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Post by Stephen on Apr 20, 2007 8:29:48 GMT -5
ISD has ten years of paper back-issues that I have always wanted to put online as part of our archives. The Archives section will never be complete until it has the entire history of ISD on it, and I need some help with this. I've struggled with this for a long time. Its been suggested that I put them into PDF format so folks can read them, and I 'd be glad to if I could. When I scan something, I can save it as a .bmp, .exf, .pcd, .pcx, .jpeg, .psd, .png, .tiff, .tga or .wmf file. However, when you go to www.pdfonline.com/ and check it out, you find that you cannot convert any of these file types to PDF format. So even if I scan them, I still can't convert them to PDF. Any ideas? |
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Post by gblemings on Apr 20, 2007 9:23:28 GMT -5
i checked that site out, did it not say it supported the various formats, like tiff etc?
scan one of your issues, in various formats, and send them to me at my work gcb@cargoalliance.com
i can play around with it, i am sure we can convert to pdf...format.
garyb
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albpilot
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Post by albpilot on Apr 20, 2007 10:27:04 GMT -5
ISD has ten years of paper back-issues that I have always wanted to put online as part of our archives. The Archives section will never be complete until it has the entire history of ISD on it, and I need some help with this. I've struggled with this for a long time. Its been suggested that I put them into PDF format so folks can read them, and I 'd be glad to if I could. When I scan something, I can save it as a .bmp, .exf, .pcd, .pcx, .jpeg, .psd, .png, .tiff, .tga or .wmf file. However, when you go to www.pdfonline.com/ and check it out, you find that you cannot convert any of these file types to PDF format. So even if I scan them, I still can't convert them to PDF. Any ideas? There are a couple of software packages out there that allow direct conversion to .pdf from things like Word. However, it might be easier to scan them into a digital sender somewhere (working for HP, I do this a lot) and email them. The attachment with the scan is a .pdf. |
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Post by Stephen on Apr 20, 2007 10:56:41 GMT -5
Gary, no, I checked the page carefully and my Lexmark scanner (yuk) cannot save a file in any of the necessary formats that synch with the online PDF converter. I'll see if I can scan one and still get it to you yet today.
Rick, I don't know what a digital sender is. Is that its actual name? Give me a couple of keywords to look up and I'll try to educate myself and see if its something I have the equipment to do.
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Post by gblemings on Apr 20, 2007 13:35:08 GMT -5
their are some products out their, that will install a 'virtual' printer (if that is the correct term), that you print to, like a normal printer, but
the actual output becomes a pdf document.....so no actual printing is done..
we have a canon all singing, all dancing printer, i can scan, to tiff or pdf format....so if you send me an image, i can print it, then scan it back as a pdf file....not sure how it will look....
or...
i can run the image, through some converters i have ( i have several kicking around for various things i have done in the past), and see if that works.
garyb
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Post by Rex on Apr 20, 2007 16:47:40 GMT -5
Stephen,
I have a copy of Acrobat. I usually import directly into PDF from the scanner. But I just tested and was able to "open as a pdf" a .jpg and then save that pdf. If you would like to send me the scans of a single issue, I can put them into a pdf and send it back to you as a test.
-Rex
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Post by Stephen on Apr 20, 2007 21:19:51 GMT -5
okay. i'm having some issues right now trying to email these files but i'll get back to work on it early next wk. gotta deal with RBF tomorrow.
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