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  #16  
Old January 24th 09, 08:30 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
Shenan Stanley
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Reggie D. wrote:
Is it possible to scan as pdf file? Or is there ant easy way to
turn a scanned doc. into pdf?


johnn wrote:
I'm not sure if I completely understand your question, but could
PRIMO PDF (http://www.primopdf.com/) be the answer?


Reggie D. wrote:
Sorry I thought the subject title explained. The only scanner
software I have is the built in windows scanner & software which
does not offer pdf as a scan format.


What type of scanner (hardware) do you have?
Are you saying it did not come with its own software packages?

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  #17  
Old January 24th 09, 08:30 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
Shenan Stanley
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Default XP Pro scanner

Reggie D. wrote:
Is it possible to scan as pdf file? Or is there ant easy way to
turn a scanned doc. into pdf?


johnn wrote:
I'm not sure if I completely understand your question, but could
PRIMO PDF (http://www.primopdf.com/) be the answer?


Reggie D. wrote:
Sorry I thought the subject title explained. The only scanner
software I have is the built in windows scanner & software which
does not offer pdf as a scan format.


What type of scanner (hardware) do you have?
Are you saying it did not come with its own software packages?

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html


  #18  
Old January 24th 09, 11:56 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
Reggie D.
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Default XP Pro scanner

Shenan,

My scanner is HP psc 2410. I don't really want to reinstall the HP software
for this printer. But if there is no way around it I'll have to.
Any idea why the bulit in XP scanner software does not offer pdf scans?

Reggie D.

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

Reggie D. wrote:
Is it possible to scan as pdf file? Or is there ant easy way to
turn a scanned doc. into pdf?


johnn wrote:
I'm not sure if I completely understand your question, but could
PRIMO PDF (http://www.primopdf.com/) be the answer?


Reggie D. wrote:
Sorry I thought the subject title explained. The only scanner
software I have is the built in windows scanner & software which
does not offer pdf as a scan format.


What type of scanner (hardware) do you have?
Are you saying it did not come with its own software packages?

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html



  #19  
Old January 24th 09, 11:56 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
Reggie D.
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Default XP Pro scanner

Shenan,

My scanner is HP psc 2410. I don't really want to reinstall the HP software
for this printer. But if there is no way around it I'll have to.
Any idea why the bulit in XP scanner software does not offer pdf scans?

Reggie D.

"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

Reggie D. wrote:
Is it possible to scan as pdf file? Or is there ant easy way to
turn a scanned doc. into pdf?


johnn wrote:
I'm not sure if I completely understand your question, but could
PRIMO PDF (http://www.primopdf.com/) be the answer?


Reggie D. wrote:
Sorry I thought the subject title explained. The only scanner
software I have is the built in windows scanner & software which
does not offer pdf as a scan format.


What type of scanner (hardware) do you have?
Are you saying it did not come with its own software packages?

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html



  #20  
Old January 24th 09, 06:31 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
Shenan Stanley
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Default XP Pro scanner

Reggie D. wrote:
My scanner is HP psc 2410. I don't really want to reinstall the HP
software for this printer. But if there is no way around it I'll
have to.
Any idea why the bulit in XP scanner software does not offer pdf
scans?


You will have to install the software if you want features like that (or you
will have to use some other software that can save to PDF (got Office 2007
with the proper "Save As" AddOns installed?))

Yes - Windows XP is 7-8 years old. When it was released, PDFs weren't as
popular as they are now and so - it probably was not included as a way to
scan natively in the OS. Will it/is it in newer OSes - really don't know...

You could scan in whatever manner allowed and then use a freeware PDF
printer to print the scan to PDF format if you really don't want to install
the software that allows you to do it natively with the product you have.
PDFCreator (freeware) works really well in my opinion.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html


  #21  
Old January 24th 09, 06:31 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
Shenan Stanley
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Posts: 10,523
Default XP Pro scanner

Reggie D. wrote:
My scanner is HP psc 2410. I don't really want to reinstall the HP
software for this printer. But if there is no way around it I'll
have to.
Any idea why the bulit in XP scanner software does not offer pdf
scans?


You will have to install the software if you want features like that (or you
will have to use some other software that can save to PDF (got Office 2007
with the proper "Save As" AddOns installed?))

Yes - Windows XP is 7-8 years old. When it was released, PDFs weren't as
popular as they are now and so - it probably was not included as a way to
scan natively in the OS. Will it/is it in newer OSes - really don't know...

You could scan in whatever manner allowed and then use a freeware PDF
printer to print the scan to PDF format if you really don't want to install
the software that allows you to do it natively with the product you have.
PDFCreator (freeware) works really well in my opinion.

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html


  #22  
Old January 29th 09, 12:39 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
Chuck
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Default XP Pro scanner

Actually scanners generally scan into an image file or files(multipage
scan). Programs that accompany the scanner or third party programs convert
the image file(s) into other types of files. A PDF file is a bit peculiar,
in that it was originally an adobe format file. If it's a document that was
scanned, then some sort of graphics to text conversion needs to take place
before the text is usable.
If the image is directly converted to a PDF file, it will generally still be
an image. An image can also usually be imbedded as an image in a word doc
file, although the file size may change considerably.
Sometimes, utilities that are included with scanners have problems
converting to multipage PDF files.

"Reggie D." wrote in message
...
Is it possible to scan as pdf file? Or is there ant easy way to turn a
scanned doc. into pdf?

Reggie D.



  #23  
Old January 29th 09, 12:39 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers
Chuck
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Posts: 637
Default XP Pro scanner

Actually scanners generally scan into an image file or files(multipage
scan). Programs that accompany the scanner or third party programs convert
the image file(s) into other types of files. A PDF file is a bit peculiar,
in that it was originally an adobe format file. If it's a document that was
scanned, then some sort of graphics to text conversion needs to take place
before the text is usable.
If the image is directly converted to a PDF file, it will generally still be
an image. An image can also usually be imbedded as an image in a word doc
file, although the file size may change considerably.
Sometimes, utilities that are included with scanners have problems
converting to multipage PDF files.

"Reggie D." wrote in message
...
Is it possible to scan as pdf file? Or is there ant easy way to turn a
scanned doc. into pdf?

Reggie D.



 




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