My scans were in TIFF format, which looks great but is basically uncompressed. Here, I discovered why the default “Reduce” filter looked so bad. Buried in the Color Sync utility is a tab called Filters. It turns out that you can set up your own custom Quartz filters in OS X – it’s just not obvious how to do it. I was stumped.īut the other day, I decided to try again to find a solution. But they were still multi-megabyte files. So I soldiered on, trying to tweak the scanner’s settings to produce smaller files. Look what the generic "Reduce File Size" Quartz filter in OS X did to my document - it may have reduced the size from 6.1 MB to 36 KB, but it's unreadable! “Cool” I thought, “OS X will automatically reduce the file size for me!” Not so fast, though – although this filter did reduce the file size to just 36 KB, it also made the text unreadable! I needed a better solution… Then I noticed the “Reduce File Size” Quartz filter in the “Save As” dialog box.
A single-page color PDF scan of a recent magazine article I wrote became a 6.1 MB PDF file!
I use an HP Photosmart C6180 all-in-one scanner/printer/fax/copier, and while it works well, its scans are huge. I’ve started using the “Save as PDF” function constantly, organizing receipts and online statements for later reference, which Spotlight makes even easier.īut one thing bugged me. Since switching to mac earlier this year, I’ve become a PDF monster – OS X allowed me to go completely paperless for most business functions, including expense reports. One feature of OS X that really surprised me was it’s amazing ability to handle PDF files.
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