Chapter 5 Various Ways to Scan

Saving Scanned Images in PDF Format

 

z When you use Adobe Acrobat to scan and convert a

There are two ways to create a PDF file.

 

document into PDF, the output image may not turn out as

 

intended.

By ScandAll PRO

 

- When you enable [Edge shadow removal] in Acrobat and

 

[Digital Endorser] or [White Background] option in TWAIN

Recommended when other functions are being used to process the

 

driver, character strings embedded in the image or the

scanned image according to the business needs, or when scanning in

 

background may be lost.

color or grayscale mode.

 

Solution 1:

z Reduce the file size of the PDF by changing the compression rate

 

1 In Acrobat, select [File] J [Create PDF] J [From

z Easily create PDF files without any special operation

 

Scanner] J [Custom Scan].

By Adobe Acrobat

 

2 In the [Custom Scan] dialog box, click the [Options]

 

button next to the [Small Size/High Quality] slide bar

Recommended when you want to create PDF files quickly, or when

 

 

under [Document].

scanning in binary mode (black & white).

 

3 In the [Optimization Options] dialog box, either set

z Quickly create PDF data in the same resolution as the original image

 

[Edge shadow removal] to [Off], or set [Color/

z Create PDF data of an arbitrary size by changing the compression

 

Grayscale] and [Monochrome] under [Compression] to

rate

 

a setting other than [Adaptive].

Although the data size is usually very large for color documents, you can

 

Solution 2:

drastically reduce the data size by using Acrobat Distiller before saving

 

Adjust the scanning density of the TWAIN driver.

the image.

 

- When you scan in a resolution lower than Adobe’s

For more details, refer to "How to reduce the file size by Acrobat

 

recommended resolution with [Color/Grayscale] and/or

Distiller" (page 71).

 

[Monochrome] under [Compression] set to [Adaptive] in

 

 

Acrobat, the output image may not be satisfactory.

Notes on the use of Adobe Acrobat

 

Solution:

！ z For [Resolution], [Scan Type], and [Image Mode], Adobe

 

Under [Compression], set [Color/Grayscale] and/or

Acrobat's settings are given priority over the scanner driver

 

[Monochrome] to a setting other than [Adaptive].

settings, thus the scanned image may not be displayed as

 

For more details about using Acrobat and other information,

previously configured in the scanner driver.

 

 

refer to the Adobe Acrobat Help ("Create a PDF file from a

z The following functions are not available:

 

 

scanned document") or

- [256 Color] and [8 Color] modes

 

 

http://www.adobe.com/support/acrobat/

- [Rotation Degree] specified when [End of Page Detection]

 

 

from the Adobe website.

is selected

 

 

 

- Long page scanning

 

 

- Automatic Page Size Detection

 

 

- Multi image output

 

 

- [Automatic] in [Rotation Degree]

 

 

 

 

 

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