PDF APPLICATIONS
PDF destinations are applications that can open and/or edit the Adobe PDF file format.
Supported file types—Applications in the PDF destination group support the *.pdf file format. When the OmniPage module or software is installed, OneTouch includes an option to scan as sPDF or nPDF. Selecting either of these two formats still creates a *.pdf file, but the “s” and “n” letters indicate that OCR will process the image before sending the file to the PDF application.
• sPDF—This format creates a *.pdf file that contains the original image of the scanned page, with a hidden text layer that allows you to search for text in the file.
• nPDF—This format creates a *.pdf file that can be edited in a PDF application. Any pictures in the scanned image are isolated from the text, the text on the page is recognized and turned into editable text, and the pictures are placed back into the document in the same flow as the original document.
Destination type—This destination type is classified as “PDF Link”. To make it available in the destination list, you must select PDF applications on the Options tab in the OneTouch Properties window.
If the PDF application you are using does not appear in the Select destination list, you can add the application using the Text Documents OneTouch Link Properties window.
1. Click on the Options tab in the OneTouch Properties window.
2. Make sure PDF applications and Text editing applications are selected then click back on the button tab.
Please note that any PDF application you add manually to OneTouch will be classified as a “Text Based Link.” These applications will only show in the destination list when Text editing applications are enabled.
3. Click on one of the default text editors such as WordPad.
4. Click on the Properties button.
5. To add another application to the list, click the Add Application button. The Add Text Based Link dialog box opens.
6. Click Browse to find the application you want to add to the list.
When you select the application using the Browse button, steps 1 and 2 on the dialog box are automatically filled in, and the application icon appears in step 3.
7. Select the icon in Step 3 of the dialog box. That is the icon that will appear in the OneTouch
Destination List.
8. In step 4 of the dialog box, select Adobe PDF format and Adobe searchable PDF.
Adobe PDF format—Select this option if you are adding a PDF viewing or editing application to the list. This PDF format is an image format only, it will not recognize the document using OCR, and you will not be able to search or edit the text in the final file. The application you are adding must be able to open *.pdf files.
Adobe searchable PDF—This is the PDF image format with a hidden searchable text layer. You will not be able to edit the text the file. The application you are adding must be able to open *.pdf files.
The options you select at step 4 determine the page format icons in the OneTouch Properties window for that group of applications. Refer to the documentation you received with the application to see which text formats the application accepts.
9. When you are done making changes in this window, click the Add button to accept the changes and close the window.
10. Click OK on the Link Properties window.
11. Click Refresh on the OneTouch Properties window and the new application should now be available.
SEND TO APPLICATION
The Send to Application link allows you to select any application on your computer as the scan destination.
Supported file types—All file formats in OneTouch are available when scanning to this destination. After you configure the link, as described below, make sure you select a file format that the application can open. Please refer to "Text Formats" on page 22 to see a list of text file formats that are available when OCR is installed.
Destination type—This destination type is classified as “Document Management Link”. To make it available in the destination list, you must select Document Management on the Options tab in the OneTouch Properties window.
You must configure this destination before attempting to scan to it the first time. If you scan without configuring the link first, the OneTouch log viewer will open and show that sending the image to the Send to Application link failed.
1. Open the OneTouch Properties window, and select Send to Application as the Destination Application.
2. Click on the Properties button.
3. The OneTouch Link Properties for this destination opens.
4. Click Browse to open the Windows file browser and navigate to the location of the application’s executable (*.exe) file.
In most cases, the application’s directory is located in the programs directory on the C:\ drive. Because you can select any executable file, make sure you select an application that can receive image or text files.
5. Select the application’s *.exe file then click on Open.
The application’s *.exe file path will now show in the Application path field.
6. Click on OK to close the Link Properties window.
For basic scanning, you do not need to adjust any of the other settings in this window. The default settings will work with most applications. The advanced settings are described below.
7. Select a file format and scan configuration in the OneTouch Properties window.
If you select a text file format, the scanned image is converted into editable text before being sent to your selected application.
8. Click on OK to close OneTouch.
9. Put the document(s) in the scanner and start scanning with the button you set to use the Send to Application destination.
10. The scanner starts scanning and, when finished, sends the scanned file to the application you selected.
Technical note
• After configuring this link, you may need to click Refresh in the OneTouch Properties window to show the correct application icon in the Select destination list.
Configure advanced features—Select this option to change the default settings for this link. Only advanced users and application developers should modify these settings.
• Launch application for every image—When this option is selected, the application will open one time for each image scanned. You should deselect this option only if the application you are scanning to will accept multiple page files.
For example, Microsoft’s Paint application can only accept 1 image at a time, so when scanning multiple images, Paint would open each time an image is transferred when this option is selected. On the other hand, Microsoft’s WordPad will open a multiple page file, so when scanning multiple images WordPad would need to launch only one time when this option is not selected. If you scan to WordPad and this option is still selected, then WordPad will open 1 time for each image transferred.
• Command line arguments—Input the options that are to be used when the application is launched.
These values are application specific and you should only input values that were provided to you by the application developer. Command line arguments are not required for you to use this link, the field can be left blank and you can change the other settings in this section as needed.
• Append scan filename(s) to arguments—This option adds the name of every image file to the end of the list of arguments specified above. This is the default selection as most applications do not require, and may not work with, a job file containing the image names.
• Append job file to arguments—This option adds the name of a job file to the end of the list of arguments specified above. This unique file is created at scan time and contains a list of every image in the scan job. Only select this option if you are sure that the application you are scanning to can use the job file to accept image transfer.
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