OVERVIEW
Target audience: Entire McGill community
When you scan a document that contains text, using the uPrint machines on campus, it results in a non-editable PDF file that is emailed to you.
If you want the resulting PDF to contain searchable, editable text, you need to turn on the Optical Character Recognition (OCR) settings on the uPrint device before scanning.
The instructions below are based on the Xerox model C8155; other models may differ slightly.
- Place the original document face up in the document feeder, or face down on the glass.
- Press Services Home on the control panel; then touch E-mail on the touch screen.
- Next to the attachment field, click on the file format (leve as .pdf) then on ... More
- In the following File format screen, under Searchable, select Yes.
- Press Current Language and select the language of the document to be scanned.
- Press OK and start your scan. For instructions on how to print, read the article Scan to email using a Xerox Altalink C8135, C8155 or C8170
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