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Starting a Scan With the Scan to PDF Button
Starting a Scan With Epson Scan (Full Auto Mode)
Starting a Scan With Epson Scan (Home/Professional Mode)
Starting a Scan With the Scan to PDF Button
You can scan multiple document pages or photos and save them as one PDF file on your computer using the scanner’s 
Scan to PDF button.
Note:
In Windows, you need Adobe Reader or Acrobat to view PDF files. You can download Adobe Reader for free from Adobe’s website.
 | Place the first page of your original document (or your photos). See Placing Documents or Photos for instructions. |
 | Press the |
 | Click the Settings button. You see the Scan to PDF Settings window. |
 | Click the Color, Grayscale, or Black&White button to match the colors in the original. |
 | Click the arrow to open the Size list and select the size of your original. |
 | If you need to select a size that is not in the Size list, you can create a custom size. Click the arrow in the Size list and select Customize. You see the Source Size window. |
Type a name for your custom size, enter the size, click the Save button, then click OK. Your new size appears in the Size list.
 | Click the arrow next to the Resolution list and select the number of dots per inch at which you want to scan. See the table below for guidelines. |
What you will do with the scanned image | Suggested scan resolution |
Send via e-mail, upload to web, view only on the screen | 96 to 150 dpi |
300 dpi |
 | Use the settings in the Image Adjustments area of the window to modify the image quality if necessary. See the table below for guidelines. |
Setting | Description |
Brightness | Adjusts the overall image lightness and darkness. |
Contrast | Adjusts the difference between the light and dark areas of the overall image. |
Unsharp Mask | Turn on to make the edges of image areas clearer for an overall sharper image. Turn off to leave softer edges. |
Descreening | Removes the rippled pattern that can appear in subtly shaded image areas, such as skin tones. Also improves results when scanning magazine or newspaper images that include screening in their original print process. |
Text Enhancement | Improves the definition of text and line art. |
Threshold | Adjusts the level at which the black areas in text and line art are delineated. (Available only when you select Black&White as the Image Type setting.) |
 | Click the File save settings button. The File Save Settings window appears. The current Paper Size, Orientation, Margin, and Compression Level settings are displayed below it. |
 | If you need to change any of the current PDF settings, click the Options button. You see the Epson PDF Plug-in Settings window. |
Select the settings that match your document and click OK. You return to the File Save Settings window.
 | Click OK again, click Close, then click Scan or press the |
Start button on the scanner. Epson Scan scans your page. | If you are scanning multiple pages, replace the first page on the document table with the second page and click Scan or press the |
 | When you are finished, click Finish or press the |
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Starting a Scan With Epson Scan (Full Auto Mode)
Using Full Auto Mode, you can scan a document to a PDF file quickly and easily.
Note:
In Windows, you need Adobe Reader or Acrobat to view PDF files. You can download Adobe Reader for free from Adobe’s website.
| Place the first page of your original document (or your photos or film). See one of these sections for instructions. |
Documents or photos: Placing Documents or Photos
Film or slides: Placing Film or Slides
| Start Epson Scan. See one of these sections for instructions. |
Documents or photos: Starting a Scan With Epson Scan
Film or slides: Starting a Scan With Epson Scan
| When the Epson Scan window appears, set the scan mode to Full Auto Mode. Then click the Customize button. |
Note:
To change the scan mode, see Changing the Scan Mode for documents and photos or Changing the Scan Mode for film and slides.
| The Customize window appears. |
Click the File Save Settings button.
| The File Save Settings window appears. |
Select PDF as the Type setting. The current Paper Size, Orientation, Margin, and Compression Level setting are displayed below it.
| If you need to change any of the current PDF settings, click the Options button. You see the Epson PDF Plug-in Settings window. |
Select the settings that match your document and click OK. You return to the File Save Settings window.
| When you are finished selecting file settings, click OK. Click OK again to close the Customize window. |
| Click the Scan button. Epson Scan starts scanning in Full Auto Mode. |
| Depending on how you started Epson Scan, the program saves the file to the location you specified or opens the scanned image in your scanning program. See one of these sections for details. |
Documents or photos: Finishing the Scan
Film or slides: Finishing the Scan
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Starting a Scan With Epson Scan (Home/Professional Mode)
You can scan multiple document pages, photos, film images, or slides and save them as one PDF file on your computer using Epson Scan.
