Delivery formats

Depending upon the scan task, the Unified Client for Ricoh Smart Operation Panel can deliver it in various different file formats. The supported file formats depend upon the server scan workflow settings, the delivery formats supported by the device, and the settings configured by the Administrator. Available file formats are:

Format

Description

OCR

PDF (Image)

Basic PDF - Not searchable.

MFP’s Output

The PDF created by the device itself. All other formats are created through the SPE.

Searchable PDF

Basic Searchable PDF.

TIFFs

A single TIFF image per page scanned.

Multi-Page TIFF

A single TIFF file that contains multiple pages in the file.

JPEGs

A single JPEG image for each page scanned.

PNGs

A single PNG graphics file for each page scanned.

Searchable PDF MRC

Searchable PDF with additional compression. Useful for black and white documents with a large amount of text.

Searchable PDF/A

Searchable PDF meeting PDF/A-1b Archiving Standards.

RTF

Rich Text Format, a specification originally published by Microsoft for cross-platform document interchange among software applications.

Word (.doc) - True Page

Native Word - 2000 to 2003 - Matches most closely with the scanned text, but is more difficult to edit.

Word (.doc) - Flowing Page

Word 2000 to 2003 - Uses Word formatting to simplify editing, but does not match as closely to the original.

Word (.docx) - True Page

Word 2007 and 2010 - Matches most closely with the scanned text, but is more difficult to edit.

Word (.docx) - Flowing Page

Word 2007 and 2010 - Uses Word formatting to simplify editing, but does not match as closely to the original.

Excel (.xls)

Excel 2000 to 2003.

Excel (.xlsx)

Excel 2007 to 2010.

Searchable XPS

Searchable XPS (Microsoft’s Portable Document Format).

Text

Unicode text with no line breaks (line breaks added at the end of paragraphs, but not on the actual line of text).

PDF/A (image)

PDF meeting PDF/A-1b Archiving Standards.