Windows 7 Scanner Compression: LZW to G3/G4

[Eluros]

Greetings,

So, I work in IT, and a department had a PC running Windows XP that would scan documents as TIFFs with G4 compression. The PC was upgraded to Windows 7, and now it scans documents with LZW compression. Unfortunately, a proprietary script/executable we run needs the TIFFs to be compressed as G3/G4 images (and we do not have permission to alter the proprietary executable). I have been unable to find a way to adjust the Windows scanner settings to compress as G3/G4, instead of LZW.

Does anyone know if this is possible? None of the scanning software we have available compresses TIFFs, which seems odd. If there's free software out there that can do it, that'll work. Since the department that will be doing this is not tech-savvy, it'd be best if we can keep it within the default Windows scanning interface.

Thanks!

 

[MrChad]

What model scanner are you using? What type of software? This is almost certainly a driver or software configuration issue.

 

[Eluros]

MrChad,

It's a Xerox Documate 515 (the department had a very limited budget). We've tried the proprietary Xerox software (I think it's called OneTouch), OmniPage, and the default Windows scanning software (accessed via the Control Panel). The first two generated uncompressed TIFFs; the last one generated the LZW compressed TIFFs. We'd be fine if any of them worked and gave us G3/G4 compression with our TIFFs.

Thanks for taking a look at this.

 

[MrChad]

Make sure you get the latest drivers and OneTouch software from http://xeroxscanners.com/en/us/products/drivers.asp?PN=DM515. Try installing this add-on for OneTouch, it seems to have options for TIFF compression: http://support.visioneer.com/products/tools/PowerTools.asp

 

[Eluros]

Make sure you get the latest drivers and OneTouch software from http://xeroxscanners.com/en/us/products/drivers.asp?PN=DM515. Try installing this add-on for OneTouch, it seems to have options for TIFF compression: http://support.visioneer.com/products/tools/PowerTools.asp

Thanks for the help; the problem is taken care of. I really do appreciate it-- too bad the forums don't have a system for giving "reputation" or some other system to show that your posts were helpful. At any rate, we're now good to go!