Multipage PDF Scan Problems

Fellow users, I just had an unexpected problem scanning a two-page letter to send to a recipient as an email attachment. Unlike similar tasks I performed in the past, this time I could not scan it into one PDF document. Each page scanned separately. I am running Reader 11.0.2 and my wireless multifunction is HP Officejet 8500 Pro 910A. Why didn't this simple task work?

I think you'd need to take this up with HP. Adobe Reader will show you the PDF you made, but has nothing to do with making it. (You might assume that HP uses Adobe technology, and uses Reader to do it, which is a reasonable guess but not how it works.)

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I haven't received any replies to the question I recently posted, but one work-around that HP suggested is to use different scanning software. Instead of Image Capture, I used the HP Scan.app that came with my all-in-one printer. I haven't seen those rectangles in my PDFs since switching.

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I am having a scanning problem. I’d appreciate it if anyone could explain what’s happening and suggest how to avoid it or how to fix it after the fact. I’m using a large-format scanner, the HP Officejet 7610, with a MacBook Pro, running OS X Yosemite, v.10.10.1. I am using Apple’s Image Capture app, v.6.6, for scanning software. I am scanning some newspapers, with text and photos on the pages, which are about 11” x 14-3/4” in size. I am making multipage PDFs, each about 10 pp., at a resolution of 300 dpi. Sometimes, when I scan a single page or multiple pages, one or more tiny rectangles of scan show up in the resulting PDF, following a normal page or between pages. In the Acrobat Reader, this tiny rectangle shows up as a curious little box, much less than an inch on a side, and when the PDF is printed out, the tiny rectangle is printed, too, as though it were a separate page. Why is this rectangle showing up in my scans? Is there a way to keep from getting it? After it has been made a part of a multipage PDF, is there any way to get rid of it, keeping the rest of the scan?
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Hey there @Rudyard , welcome back
I read through your post about the scanning issues you're having, and I'd like to help!
Please try scanning with the HP Scan software to see if the same quality problems happen, and if so, try these steps in order:
Mac OS X: How to reset the printing system
Repair disk permissions
Restart the Mac
Install the full feature driver: HP Officejet 7610 Wide Format e-All-in-One series Full Feature Software and Drivers
Also install the Apple driver: HP Printer Drivers v3.0 for OS X
I hope that helps, let me know the results!
R a i n b o w 7000I work on behalf of HP
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