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Scanning to a PDF File
Using Full Auto Mode, you can scan a document to a PDF file quickly and easily.
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Place your original document on the document table. See your User’s Guide sheet for details.
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Start Epson Scan. See Starting a Scan With Epson Scan for instructions.
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If the Mode box at the top right of the Epson Scan window is set to Full Auto Mode, click the Customize button.
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If you want to change the scan mode, see Changing the Scan Mode.
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The Customize window appears.
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Click the File Save Settings button.
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Select PDF as the Type setting. The current Paper Size, Orientation, Margin, and other settings are displayed below it.
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Click the Options button. You see the Epson PDF Plug-in Settings window.
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To specify the maximum number of pages that can be included in one PDF file, and adjust the Select number to make file setting.
To create a searchable PDF file, click the Text tab, select the Create searchable PDF check box, then select your language from the Text Language list.
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The Text tab is available only when ABBYY FineReader Sprint Plus is installed. If ABBYY FineReader Sprint Plus is not available in your country, you will not see the Text tab.
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For other settings in the EPSON PDF Plug-in Settings window, see Epson Scan Help for details.
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When you are finished selecting file settings, click OK.
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Click OK again to close the Customize window.
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Click the Scan button. Epson Scan starts scanning in Full Auto Mode.
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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 Finishing the Scan for details.
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Scan Multiple Pages to a PDF File (Home Mode/Professional Mode Only)
In Home Mode or Professional Mode, you can scan multiple pages of a document, magazine, or newspaper and save them as one PDF file on your computer. Epson Scan displays an editing page so you can view the pages as you scan them and reorder, rotate, or delete them as necessary.
Also, you can specify the maximum number of pages that can be included in one PDF file. For example, if you are scanning 20-page documents, and specify the page number to be included in one PDF as 4, 5 PDF files are automatically created.
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Place the first page of your original document on the document table. See your User’s Guide sheet for details.
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Start Epson Scan. See Starting a Scan With Epson Scan for instructions.
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Select the basic settings for the type of original(s) you are scanning, then select the destination setting for the way you will use your image(s). See Selecting Basic Settings.
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If you want to change the scan mode, see Changing the Scan Mode.
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Click the Preview button to preview your image(s), then select your scan area. See Previewing and Adjusting the Scan Area.
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Click the Scan button. The File Save Settings window appears.
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Select PDF as the Type setting. The current Paper Size, Orientation, Margin, and other settings are displayed below it.
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Click the Options button. You see the Epson PDF Plug-in Settings window.
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To specify the maximum number of pages that can be included in one PDF file, and adjust the Select number to make file setting.
To create a searchable PDF file, click the Text tab, select the Create searchable PDF check box, then select your language from the Text Language list.
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The Text tab is available only when ABBYY FineReader Sprint Plus is installed. If ABBYY FineReader Sprint Plus is not available in your country, you will not see the Text tab.
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For other settings in the EPSON PDF Plug-in Settings window, see Epson Scan Help for details.
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Select the settings that match your document and click OK. You return to the File Save Settings window.
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When you are finished selecting file settings, click OK. Epson Scan scans your page and displays this window.
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If you deselect the Show Add Page dialog after scanning check box in the File Save Settings window, this window does not appear and Epson Scan automatically saves your document.
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If you are only scanning one document page, or you do not need to edit your pages, click Save File and go to step 9.
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If you are scanning multiple pages, click Add page and 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 11.
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You can scan up to 999 pages of a document at a time.
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You see the Editing Page window displaying thumbnail images of each scanned page.
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The Editing Page window displays thumbnails of each scanned page. You can use the tools below the Editing Page 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.
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.
odd pages, even pages, or all pages icon to select the pages. Then click the left or right rotate icon to rotate them.Note:|
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For further details on the tools in the Editing Page window, see Epson Scan Help.
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When you have finished editing your document pages, click OK. Your document is saved as a PDF file in Pictures or My Pictures and you return to the Epson Scan window.
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Click Close to exit Epson Scan.
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