Need Help with a Gestetner Copier - Compression in Scanned PDF's

[Guest]

Hi I have a Gestetner DSM-651SP which I am trying to find a solution to the compression in scanned PDF. I have a service provider but he is being totally unhelpful, telling me that it totally normal for a 1 page B&W scanned document to be 1MB in file size.

I just started a new job and my manager wants me to fix this problem. The copier is set to scan direct-to-folder on our server with no computer in between. I have been able to find a compression setting in the copier panel so that the same page that came out as 1MB shrunken to ~200KB. I know that this is not normal as it should be more like 20 - 30 KB's at the most. I tried using the copiers internal website as well as the program SmartDeviceMonitor but there was no section in either for compression of scans.

Any assistance would be much appreciated!!

Thanks,

Michael

[Jomama46]

Reduce the resolution, reduce the scan area. These will reduce the file size.

[michael1879]

Reduce the resolution, reduce the scan area. These will reduce the file size.

Hi Thanks for your reply. I am currently scanning the documents as an 8.5 x 11 and at 300 DPI. A 1 page should not scan at 200KB's at those settings.

Thanks,
Michael

[Jomama46]

Hi Thanks for your reply. I am currently scanning the documents as an 8.5 x 11 and at 300 DPI. A 1 page should not scan at 200KB's at those settings.

Thanks,
Michael

Where are you getting that information?

If it were a txt file it would be smaller but a scan is an image file and every pixel counts whether is is black or white.

[michael1879]

I got that from the settings of the scan I am about to make. The document is a basic typed letter with minimal graphics (basically a small logo). I have scanned many documents before on both a large Sharp Workgroup/departmental Copier/Scanner and also on a personal Sharp All-in-One as well as a dedicated Panosonic scanner. None of the scans came out near that large for a basic one page typed document.

Thanks

[Fearless V K]

What is the file size like if you change it to TIFF?

[Scott_Lewis]

@300dpi I would think you should get closer to 50-60kb per page of text. Are you scanning this as a TEXT document? If you are using a photo mode, then all bets are off with file size.

[apache_cat]

If the copier has colour scan type available make sure your scan settings are defaulted to B/W text. If it is defaulted to colour file size will increase.

Also when you say it is a text document. I assume this means there is no shading behind the text. I had a customer complaining about file size and when I arrived on site I find they are scanning 50page docs with background shading all over them.