![]() ![]() For typical business documents, I recommend B&W (monochrome/1-bit) and 300 DPI. Two important variables that affect OCR accuracy are But when printing to a PDF file, you should print to the PP Image Printer only if the source document is a raster image (bitmap/graphic) if it isn't, then it's better to print to one of the other PDF print drivers mentioned above. Likewise, when converting an image-only file, such as a BMP, JPG, PNG, PDF, or TIFF, to a PDF Searchable Image file, you must also have PaperPort invoke OCR to create it (which it does automatically via In summary, when scanning paper, you must scan to an image and have PaperPort invoke OCR to create a PDF Searchable Image file (which it does automatically via a PDF-XChange Printer (part of the PDF-XChange Editor install), and Nitro PDF Creator (part of the Nitro Reader install), They are similar to other PDF print drivers that create a PDF Normal file (straight text-to-text, i.e., no OCR), such as Adobe PDF (Distiller), part of an Adobe Acrobat installation, as well as many free ones, includingįoxit Reader PDF Printer (part of the Foxit Reader install), These are in addition to, and different from, the PP Image Printer. PaperPort installs such a driver that has had various names over the years, including DocuCom, Nuance PDF, and ScanSoft PDF Create. The better technique is to print to a PDF print driver that goes from the source text straight to text in the PDF file, creating what's known as a PDF Normal file. If your source document already has text, such as a typical web page or Word file, this is generally not the right technique for creating a PDF, that is, there's no reason to go from text to an image and then back to text again via OCR. It is important to note that printing to the PP Image Printer creates a raster image (bitmap/graphic) which then has to go through the OCR process in order to create text. PaperPort Image Printer file type drop-down: ![]() Item tab, and select PDF Searchable Image in the To do this in PP12 and PP14, click theĭesktop Options button on the ribbon, then the ![]() However, you must first configure the PaperPort Image Printer to an output type of PDF Searchable Image file, not PDF Image. For example, here's the print dialog for printing a TIFF file from MS Paint to the PP Image Printer, thereby creating a PDF Searchable Image file: PaperPort Image Printer in any Windows program. Print to a PDF Searchable Image file, print to the from the context menu, and select PDF Searchable Image in the Output tab, and select PDF Searchable Image in theĬonvert a file to a PDF Searchable Image file, right-click the item on the Scan directly to a PDF Searchable Image file, create a Printing (to the PaperPort Image Printer): There are three ways to create a PDF Searchable Image file in PP12 and PP14. PaperPort 14 - Free Upgrade to Version 14.5 PP14.5 (there was not a public release for either 14.3 or 14.4). If you are running PP14.0, PP14.1, or PP14.2, I recommend that you upgrade (free!) to PaperPort 12 - Free Upgrade to Version 12.1 Sidebar on PaperPort Version: If you are running PP12.0, I recommend that you upgrade (free!) to OmniPage Capture Software Development Kit (CSDK). The reason that PP12 and PP14 can create a PDF Searchable Image file is that it contains the OmniPage OCR engine under the covers - via the PDF Searchable Image file (because it containsīoth the raster image and the text created by OCR). OmniPage (a separately priced OCR product) to be installed in order to create a searchable PDF file that PaperPort calls a Prior PaperPort releases require Nuance's PP12 was the first release that could do this (and it was carried forward into PP12 Standard, PP12 Professional, PP14 Standard, PP14 Professional - have the ability to create a searchable PDF file without any other software needing to be installed. Both of these most recent versions come in two editions, Professional and Standard. It is in widespread use by bothġ2 (yes, Nuance got superstitious and skippedġ3). PaperPort is a popular document imaging/management product from ![]()
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