17 Aug
2006
17 Aug
'06
10:29 a.m.
Barry Watzman wrote:
Re:
Hmmm... I don't know how to "create a PDF from a scanner". <:-)
I typically scan documents to TIFF files. Then, open Acrobat
(not Acrobat Reader) and paste the document in along with any
added text, etc.
So, it was my understanding that Acrobat did NOT further process
the TIFF -- nor a JPEG, etc. Rather, just "held it in place
on the page"
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That's the hard way of doing it.
The somewhat easier and generally preferred way:
- Open Acrobat
- File / Create PDF / From Scanner
[This is from Acrobat version 6; may be different in other versions].
I've found that programs don't always "play nice" together.
E.g., the driver for my PowerLook 2100XL (not the greatest
scanner but it will do B-size drawings and it was free :> )
doesn't like to "plug in" to certain other TWAIN "shells".
(Presumably the driver is supposed to be "callable" to provide a
"scanning service" to the application?).
So, rather than fight software incompatibilities, I
just run the scanner with it's "native" tools, create
TIFF files, then treat those just like the JPEGs that
I paste into the PDF's (actually, more often than not,
I create a document in FrameMaker and then export a
PDF from there).
But, I will try your suggestion to see how well it works.
Thanks!
--don