Scan to PDF
Photograph a document with your phone camera and save the pages straight to PDF.
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Scan to PDF is in development
This format needs processing that isn't available here yet, so rather than quietly sending your file somewhere we have left the tool switched off until it can run properly.
How to use scan to pdf
- Choose your image files file. Drop the file onto the upload area or pick it from your device. The file is sent over HTTPS, processed, and deleted as soon as the result is written.
- Set the options. Adjust the settings shown for scan to pdf. The defaults suit most files, so you can usually leave them alone.
- Check and save the result. Run the tool and download the PDF result. Compare it against your original before you rely on it — conversions do not always carry every detail across.
Privacy
When this tool ships it will process your file, return the result, and keep nothing.
Questions
What happens to my file?
This tool is not built yet, so it does nothing with your file at all. When it ships it will follow the same rule as the rest of the site: process the file, return the result, keep nothing.
When will Scan to PDF be available?
There is no date. This format needs processing that is not available here yet, and rather than quietly producing a poor result the tool is switched off until it can be done properly. The rest of the toolkit is working and listed on the home page.
Does the PDF need to be unlocked first?
Yes. A PDF carrying an open password cannot be read until it is decrypted, so remove the password using the Unlock PDF tool — which requires you to know the correct password — and then run this tool on the result.
Is there a file size limit?
Uploads are capped at 32 MB. If your file is larger, split it first, or use one of the browser-side tools, which are bounded only by your device memory.
Working with image files and PDF
About image files
Raster images store a grid of pixels. The format decides how that grid is compressed and what extra information travels with it.
Resizing or re-saving a lossy image reprocesses the pixels, so quality is lost each time. Editing repeatedly from the same original avoids compounding it.
About PDF
A fixed-layout page format. A PDF records where each glyph sits on the page, along with fonts, vector shapes and embedded images, so it looks identical everywhere it is opened.
It does not store paragraphs, headings or tables as structure. Anything that reads meaning back out of a PDF is reconstructing it from position and spacing, which is why converting away from PDF is the harder direction.
Troubleshooting
- Nothing happens after choosing a file. Check the file really is IMG — a renamed extension fails here the same way it fails in other readers.
- The upload is refused. Files over 32 MB are rejected. Split the document first, or use one of the browser-side tools, which are limited only by your device memory.
- The result looks different from the original. Some conversions cannot carry every feature across formats. The page says what was dropped when that happens.