hours trying. I use a separate app, ScantoPDF, but with about 7 clicks per page necessary to make a scan, I wouldn't call the process here blazingly fast.
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It will scan anything...decoding it is another matter. I can't confirm whether it will support those standards but $14 you can. :)
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Yes! The scanner works best with documents, books, text of any kind. Easiest printer to setup that I've ever used.
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This seems to be a full-blown scanner. Per the Canon website and user's manual it can scan the usual documents (up to 8.5 x 11) as well as pictures as well as 35mm negs and slides as well as medium format film. It can output in JPEG, TIFF, PDF, and others. I'm ordering one today! To download the manual see http://alpha03u.c-wss.com/inc/ApplServlet?SV=WWUCA900
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Sven Golly, does it not do scan to PDF anymore? My old one (I'm looking for a replacement) used to go directly to PDF and after copy-paste, you could edit the text.
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Only print. I think if u want a machine to also copy, it needs to be one of those that have a scanning function too
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YES & YES and it does a reasonably good job, too. I mainly use the Scan to PDF & JPEG options and have been really pleased with the results. Scanning is slow, but for a portable unit is does many things well and there have to be a few sacrifices for the portability sake. Keep in mind that it runs just fine on battery mode too... just can not go wrong with this unit !!!
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I'm not sure if I understand your question, so I'm not sure if this answer will be helpful to you. The scanner does not automatically convert a PDF file to a TIF image. To convert a PDF to TIF with this (or any) scanner, you would need to print the PDF, then scan the printed page(s) and save the scan as a TIF image. To a large extent, the choice of image formats that you can save to will be determined by whatever software you use.
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I was able to figure the problem out after a while: you need to have Adobe Acrobat installed on your computer! Printer is not going to scan to PDF if you only have Adobe Reader installed. Manual is absolutely not helpful about the issue. I ended up keeping the printer and installing Acrobat, everything else seems to work just fine. So good luck!
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This scanner formats files in JPEG or PDF format. You will need Adobe Acrobat Pro or a PDF converter to export files into Excel.
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Yes, it will scan in color. It will save in either jpeg or pdf format. Don't know what you want to do with it in OCR.
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Yes it does create a searchable pdf. You can use the handheld scanner and or have it hooked directly to computer. When hooked up, look under start on your screen, go to computer and it will show up under one of the disk drive ports. Then you can save it to documents or desktop or whatever.