Bob

I have a loose leaf workshop manual for my 85 Range Rover which is
getting a bit tatty.

We have a HP sheet fed scanner at work which I would like to use to scan
the manual and keep it as a pdf like the RAVE cd manuals (which don't
cover my RRC)

What software will scan the pages to pdf easily? Can be Windows 98 or
Linux Fedora Core 2

Thanks
Paul

Martin Coombs

Hi Paul

Acrobat will do it, just go to:

File/Create PDF/From scanner

And away you go.

Martin

"Bob" <paulri@email.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.1deb9244c3d03612989681@aioe.cjb.net...
> I have a loose leaf workshop manual for my 85 Range Rover which is
> getting a bit tatty.
>
> We have a HP sheet fed scanner at work which I would like to use to scan
> the manual and keep it as a pdf like the RAVE cd manuals (which don't
> cover my RRC)
>
> What software will scan the pages to pdf easily? Can be Windows 98 or
> Linux Fedora Core 2
>
> Thanks
> Paul

Pacman

Bob wrote:
> I have a loose leaf workshop manual for my 85 Range Rover which is
> getting a bit tatty.
>
> We have a HP sheet fed scanner at work which I would like to use to scan
> the manual and keep it as a pdf like the RAVE cd manuals (which don't
> cover my RRC)
>
> What software will scan the pages to pdf easily? Can be Windows 98 or
> Linux Fedora Core 2
>
> Thanks
> Paul

If you have Microsoft Office XP you can use Document Scanning, which
scans all pages as 1 big TIFF file. Then use a free PDF printer such
as www.win2pdf.com and print to PDF. Saves paying £200 odd for Adobe
Writer. Assuming you have Office XP of course, although if you've got
Windows 98 you won't have it..

Thanks,
Paul
--
1992 Range Rover Vogue SE

Merlin©

Check the file options on the scanner, we have an HP sheet feed scanner at
work which will automatically csan to a pdf, sorry cant recall the model of
ours.

Chris
Disco 200tdi 1990 sob (for sale)

willie@macleod-group.com

A few people have mentioned Adobe Acrobat - one thing that should be
mentioned is that you can download a 30 day trial here:

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatpro/tryout.html

Apart from it won't work on your computer because it says it requires
Windows 2000/XP.....

Xsane will do the job under Linux, make a new directory and scan the
pages in their with sequential numbers for their file names and use the
utility "convert" to change them from png files to a single pdf.

Regards

William MacLeod

Austin Shackles

On or around 21 Nov 2005 13:07:34 -0800, "willie@macleod-group.com"
<willie@macleod-group.com> enlightened us thusly:

>A few people have mentioned Adobe Acrobat - one thing that should be
>mentioned is that you can download a 30 day trial here:
>
>http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobatpro/tryout.html
>
>Apart from it won't work on your computer because it says it requires
>Windows 2000/XP.....
>
>Xsane will do the job under Linux, make a new directory and scan the
>pages in their with sequential numbers for their file names and use the
>utility "convert" to change them from png files to a single pdf.

I've a thing here called Visage eXpert PDF which is a printer driver which
outputs to PDF files (in layman's terms) and is bloody handy. Was cheap
enough to licence, as well.

What I like about it is that you use your software-of-choice to create the
document, then select "Visage etc." from the print menu, you can then embed
fonts if you want and save it as pdf.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
Appearances: You don't really need make-up. Celebrate your authentic
face by frightening people in the street.
from the Little Book of Complete B***ocks by Alistair Beaton.

Mark Solesbury

> I've a thing here called Visage eXpert PDF which is a printer driver which
> outputs to PDF files (in layman's terms) and is bloody handy. Was cheap
> enough to licence, as well.

CuteFTP is freeware!

http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp

It sits as a windows printer, outputs PDF's.

Best freeware ive had for a while!

Mark.

Tom Woods

On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 19:10:58 -0000, "Merlin©"
<chris@wudumwic.freeserve.NOSPAM.co.uk> wrote:

>Check the file options on the scanner, we have an HP sheet feed scanner at
>work which will automatically csan to a pdf, sorry cant recall the model of
>ours.

My flatbed HP scanner will scan straight to pdf too, and its the very
bottom of the HP range i think - so i can't see a fancy sheet fed one
not being able to do it?

Austin Shackles

On or around Tue, 22 Nov 2005 00:23:13 +0000, Tom Woods
<tomarse_@hotmail.com> enlightened us thusly:

>On Mon, 21 Nov 2005 19:10:58 -0000, "Merlin©"
><chris@wudumwic.freeserve.NOSPAM.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Check the file options on the scanner, we have an HP sheet feed scanner at
>>work which will automatically csan to a pdf, sorry cant recall the model of
>>ours.
>
>My flatbed HP scanner will scan straight to pdf too, and its the very
>bottom of the HP range i think - so i can't see a fancy sheet fed one
>not being able to do it?

interesting. Been wondering about a new scanner. However, the fax machine
has gone senile (works fine, will copy documents but not send faxes) and so
that's due for replacement.

Anyone seen a flatbed scanner combined with a fax, for less than the
national debt? I spose it's one of those "multi-function" machines, really.
Mind, If I can get a decent scanner, I can reconfigure the modem, and set
the computer up to do faxes. Maybe. Mind, doesn't allow of receiving the
things so readily - with a fax machine, if I pick the phone up and it goes
"beeep" I can hit the start button and off it goes.
--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
Satisfying: Satisfy your inner child by eating ten tubes of Smarties
from the Little Book of Complete B***ocks by Alistair Beaton.

Austin Shackles

On or around Mon, 21 Nov 2005 22:00:24 -0000, "Mark Solesbury"
<msolesbury@IHATESPAMSPAMfuji.co.uk> enlightened us thusly:

>> I've a thing here called Visage eXpert PDF which is a printer driver which
>> outputs to PDF files (in layman's terms) and is bloody handy. Was cheap
>> enough to licence, as well.
>
>CuteFTP is freeware!
>
>http://www.cutepdf.com/Products/CutePDF/writer.asp
>
>It sits as a windows printer, outputs PDF's.
>
>Best freeware ive had for a while!

sounds good. Does it produce decent PDFs? One thing about Visage was that
it'd work for free but not without puttin adverts on the output...

--
Austin Shackles. www.ddol-las.net my opinions are just that
Satisfying: Satisfy your inner child by eating ten tubes of Smarties
from the Little Book of Complete B***ocks by Alistair Beaton.