{"id":7427,"date":"2022-11-05T12:09:34","date_gmt":"2022-11-05T19:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=7427"},"modified":"2022-11-05T12:09:34","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T19:09:34","slug":"scanning-multiple-pages-into-a-single-pdf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=7427","title":{"rendered":"Scanning multiple pages into a single PDF"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I have a Brother DCP-L2540DW<\/a> combined scanner, copier, and laser printer unit. It’s been a great little unit I picked up for about $100 on a Black Friday sale that has cheap cartridges and loads of features for the occasional printing\/copy job. On a side note, laser printers are a FAR better option than inkjet printers if you only occasionally print something. Now that good laser printers are below $100 and their toner is far more stable than inkjet printers that dry up and clog if not used regularly, they’re really the way to go for occasional everyday printing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently I had to scan in about 100 pages of text and wanted to scan them in a single PDF document. Low and behold, the Brother toolkit provides a way to stack up all the documents in the feeding tray, scan the whole lot, and then automatically output a single paginated PDF document<\/a>. Really awesome!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instructions:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
  1. Install and click on the Brother Utilities provided with the printer: \"Image\"
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    1. Click ControlCenter4<\/strong> to open the Control Center 4 app.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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      1. On the\u00a0Scan<\/strong>\u00a0top menu, click the button for the type of scan that you would like to perform. For a multi-page PDF, you want to select File<\/strong>. A new dialog box will open:
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        1. Be sure to change the File Type<\/strong> to PDF and then select the folder you want to save the document.<\/li>
        2. Load the upper tray with the pages you want to scan. I’ve scanned up to 40 pages simultaneously this way without issue.<\/li>
        3. Press the Scan button and the bottom and it will scan all the pages and combine them into a single PDF that is located in the folder set in the Scan Location directory you specified.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

          \u00a0If you have enabled the ‘Show settings dialog before scan’ option, then you will be prompted to choose your desired settings and then click\u00a0Start Scanning<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

          <\/strong> If you are using the Continuous Scanning<\/strong> option, you will need to load the subsequent pages either on the flatbed or in the Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) if available and then click Continue<\/strong>.  Once you have scanned all pages, click Finish<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

          I have a Brother DCP-L2540DW combined scanner, copier, and laser printer unit. It’s been a great little unit I picked up for about $100 on a Black Friday sale that has cheap cartridges and loads of features for the occasional printing\/copy job. On a side note, laser printers are a FAR better option than inkjet printers if you only occasionally print something. Now that good laser printers are below $100 and their toner is far more stable than inkjet printers…<\/p>\n

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