Mac OS 10.5.3 and HP PSC 1315xi All in One

John Jordan · **Joined:** Sat Jun 09, 2007 5:07 pm **Posts:** 8

I purchased a new iMac in Jan. 2008, with Mac OS 10.5.3 operating system. I have a HP PSC 1315xi All in One printer. With my old Mac (OS 10.2.

it would not scan multiple pages into a "pdf" file. I was told that with my new Mac it is supposed to scan multiple pages. Any idea on how to set this up?
Thanks for any assistance.
John....

cjr · **Posted:** Wed Jul 02, 2008 5:29 pm

John:
I'm not aware of any scanner that will scan multiple pages automatically into one PDF. What I always do is scan my stuff and then create a single PDF from within Acrobat Professional (Standard can also do this; Reader cannot).

You should be able to do this from Preview, too. Just select all of the scanned images at once, open them in a single Preview panel and then save them as a PDF. Hope this helps!

Slydude · **Posted:** Wed Jul 02, 2008 6:34 pm

I knew there was a reason that I loved OS X. Thanks for that tip CJR. I have done other tricks with Preview but I have never thought of doing this.

cjr · **Posted:** Wed Jul 02, 2008 6:46 pm

You're welcome, Sly. I actually prefer creating single PDFs this way (even if an all-at-once PDF scanning option existed) because I can arrange the scans in the order I want 'em and, inevitably, I screw up a scan somehow and need to do it over :-)

ozarkshome · **Posted:** Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:47 pm

cjr wrote:

John:
I'm not aware of any scanner that will scan multiple pages automatically into one PDF. What I always do is scan my stuff and then create a single PDF from within Acrobat Professional (Standard can also do this; Reader cannot).

You should be able to do this from Preview, too. Just select all of the scanned images at once, open them in a single Preview panel and then save them as a PDF. Hope this helps!

Fujitsu makes a couple of different ScanSnap models that will put multiple pages in one pdf.

cjr · **Posted:** Thu Jul 03, 2008 6:00 pm

Should have figured this ability existed somehow, Ozarks, because it makes TOTAL sense in my mind. Even though it's easy to create a single PDF from multiple individual scans, it's not as "efficient" in our time-conscious age. Thanks!

John Jordan · **Joined:** Sat Jun 09, 2007 5:07 pm **Posts:** 8

I would like to thank all of you for your assistance. When I first bought the printer I had an older iMac. When I called HP support the tech started to tell me how to scan multiple pages into one document right up to the point that I told him my OS was 10.2.8, then he said it couldn't be done unless I upgraded my OS to 10.4 (or higher). I also have the same HP printer at work and on my PC it allows scanning of multiple pages (until I run out of memory).
Again, thanks for all the answers.
John....

cjr · **Posted:** Sat Jul 05, 2008 10:40 am

You're welcome, John. So, if I'm reading your post right, your PC does allow you to scan multiple pages automatically into a single PDF? Is that through the scanner software that came with the printer or some other application?