Scaning documents to PDF converting to black and white

I have to scan back to back documents for my work into a PDF mode.  The documents are on colored paper so this eats up a lot of bites.  Is there a way to scan these documents and have the PDF show in black and white to conserve how much computer space that take and make uploading time less when I send them on to my employer in a secure encryped web page?

Hi,
You can see on very first screen (from HP scan software):
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BH
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