Scan Multiple Pages to PDF with Laser Jet Flow – MFP M880

[islandplans]

Hello,

I am trying to scan many pages (eg. 600) at one time into a PDF.  This works fine if all pages are in the feed ready to go.  Occasionally I have to check a page before it scans which leaves the feed tray empty.  At that point, the scan completes and the PDF is created.  Is there a way to override  this and not complete the scan (to PDF)?  I would like to check some pages, place them back into the feed and have the scan continue with the original PDF file created.  Is there a way to put the scan "on hold" even if the feed tray is empty, unti I "tell" it to continue?

Thank you.

Mike

[Dragon-Fur]

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The following might be helpful. 

The program does allow you to get what you need even after having interrupted the original job.

Program to combine scan pages into one PDF file:

PDFSAM –Split and Merge PDF Documents

Consider the following:

Merge pdf

The documentation appears to suggest that even if your original job has been truncated (stopped) prior to its completion that you can "recover" and then continue in the sense that the program allows you to combine files and pages in the order desired.

For example, if you find it necessary to check (pull a page) and that action causes the original job to step and compile the PDF file at that point --- you can continue, in essence starting a new job -- and then combine the resulting extra PDF jobs into a single file at the end of the process.

The documentation appears to indicate that you can intersperse pages / files into the "last full version" of the file and control the order of the added pages / files.

Reference:

Scan_Multiple_Documents-Combine

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[islandplans]

Thank you Dragon-Fur.  This does sound like a type of 'workaround' to combine PDF documents.  I was hoping there was an easier, more straightforward option with the printer itself.  Something as simple as manually 'telling' the printer when the scanning is finished - instead of it being determined when the paper feed tray is empty of input.

I appreciate your help though.

[Dragon-Fur]

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You wrote:

 Something as simple as manually 'telling' the printer when the scanning is finished - instead of it being determined when the paper feed tray is empty of input.

Well, there may well be something of that sort.

From a purely physical standpoint, printers are rather stupid computers with small brains -- they tend to respond to certain stimuli, like an empty tray, to tell them what to do next.

I believe, and I could be wrong, that to circumvent the printer's tendency to believe a job is done when the tray is empty, you would need an overlay program to squash the printer's "job is done" reaction. 

You could just manually copy / scan each page on the glass, in which case you do what ever you like as long as you are willing to babysit the input.

Scan_Multiple_Documents-Combine

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I think you may be right when you say "..to squash the printer's "job is done" reaction. ..".  I was hoping there was an option on the printer itself which would allow a user to do this.  Having something as simple as a "DONE" or "JOB FINISHED" or "SEND" button or option would be exactly what I need.