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04-30-2011 07:50 AM
I NEED HELP ON THIS!!
This appears to be the last post on the continuing saga of pdf files. I have a J4550 AIO and have NOT solved the problem of large file sizes. Reinstalled old software, downloaded later versions, print from desktop, different options of driver installations, on and on. Note that I have not purchased 3rd party software - reserving the money for a new printer!
Has anyone solved this problem in a simple fashion. I am one more "customer" that is about to switch to another manufacturer because of this ONE BIG problem.
Mark
01-16-2012 07:32 AM
01-16-2012 08:00 AM
The scanner takes it all, I save the file, then go to MSN attach to email and the client does not get it. I did see it was going into skyscape, I changed that setting to attachment. It was suppose to give a link but did not. It may be the email provider not my HP. Sandy
01-16-2012 08:26 AM
01-18-2012 09:12 AM
Hi everyone - I started this thread (I think). As perviously mentioned I went out and bought a Cannon MX860 but here is what I did to get me around with both the HP and the Cannon
** the Cannon did produce smaller documents but still originally too large**
** I have a mac so I am not sure this will work with a regular PC**
I scanned my document
I then opened the document in preview
I then saved the document again using a quartz filter I created - see link below
http://www.tuaw.com/2007/12/12/reducing-pdf-file-size-with-a-quartz-filter/
This greatly reduced the size.
I later have found in the Cannon software that when you save your PDF there is a button to Set - within that there is PDF compression which I set at High. This worked to get my documents small enough to send via email. I even tested this by using my reducing method via the quartz filter and the filter actually made it bigger so Cannon has the solution.
I am not sure but HP may have this setting. When I called HP about this problem they never mentioned it. On other calls to Cannon (I had about 4 because of software totally crapping out) I always mentioned this problem. Only one Cannon tech knew this answer.
I would look in the HP software to see if they have some kind of PDF compression if not try the quartz filter. It totally worked for me.
FYI even though I found my answer I always check back on this forum because the problem was so frustrating to me (about 2 years worth of frustration) that I am interested in helping people.
good luck and if you have questions that I can answer just post here and I will try to help even though I am far from being a tech genius
02-03-2012 03:03 PM
All I can say is, try the downgrade, it worked for me. (Actually, we got a copier than scans at work, so I quit using altogether.)
Otherwise use a PDF editor like Bullzip or Acrobat Standard, and shrink size there.
02-03-2012 05:30 PM
Thanks for your quick replies. Afauci, I don't see how to change settings in the HP software (other than reducing dpi or image quality, which helps but not enough), and I don't think quartz filter is available on pc (at least, I can't find it).
I downloaded a free version of PDFill Tools and started using its scan to pdf option, which is much better in terms of file size but very annoying in terms of additional steps I shouldn't have to take because the product should come with software that is actually useful in the first place.
I did notice that on my 8600, at least, scanning to rtf via OCR, and then just converting that word doc to pdf resulted in very acceptable file sizes. Problem is that in many cases I need an exact reproduction.