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Scan-to-multi-page-PDF
I have a Brother MFC-8660DN (Copier, Scanner, Printer, Fax). I'd like to be able to start a small application that would use the scanner driver to scan in multiple pages from the scanner glass one page at a time (asking me at the end of each scan if I'd like to scan another page, saving the file when no more pages are to be scanned).
Anyone know of such a feature? Without this, I can use the bundled scanning software which creates a one-page PDF and then use a separate one to combine the file; I was just hoping to be able to do this in one step.
Thanks!
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it seems that Documalis Free Scanner produces very big PDF files, 10 times bigger than PDFill.
There is tool that works fine: Scan2PDF
It is freeware, and can scan lots of pages afterwards you can make PDF on them.
It also can import prescanned images from hard disc to make single PDF containing them. It is pretty simple, has lot of space for improvements but it does the job very good.
Thanks guys--great resources!
I think Documalis Free Scanner, http://www.documalis.com/free/us_documalis_free_scanner.htm , may be the kind of software you are looking for. The install is in French but is easy to figure out. When you start the App there is a flag to click on for English. It does what you want, just click Add to scan another document, and it's free.
It's not perfect, a few quirks I would like fixed, but it works well. I don't know what the page limit is for the free version, the largest I've done so far is eight pages.
Sounds like this is a category that needs explored and added to the Best-Ever list.
From the website of Documalis:
"Freeware for individual use for the digitization of documents containing less than 25 pages."
Thanks Its Work
THANK YOU
Have been looking for one good software to do this for ages. This works perfectly.
Thank You! Documalis Free Scanner Worked, it was VERY easy and free.
This kind of functionality is usually built-in to the all in one if it has an automatic page feed. Simply load the pages in the feeder and begin the scan. The problem I've had is that it creates separate files for each page and creates .jpg output instead of .pdf. However, there are good freeware programs to solve both of these problems.
pdftk - the PDF toolkit (portable)
http://www.accesspdf.com/pdftk/
PDFTK Builder (pdftk GUI)
http://www.angusj.com/pdftkb/
I personally haven't seen a free OCR scanning software that would do that. I have looked through the Freeware searches for you and there are some freebies, but none I would download. To do what you are asking it to do I would think its a software that wouldn't be free, but I may be wrong.
Tony
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