Scan Multiple Pages into a single TIFF/PDF file? Chalk one-up for Windows over Mac?NO

If you have an Epson scanner you can download the scan utility and make multi-page PDF's

 

Do you want multiple pages on one wide page, or is it OK if you scan pages one by one and then use an app such as CombinePDF to merge them into a multiple page document?

BTW, some scanners have that ability built-in. My Canon for one, but it is not Mac compatible.

 

I don't know about how to scan them into a single pdf, but if you want to scan each page as a separate pdf and then merge them into one pdf file, this should be able to do it:

http://www.malcom-mac.com/blog/pdfmergex/

 

Actually, there's a clever little trick you can use to make muti-page PDFs out of scanned documents. First, scan in all the images - the format you use isn't terribly important for the purposes of this technique (TIFF is just fine, if that's what you're using). Once all the images are assembled, open TextEdit. Open each image in Preview, copy it, and paste it into TextEdit. Then, print the resulting document to a PDF. Presto, multi-page PDF without having to pay for special software

 

multi-page PDF

guess we should start by asking...how many pages is this PDF going to be?

the short answer is: if you have Acrobat Professional (not sure if this option is available in the free reader download) just scan the pages separately as individual .tif images. Then open Acrobat and go to file / create PDF / from multiple files and then select the individual .tif files in the order you'd like them in the PDF.

if you happen to get the order wrong when selecting the files, don't worry. to the left is the "arrange files" option of selecting the file and choosing to remove, move up or move down.

this info is based on the version of Acrobat that I am currently using which is Acrobat 7 Professional. Hope this helps(?)

 

I recall there being an automator action that would combine pages of .pdfs. All you'd have to do is drop the .pdfs onto the automator icon and it would combine them and output the new file. Perhaps someone can help out with locating that.

I'll stop being lazy: http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20050531161844203

 

Found it: http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/automator/combinepdfs.html

 

when I need to do this, regardless of using my Mac, Linux or Windows box, I scan each page to an image file and place it on a separate page on Openoffice.org Impress (or Draw). Then I save it all to PDF.

Of course, I'm talking about scanning invoices and single page documents, not books or 150 pages on a tray

 

Do you have a modem?

When I want to scan multiple pages into a PDF, I use my Mac's built-in FAX modem. The software can be configured using the system preferences to email me a PDF file of the document it receives. I simply connect my computer to the phone line, and FAX the document to myself.

The quality will be lower than using your scanner system, but has been sufficient for anything I have needed.

 

Use a pair of automator actions - the multi-page PDF one I linked to in an earlier post together with http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/automator/pdfconverter.html to convert all the images to PDF files.

 

Make sure you have the latest drivers. I just checked the brother site and they recently released a new TWAIN driver for the 7020.

As for using Image Capture to scan in, it'll work. After scanning in all of the pages, you can use something like PDFLab to combine the individual pages into a single PDF file. I'm pretty sure PDFLab will allow you to convert TIFF, PNG, and JPEGs to PDFs, but if it doesn't, it's just one additional step (x30).

Open the scanned image in Preview and "Save As..." a PDF file. Then use PDFLab to combine the 30 pdfs into a single file.

Keep in mind that these PDF files will be huge since the source was essentially a "photo". I think it would be the same on the windows side as well. If you want compressed files, you probably need to shell out for the Adobe product (I think it's Distiller).

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BTW, it looks like the Brother 7020 comes with the Presto software. Does that scan documents as PDFs? Maybe it's configured to scan multiple documents into a single file.

If so, it would save time on your end.

 

Windows can scan into PDF without Acrobat (or other third party software)? Is that a Vista thing?

 

Multiple pages into one pdf file

Greetings. I am trying to copy a series of typewritten letters, written at different dates and varying from one to 3 pages, into one pdf file. I have tried the system indicated by wrldwzrd89. I pasted two separate pages into a TextEdit document as a test, and then made a pdf file. However the resultant pdf file seemed to cut the two pages into portions and I would up with 5 pages on the pdf file, but because of the way they were cut up, it was not legible. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

 

I've asked the same thing many times, and just stumbled on a way to do it easily.

Scan your multiple pages to an image file, like .jpg, I know it's tedious, name them (optional) by page number, put them into an empty folder.

When you're done with all the scanning, open the folder, select all of them, open with: Preview.

Now, you should see one page, with a side bar containing all of the pages. (If they're not in order, you can drag and drop within the sidebar to reorder.) Select all of those (Or Command A)

Command P (Or Print)
In this window, you should see page one, and below that, make sure it says "Page 1 of XX"...this way you know you got 'em all, and it's your final opportunity to page through them all by clicking on the little arrows to make sure they're in the right order.

Click the PDF button
Save as PDF...

See if that helps

 

Scanning multiple images/documents into a .pdf archive in Leopard.

Thanks to the folks in this thread; I've tried Mescalito's method, and it works like a charm. Now I can get rid of Paperport (Now a windows-only App.) to store my copies of account statements etc.
Now if only I could get my Visioneer Strobe Pro to work on the Mac I'd be a happy camper!

 

Preview!

I did just this thing the otherday... (didn't scan but did combine images into one multi page document)

Scan your files in... what ever format. Select them all and open in preview, it opens a window with the first image large and thumbnais down the side, if I remember correctly you then select all the thumbnails with shift and go to print/save as PDF

Tadaa!!!!