Scanning to a PDF File Using a Scanner Button

You can scan to a PDF (Portable Document Format) file by pressing the  PDF button on your scanner.
You can select the following options as you scan to PDF:
  • Scan multiple pages to one PDF file
  • Scan multiple pages to multiple PDF files
  • Create a searchable PDF file
  1. Place your original on your product for scanning.
  2. Press the  PDF button on your scanner. You see this window:


  3. Click Settings. You see this window:


  4. Select the Image Type setting for the type of original you are scanning.
  5. Select the Size, Orientation, and Resolution settings for your scan.
  6. Select any of the available Image Adjustments settings.
  7. Click File save settings. You see this window:


  8. To change any of the displayed PDF Image Format settings, click the Options button. You see this window:


  9. Select one of the following options on the General tab to indicate the number of PDF files you want to create:
    • To create one PDF file of all the scanned pages, select Create file with all pages.
    • To create multiple PDF files of groups of scanned pages, select Select number to make file. Enter the number of pages you want in each file in the number field. For example, with a 20-page original, enter 4 to create 5 PDF files of 4 pages each.
    Note: To create a searchable PDF file, select the Text tab and select Create searchable PDF, then select the language of the original document.
  10. Click OK.
  11. Click Close to close the Scan to PDF Settings window.
  12. Click the large Scan button. Epson Scan scans your page.
  13. Choose one of the following options on the screen:
    • If you are scanning only one page, click Finish.
    • If you need to scan additional pages in a document, place additional pages on the product for scanning, click Scan, and repeat until you have scanned all the pages. When you are finished, click Finish.
Epson Scan saves the files in the selected folder.
Parent topic: Scanning Special Projects