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Storing a Searchable PDF

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This mode enables you to perform OCR (optical character recognition) to extract data that can be recognized as text from the scanned image, and add it as a transparent layer of text to create a PDF file that is searchable.

For information on the optional products required to use this function, see "Optional Products Required for Each Function (imageRUNNER ADVANCE C9075 PRO/C9065 PRO)" or "Optional Products Required for Each Function (imageRUNNER ADVANCE C7065/C7055)."

  1. Select the desired space and folder.
  1. Place your originals → press [Scan].
  1. Press [File Format].
  1. Select [PDF] → press [Set Details].

If [Set Details] is not displayed, press [OCR (Text Searchable)] on the File Format screen → proceed to step 6.
  1. Press [OCR (Text Searchable)] → [OK].
  1. Press [OK].

If you want to separate document with multiple pages into separate pages and scan them as separate files, set [Divide into Pages] to 'On'.

  • Even if [PDF (OCR)] is selected as the file format, text may not be detected correctly, depending on the background color, style and size of the characters in the image.
  • To view a PDF file or to search a text in a PDF file, software that supports the PDF format (such as Adobe Reader/Adobe Acrobat) is required.
  • If <Smart Scan> in [OCR (Text Searchable) Settings] in [Function Settings] (Settings/Registration) is set to 'On', the orientation of the document is detected and the document is automatically rotated when you select the OCR (Text Searchable) mode.
  • If you select [OCR (Text Searchable)], you can also set [Compact] at the same time. In that case, [PDF (Compact)] is displayed as the file format on the Scan screen.
  1. Press (Start).

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