Note:
In Windows, you need Adobe Reader or Acrobat to view PDF files. You can download Adobe Reader for free from Adobe’s website.
| Place the first page of your original document (or your photos or film). See one of these sections for instructions. |
Documents or photos: Placing Documents or Photos
Film or slides: Placing Film or Slides
| Start Epson Scan. See one of these sections for instructions. |
Documents or photos: Starting a Scan With Epson Scan
Film or slides: Starting a Scan With Epson Scan
| When the Epson Scan window appears, set the scan mode to Home Mode or Professional Mode. Then select the basic settings for the type of original(s) you are scanning and select the destination setting for the way you will use your image(s). See one of these sections for instructions. |
Documents or photos: Selecting Basic Settings
Film or slides: Selecting Basic Settings
Note:
To change the scan mode, see Changing the Scan Mode for documents and photos or Changing the Scan Mode for film and slides.
| Click the Preview button to preview your image(s), then select your scan area. See one of these sections for instructions. |
Documents or photos: Previewing and Adjusting the Scan Area
Film or slides: Previewing and Adjusting the Scan Area
| When you are finished selecting settings and previewing, click the Scan button. |
| The File Save Settings window appears. Select PDF as the Type setting. The current Paper Size, Orientation, Margin, and Compression Level settings are displayed below it. |
| If you need to change any of the current PDF settings, click the Options button. You see the Epson PDF Plug-in Settings window. |
Select the settings that match your document and click OK. You return to the File Save Settings window.
| When you are finished selecting file settings, click OK. Epson Scan scans your page and displays this window. |
| If you are only scanning one document page, or you don’t need to edit your pages, click Save File and go to step 12. |
If you are scanning multiple pages, click Add Page, replace the first page on the document table with the second page, and click Scan. Repeat this step for each page in your document. When you are finished, click Edit Page and go to step 10.
| You see the Editing Page window displaying thumbnail images of each scanned page. |
You can use the tools below the main window to select, rotate, reorder, and delete pages in your document. Click the Help button for details.
If you want to include all the document pages in your PDF file as they currently look, go to step 11.
If you do not need to include some of the pages, click the 
odd pages or 
even pages icons, or click the individual pages you do not need. Then click the 
delete icon to delete them.
If you want to rotate pages, click the pages or use the odd pages, even pages, or 
all pages icon to select the pages. Then click the 
left or 
right rotate icon to rotate them.
Note:
The delete icon is not available when all document pages are selected.
| When you have finished editing your document pages, click OK. Your document is saved as a PDF file in the Pictures or My Pictures folder and you return to the Epson Scan window. |
| Click Close to exit Epson Scan. |
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FAQs
How do you perform OCR on a scanned PDF document to provide actual text? ›
Load the scanned document in Acrobat Acrobat Pro. Select Document > OCR Text Recognition > Recognize Text Using OCR... In the next dialog, select the All Pages radio button under Pages (or Current Page if you are converting only one page), and then select OK. Under the Settings list, select Edit.
How do I scan multiple pages into one PDF? ›Press Scan on your printer. Once you have scanned your pages, you'll have two options: Save or Save and continue scanning. Click the Save and continue scanning option to scan multiple pages to PDF. Click the Save option and then select Save as PDF to finish.
How do you convert a paper document to a PDF? ›Convert Paper to Digital Files With Adobe Acrobat
To convert paper documents to PDF files using Adobe Acrobat, connect your scanner to your computer by cable or wirelessly, then: Load the paper or papers you want to convert into your scanner. Open Adobe Acrobat and then select File > Create > PDF from Scanner.
Edit text in a scanned document
Open the scanned PDF file in Acrobat. Choose Tools > Edit PDF. Acrobat automatically applies OCR to your document and converts it to a fully editable copy of your PDF.
- Open the JPG file you want to convert. ...
- Click CTRL+P to bring up the Print dialog box.
- Click the Printer icon to open a drop-down list.
- Select Microsoft Print to PDF.
- Click Print. ...
- In the new dialog box, your document now has the PDF file extension.
OCR stands for "Optical Character Recognition." It is a technology that recognizes text within a digital image. It is commonly used to recognize text in scanned documents and images. OCR software can be used to convert a physical paper document, or an image into an accessible electronic version with text.
How can I tell if a PDF has OCR? ›Go to File -> Properties. Look in the "Advanced" section and find the PDF Producer. If it reads something like "Paper Capture..." then it has been OCR'd.
How do I convert a scanned document to editable text? ›Scan a document as a PDF file and edit it in Word
pdf file. In Word, click File > Open. Browse to the location of the PDF file on your computer and click Open. A message appears, stating that Word will convert the PDF file into an editable Word document.
- Open the JPG file you want to convert. ...
- Click CTRL+P to bring up the Print dialog box.
- Click the Printer icon to open a drop-down list.
- Select Microsoft Print to PDF.
- Click Print. ...
- In the new dialog box, your document now has the PDF file extension.