When creating a PDF file from a document that contains multiple image, its size might increase to the point where is larger than the original document. To reduce the size of the resulting PDF file, either the original document should be adjusted (by reducing the quality of the images, or removing the cropped regions of the inserted images) or the PDF compression settings should be set to the highest compression value in novaPDF's Printing Preferences. For lower PDF sizes, when having a lot of images, you can convert images to grayscale. Here's an example of a grayscale converted image: To use this option select 'grayscale' as 'image conversion'. Faster PDF compression. Processing each image takes time. A document with many images will take longer to compress.
If you are scanning multiple pages at the same time (as in one scan only), the dpi settings would be the same for every page. To save your settings so you don't have to keep reapplying them follow these instructions: Open HP Solution Center. Click on Scan Document. Click on which scan shortcut you would like to customize. Then click on the 'Change Settings' button. Click on the 'Advanced Document Settings' button.
From there you can change the resolution (300, 600, etc). Then click on 'Save to file Save Options' button.
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Make sure 'PDF' is chosen from the drop-down box and click on the 'PDF Options' button. There you can change the image quality/file size. Move slider to left to reduce, or to the right to increase. Then click ok. Click ok again. Then click on 'Save Shortcut' button.
Give the shortcut a NEW name (a name that describes your new settings, etc) and it will save the settings that you've made. Click on 'Save'. Then click on the 'Scan' button.
Next time you scan, choose the new shortcut name you made to use the same settings. I had to experiment with the settings a few times to get the quality/file size that I wanted.
RE: HP Solution Center for Win 7 I am trying to scan directly to a PDF file, and I've been able to get a very small file size like 70K. However, the real size of the PDF document is 35 inches X 45 inches, not 8.5 X 11 which is what I cropped it to. I don't see any way to specify a Scan Profile, like I could do in the older version of this HP software. In that Scan Profile, I could specify an output doc size which was then used for the output file, whether it is PDF or whatever type. This older version worked much better, and had more capability.
I'm not sure why the software has devolved. I've spent quite a bit of time with it - the feature is not there. Not only does it output this huge PDF document - I have to manually crop each page to 8.5 x 11, which I didn't need to do before when there was a stored Scan Profile. I have managed to get what I want, by using a TIF output file type from HP, and then using IrfanView software to save it as a PDF. (In the old version of HP, if I scanned as a TIF, I could then save as a PDF directly from the HP software).
But, I still need to manually crop each page. Does anyone have any suggestions of cheap or free software that does a basic scanning and saving function?