Document Scanner || A CODECLOUDS Community Initiative

PDF has become the most widely used electronic format in litigation, technical & reference documents and research material. It is the preferred way to distribute documents or publish them to the web and we can take you there for a fraction of in-house costs. No expensive equipment, software licenses and training, just high-quality results at very competitive prices.

Using production scanning equipment and leading edge document processing software, we offers a complete set of PDF conversion services. Applications include:

• Business/Accounting Records
• Brochures/Catalogs
• Technical Manuals/Service Manuals
• Contracts
• Research Material
• Books
• Educational Materials
• Litigation Support

A quick overview. . . .
PDF comes in 3 types and each one has advantages and disadvantages. As a part our service , we can help you in determining which one would be best for your application. Outlined below are the basics.

PDF Formatted Text & Graphics - produced directly from word processing files or scanned paper documents. Once scanned or imported, the text will remain editable and bitmaps are kept for zones on the page that contain graphics.

This type of PDF is recommended for applications where size is a factor such as web-based retrieval. The tradeoff with this option, however, is cost as any OCR errors must be manually corrected.

PDF Searchable Image - this type of PDF format is produced from scanned pages. In this format you see an image of the original document, preserving the look and feel, but you can also search on OCR results that are hidden under the displayed image. The text is used only for searching and cannot be edited.

This method presents the document, in its original state, to the viewer. It is useful in applications where file size and storage requirements are not an issue. This is a low cost option unless correction of OCR errors is required. Then the price will depend upon the degree of accuracy desired.

PDF Image Only - this PDF is produced from scanned pages and no OCR is performed. The image is a replica of the original document, however, you cannot search for words or phrases that appear. Information fields such as subject & keyword, may be searched. If your conversion project does not require full text searches, this is the best option for converting your paper documents to PDF.