![]() ![]() If they do want searchable text, then you will have to manually enter the text in a word processing application or use OCR software on your scanned images. It is not clear whether your recipient wants/needs a searchable text PDF. You also hit on the topic of your scans not being searchable text. A text based PDF is going to be quite a bit smaller than a PDF that is comprised of an image regardless of the compression used. Their PDFs would be comprised of text rather than images. I would add that most likely the agency you are dealing with is using Adobe Acrobat. ![]() Kurt Lang is right on the mark with his answer. And it's not searchable text, so I don't think that's the problem. Whenever I try to reduce the file size pre- or post-scan, the image is unreadable. I've tried scanning from within Preview, scanning via Image Capture, and using the HP Scan application. I use an HP Photosmart C4580 and a MacBook Pro running Snow Leopard. But heck, I scan one lousy page and it's anywhere from 5 MB to 7 MB. The higher the compression, the smaller the file. It all depends on what what compression level you use for JPEG that determines how small the files will turn out. The scan is the same as any other scan - a raster image - except its embedded in a PDF container file on the fly. The recipient (a goverment agency) says a typical 22-page PDF should come in under 2 MB. I know you said PDF, but theres no such thing as a PDF scan. I'm trying to scan some ordinary 8.5" x 11" documents in black & white at 300dpi, per the recipient's requirements, but the resulting PDF file sizes are way too big to e-mail. ![]()
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