HP 6600 - H7 manual Guidelines for scanning documents as editable text

3.From the HP Scan menu, click Preferences.

4.Select the Documents preset from the Presets pop-up menu.

5.To start the scan, click Scan.

6.After the scan is complete, click the Save button in the HP Scan toolbar

7.Select the type of editable text you want to use in the scan:

I want to...	Follow these steps
Extract just the text, without any of the	Select TXT from the Format pop-up menu.
formatting of the original
Extract the text, as well as some of the	Select RTF or PDF-Searchable from the
formatting of the original	Format pop-up menu.

8.Click Save.

Guidelines for scanning documents as editable text

To ensure that the software can convert your documents successfully, do the following:

•Make sure the scanner glass or ADF window is clean.

When the printer scans the document, smudges or dust on the scanner glass or ADF window can be scanned, as well, and can prevent the software from converting the document to editable text.

•Make sure the document is loaded correctly.

When scanning documents as editable text from the ADF, the original must be loaded into the ADF with the top forward and face up. When scanning from the scanner glass, the original must be loaded with the top facing the right edge of the scanner glass.

Also, make sure the document is not skewed. For more information, see Load an original on the scanner glass or Load an original in the automatic document feeder (ADF).

•Make sure the text on the document is clear.

To successfully convert the document to editable text, the original must be clear and of high quality. The following conditions can cause the software to not convert the document successfully:

◦The text on the original is faint or wrinkled.

◦The text is too small.

◦The structure of the document is too complex.

◦The text is tightly spaced. For example, if the text that the software converts has missing or combined characters, "rn" might appear as "m."

◦The text is on a colored background. Colored backgrounds can cause images in the foreground to blend too much.

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