Flexible conversion of paper documents to PDF filesHexonic ScanToPDF is the free solution for flexible conversion of paper documents to PDF files. Scan one or multiple pages, adjust various options to control layout and instantly preview the resulting document. It is even possible to automatically optimize compression level or image resolution to achieve a user-defined maximum file size. Hexonic ScanToPDF is free for private, non-commercial use.Features:- Works with any TWAIN-compatible scanner- Scan one or multiple pages, both with flatbed scanner or ADF- Instant preview of the resulting document- Automatic calculation of the resulting file size- Automatic optimization of compression level or image resolution to achieve a user-defined maximum file size- Set DPI and compression level manually- Import image files with drag and drop. Supported file formats are: JPEG, TIFF, Multipage-TIFF, BMP, PNG and GIF- Easy editing of scans or images: Reorder, delete, rotate- Set various layout options: page format, orientation, margin, background color- Multiple pictures on one page: Set the number of columns and rows per page- Create bookmarks (for imported images): For each picture, a bookmark with the filename is created- Create one PDF document for all pictures or one for each picture- Options and settings are stored to be reused for the next session- Fully compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7
Perfect functionality, does just what I expect from a Scan2PDF software, and it is FREE!
Cons
none so far.
Summary
I've been through 7 free software packages which all were supposed to scan documents and save them as PDF files. None of them could compete with this little smart tool. The one that came closest was Scan2PDF from Koma Code. The only fuction I was missing there was a way to define the page size to A4. All other tools either were naggy or click-intensive to get a result, or did not have functions to let me choose the compression I wanted, most of them had both disadvantages. Now this little tool comes along and offers this, and also offers a way to set both image resolution and compression quality independently, plus a calculator which optimizes quality to a given output file size. Wow! I wanted a way to scan paper documents as multipage PDF on my hard drive without wasting heaps of space (not that it matters but it just feels better when it's compressed). Hexonic does the trick fast and easy. Thanks to the author!!
Simple & Works Great
vinnie_lee
Pros
Easy to navigate. Simple interface.
Cons
None - works fine so far.
Summary
I was looking for something to scan multipage documents into pdf format. Other downloads I tried wouldn't work, at least no in the free version. This one is very easy to navigate and worked great. I was easily able to scan multiple pages, arrange them and then save them as a single, multipage pdf file.<br /><br /><span class='notifyMsg'> Updated </span>on May 31, 2012<p/>I also want to add that this program used the native scanning interface for my scanner, which gave me all of the options I wanted in a familiar screen. It was very easy to adjust all of the options.