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From: CSM1 on 21 Oct 2007 18:12
"George Neuner" <gneuner2/@/comcast.net> wrote in message
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> Hi all,
>
> I'm using HP Photo & Imaging v2.0 with a Scanjet 3570c. I'm having
> difficulty with the "scan document" applet (v1.3) which is launched
> from HP Director.
>
> I need to scan a large number of documents (text+graphics) and store
> them as PDF. My problem is that I need to scan the paper edge to edge
> (8.5x11). The scanner will physically do it, but the software won't
> allow it.
>
> The preview function seems to auto select an output size based on the
> printed area rather than the paper or the scanner bed - unfortunately
> it guesses wrong most of the time.
>
> The source and output width and height and the scale factor can be set
> manually, but there are problems. According to the help, the source
> size is limited by the output size, and in fact the output size can be
> "locked", suggesting that it is the master. But locking the output
> size also locks the scale factor - at whatever idiotic value it
> happens to have when the lock is activated - and then the source limit
> is inversely scaled to the output so it can't be set 1:1.
>
> If the output isn't locked, then the output is scaled to the source as
> expected. But adjusting any of the source width or height or scale
> factor immediately recalculates all the rest of the settings so you
> can never get all the values set properly at the same time.
>
>
> I can get edge to edge scanning if I use the "picture" scan rather
> than the "document" scan, but the picture applet can't output to a PDF
> printer and can't string multiple scans together - every page would
> end up as a separate image file and have to be aggregated later.
>
> I checked HP's web site and I have the latest version of the software
> and all the updates/bug fixes for it. Does anyone know a fix or work
> around for this problem?
>
> Thanks,
> George
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Quit using HP Photo & Imaging v2.0.

Try scanning using the TWAIN interface via Irfanview.
You can set the scanning area in TWAIN.

You can save the images as Multipage TIFF.

Get the plug-in also it is needed.
http://www.irfanview.net/

I assume that you have a PDF application that can create a PDF from Tiff
images.

If only humans need to read the scanned documents, you do not have to do
OCR. Just make a image PDF.


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