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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: Hawkmoon on December 13, 2022, 10:40:29 AM
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The recent electrical glitch fried my H-P laser multi-function printer/scanner/copier. I have replaced it with a Canon multi-function machine, which does all the same things. However ...
Canon's scanning software absolutely sucks compared to H-P's scanning software. Does anyone have any recommendations for freeware, universal scanner software that will work with Canon multi-function machines?
Thanks.
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Irfanview
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Irfanview
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I've used Irfanview for years, mostly for resizing JPEGs, and for light image manipulation. I never knew it could be used for scanning.
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Hmmm ...
Works well. Had no trouble finding the new Canon scanner. But I don't see any option to scan directly to PDF. If it can't do that, it's next to useless (for me).
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What do you mean by directly to pdf? I just scan and save as pdf. You can also batch scan to pdf.
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What do you mean by directly to pdf? I just scan and save as pdf. You can also batch scan to pdf.
That's what I mean. When I did a test scan, it didn't allow me to save as anything other than a JPEG.
[Edit] I see the problem. My test scan was a single page, so I had it set to scan a single image. If I switch to batch scan, it allows saving as a PDF.
Thanks, Ben -- I think that will do nicely. MUCH better than Canon's software.
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That's what I mean. When I did a test scan, it didn't allow me to save as anything other than a JPEG.
[Edit] I see the problem. My test scan was a single page, so I had it set to scan a single image. If I switch to batch scan, it allows saving as a PDF.
Thanks, Ben -- I think that will do nicely. MUCH better than Canon's software.
No problem. You might want to check your Irfanview install/version. For doing both single and batch scans, I have like a bajillion save options.