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Converting PDF's created from scanned greyscale JPEG to smaller (& more legible) PDFs

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2011-09-26 21:12:10
realmike
Registered: Sep 26 2011
Posts: 1

Folks - I run in to a problem frequently with documents that people scan and convert to PDF - they are scanning B&W documents, but use a JPEG set-up on their scanner. Creates huge files that are not as legible as if they scanned as Text (i.e. like a fax) These are business docs - (real estate / legal documents)
 
(Apologies if this is posted in wrong forum)
 
It would be better if they simply faxed to my efax "but it is so much easier for me to scan and email..."
 
saving as reduced file PDF helps somewhat, but not as much as if it had been scanned (or faxed) as B&W text instead of JPEG (photo).l And it is still JPEG so not as legible.
 
I have even opened the pdfs in photoshop elements and converted to one-bit tiffs, but this is painfully slow/manual/one page at a time.
 
Is there any way to do this directly/easily in Acrobat X?

Thanks,
Mike

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 10.0, Windows
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2011-09-27 02:15:01
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rbogie
Registered: Apr 28 2008
Posts: 432
there is not an easy way in Acrobat. you identified the best solution under the circumstances described: open the pdfs in photoshop elements and convert to one-bit tiffs. you can also do some sharpening with photoshop. a better solution is to coach the people who originate the scanned docs to scan at b/w 300 dpi (NOT jpeg, NOT color, NOT grayscale)
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