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scan document for pdf file
I have a HP Scanjet 5370C for a period of time. I am trying to scan doucment and want to save into a pdf file. Now, I can only save the scan documents into a jpeg file or bmp file but not pdf file. Can anyone tell me how I can save it in a pdf file? In that case, my scan documents can be clearly view when printed.
You don't need OCR software -- the scanner should have an application that allows direct scan to PDF -- both my Canon scanners do, as have other HP scanners I've used. Alternatively, you can acquire the image using Word (there should be a TWAIN driver installed for the scanner - you should see "Acquire Image" under File in Word. Once that's done, you can print the page to a PDF (if you don't have it, download a copy of the Cute PDF writer, which is free and installs as a printer driver).
Most newer scanners even have a single-button scan to pdf that automatically activates the companion software on the PC.
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Posted October 18th, 2010 16:00
You can't scan and save directly to a PDF file.
What you want requires a two step process -- scan and use of optical character recognization OCR software to convert to text. Once you have the document in text you can save it as PDF.