Xerox SmartSend Support & Software User Guide
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SMARTsend
Document Name
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Document Format and Properties
Properties further define the format and certain characteristics of the output file. The format options
can be accessed by clicking the Properties button in the Document Type region of the Document
Name and Type page. The format selections vary based on the type of output file selected. The
document types and formats supported by SMARTsend, along with the considerations for each format,
are listed in the following table:
can be accessed by clicking the Properties button in the Document Type region of the Document
Name and Type page. The format selections vary based on the type of output file selected. The
document types and formats supported by SMARTsend, along with the considerations for each format,
are listed in the following table:
Document Type
Output File Formats
Considerations
PDF, Image Only
PDF, Image Only
PDF, Image Only - Preserve Image from
Scan Source
Scan Source
PDF, Secure (encrypted)
PDF, Linear
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Supported on all major
platforms
platforms
•
Can be filed to all
SMARTsend repositories
SMARTsend repositories
•
Many compression options
•
Excellent balance of
portability, compatibility,
and compression options
portability, compatibility,
and compression options
•
Some imaging tools may not
support PDF
support PDF
PDF, Text Searchable
(Professional Edition
feature)
(Professional Edition
feature)
PDF with normal text
PDF with image substitutes
PDF with image on text
PDF with image on text - Preserve Page
Orientation
Orientation
PDF with image on text - Preserve
Image from Scan Source
Image from Scan Source
PDF, Secure (encrypted)
PDF, Linear
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All of the above, plus support
for OCR
for OCR
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Document can be searched
for text
for text
•
Text can be copied from
document
document
•
Requires extra processing
•
Information loss possible
during processing
during processing
XPS
XPS
•
New open format from
Microsoft
Microsoft
•
Page by Page view
•
Comes with Windows Vista /
Available for XP
Available for XP
JFIF
JPEG
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Each page stored as single
document
document
•
Widely supported image
format
format
•
Excellent for color images
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JPEG is the only supported
compression
compression
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May exhibit "ringing"
artifacts in text documents
artifacts in text documents
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Some repositories do not
support single-page files
support single-page files
•
No OCR support
Table 3-1: Supported Document Types and Formats