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Scanfix from TMS Sequoia might be able to do this. We use it to clean up and deskew tiff images.It will perform a bi-tonal conversion. It is very fast. Steve Harris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey A. Campbell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 3:28 PM Subject: [PDF] Convert 24bit color to bi-tonal > > The PDF list is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com > __________________________________________________________________ > > I am working on a project that requires scanning over 100,000 pages in > 24bit color. The client wants these pages scanned in color for archival > purposes. I am then taking the files and creating PDFs. > > The majority of the pages are just black & white. > > For scanning, I am using the Xerox Digipath 3.0 system which, > unfortunately, does not automatically recognize color vs bitonal content > (it requires manually changing the settings from color to bi-tonal). This > is not an option because of the time that it takes. > > The result is a pdf file that is larger than it needs to be. > > Is anyone aware of a utility that can (in batch mode) look a folder of > tiffs (or at a PDF), detect wether or not there is any color on the page > and if there isn't, convert that page to bi-tonal? > > Thanks in advance! > > Jeff > > > > > ============================================= > Jeffrey A. Campbell > Imaging Application Administrator > Yale - RIS Imaging > Phone: 203-436-4911 > Fax: 203-432-6274 > > > > To change your subscription: > http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html To change your subscription: http://www.pdfzone.com/discussions/lists-pdf.html
