App recommendation - changing an image in to a .pdf

JustAnotherSaver

Just done the Google Drive thing as per first suggestion.

A4 sheet of paper.

Scan

Processed about 10% of it.

No good.

Don't think an app has actually been suggested beyond Google Drive so I'll just plug away trying them then & see if I can get one that suits. Just thought i may do away with that by asking here.

debitcardmayhem said:

I thought you had a Samsung multi-function printer , why not scan using that ?

We'll probably be talking about my kettle in a few pages time.

k_man

JustAnotherSaver said:

Just done the Google Drive thing as per first suggestion.

A4 sheet of paper.

Scan

Processed about 10% of it.

No good.

Don't think an app has actually been suggested beyond Google Drive so I'll just plug away trying them then & see if I can get one that suits. Just thought i may do away with that by asking here.

debitcardmayhem said:

I thought you had a Samsung multi-function printer , why not scan using that ?

We'll probably be talking about my kettle in a few pages time.

Can you expand on this, not sure what processed means? It's just taking a photo.

I have literally just done this a few hours ago, took about 30s for 2 sheets of A4 to a PDF.

k_man

https://support.google.com/drive/answer/3145835

Scan a document

Open the Google Drive app Google Drive.

In the bottom right, tap Add

Tap Scan

Take a photo of the document you'd like to scan.

Adjust scan area: Tap Crop

Take photo again: Tap Re-scan current page Refresh.

Scan another page: Tap Add

To save the finished document, tap Done

JustAnotherSaver

k_man said:

Can you expand on this, not sure what processed means? It's just taking a photo.

I have literally just done this a few hours ago, took about 30s for 2 sheets of A4 to a PDF.

Sure no problem.

I took a photo of an A4 invoice which has actually been folded up in to 8 equal size parts. Line down the centre & then 3 horizontal folds which creates 8 'boxes' so to speak.

When doing the Google Drive thing, only 1 box showed on the image.

So ok more than the 10% I said but still. It didn't show the full document.

debitcardmayhem

JustAnotherSaver said:

We'll probably be talking about my kettle in a few pages time.

Why does it scan?  , i'm out, going to sort out my windows 7 lighting problems

JustAnotherSaver

debitcardmayhem said:

JustAnotherSaver said:

We'll probably be talking about my kettle in a few pages time.

Why does it scan?  , i'm out, going to sort out my windows 7 lighting problems

No it doesn't scan.

Another thing that it doesn't do is tick the box of being an app on the phone which is what was asked for.

So it's got every chance of being discussed here then.

k_man

JustAnotherSaver said:

k_man said:

Can you expand on this, not sure what processed means? It's just taking a photo.

I have literally just done this a few hours ago, took about 30s for 2 sheets of A4 to a PDF.

Sure no problem.

I took a photo of an A4 invoice which has actually been folded up in to 8 equal size parts. Line down the centre & then 3 horizontal folds which creates 8 'boxes' so to speak.

When doing the Google Drive thing, only 1 box showed on the image.

So ok more than the 10% I said but still. It didn't show the full document.

Sorry, I think I am missing something here.

Do you mean the image was cropped to only be 1/8 of the sheet?

Do you get the same issue if you just take a photo with the phone camera (that is all this processes is doing, and then saving the results into PDF format)?

May need to adjust the phone camera position and/or distance or just a 'framing'issue.
Was the whole sheet displayed on screen when you took the picture.

May also help to have a dark background, as the autocrop may be confused of the background is paper coloured.

Chino

JustAnotherSaver said:

Don't think an app has actually been suggested beyond Google Drive

Microsoft Lens - PDF Scanner has worked fine for me.

JustAnotherSaver

k_man said:

JustAnotherSaver said:

k_man said:

Can you expand on this, not sure what processed means? It's just taking a photo.

I have literally just done this a few hours ago, took about 30s for 2 sheets of A4 to a PDF.

Sure no problem.

I took a photo of an A4 invoice which has actually been folded up in to 8 equal size parts. Line down the centre & then 3 horizontal folds which creates 8 'boxes' so to speak.

When doing the Google Drive thing, only 1 box showed on the image.

So ok more than the 10% I said but still. It didn't show the full document.

Sorry, I think I am missing something here.

Do you mean the image was cropped to only be 1/8 of the sheet?

Do you get the same issue if you just take a photo with the phone camera (that is all this processes is doing, and then saving the results into PDF format)?

May need to adjust the phone camera position and/or distance or just a 'framing'issue.
Was the whole sheet displayed on screen when you took the picture.

May also help to have a dark background, as the autocrop may be confused of the background is paper coloured.

Yep that's what I mean. It photos the image fine but then when I click next or whatever it is it just shows a section of it.

I've tried Adobe Scan - ok but not great

'Image to PDF Converter' has been the best app I've tried so far.

Chino said:

JustAnotherSaver said:

Don't think an app has actually been suggested beyond Google Drive

Microsoft Lens - PDF Scanner has worked fine for me.

Thanks.

k_man

JustAnotherSaver said:

k_man said:

JustAnotherSaver said:

k_man said:

Can you expand on this, not sure what processed means? It's just taking a photo.

I have literally just done this a few hours ago, took about 30s for 2 sheets of A4 to a PDF.

Sure no problem.

I took a photo of an A4 invoice which has actually been folded up in to 8 equal size parts. Line down the centre & then 3 horizontal folds which creates 8 'boxes' so to speak.

When doing the Google Drive thing, only 1 box showed on the image.

So ok more than the 10% I said but still. It didn't show the full document.

Sorry, I think I am missing something here.

Do you mean the image was cropped to only be 1/8 of the sheet?

Do you get the same issue if you just take a photo with the phone camera (that is all this processes is doing, and then saving the results into PDF format)?

May need to adjust the phone camera position and/or distance or just a 'framing'issue.
Was the whole sheet displayed on screen when you took the picture.

May also help to have a dark background, as the autocrop may be confused of the background is paper coloured.

Yep that's what I mean. It photos the image fine but then when I click next or whatever it is it just shows a section of it.

I've tried Adobe Scan - ok but not great

'Image to PDF Converter' has been the best app I've tried so far.

Chino said:

JustAnotherSaver said:

Don't think an app has actually been suggested beyond Google Drive

Microsoft Lens - PDF Scanner has worked fine for me.

Thanks.

I think that is the AI cropping.
You should be able to drag out the boundaries/edges.

As above, ensuring a contrasting background should help too.

Or maybe this method is just not for you!.