Saving Scanned Documents as a Searchable PDF with Document Capture - Mac

You can scan a document with Document Capture and save the text in a searchable PDF. In a searchable PDF, text is recognized using Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and then embedded in the scanned original.
Note: The settings may vary, depending on the software version you are using. See the Help information in Document Capture for details.
  1. Load your original in the product for scanning.
  2. Open the Applications folder, open the Epson Software folder, and select Document Capture. You see a window like this:


    Note: You may need to select your scanner from the scanner list.
  3. Click the Scan icon. You see a window like this:


    Note: If you want to use a scan job that you created instead, select it from the Job list in the Document Capture window, click the Start Job button, and skip the rest of these steps.
  4. Select any displayed scan settings you want to use.
    Note: See the Help information in Document Capture for details.
  5. If you want to select detailed scan settings, close the Scan Settings window, open the Scan menu at the top of the Mac desktop, and select Displays the EPSON Scan Setup Screen.
  6. Click the Scan icon and select any detailed scan settings you want to use from the Epson Scan 2 window.
  7. Click Scan. You see a preview of your scan in the Document Capture window.


    Note: You may have to close the Epson Scan 2 window to view your scan in the Document Capture window.
  8. If you would like to scan additional originals and add them to the current captured images, click the + icon, select Acquire from Scanner, and repeat the previous steps.
  9. Check the scanned images and edit them as necessary.
  10. Open the File menu at the top of the Mac desktop and select Save As.
  11. Select PDF as the File Type setting and click the Options button.
  12. Select the Create Searchable PDF checkbox and click OK.
  13. Click one of the Destination icons to choose where to send your scanned file. (If you cannot see all of the icons below, click the arrow next to the icons.)


  14. Depending on the destination you chose, click OK or Send to complete the operation.