OCR documents or selected areas

Users can OCR entire documents and multipage files, the first page of the document or specified areas on the documents and pages.

OCR the first page only – If this option is selected, the Printer Driver will OCR only the first page of the document. If the Select OCR area option is also enabled, the Printer Driver will OCR the specified area on the first page of the printed document.

OCR every page – If this option is selected, the Printer Driver will OCR every page of the printed document. If the Select OCR area option is also enabled, the Printer Driver will OCR the specified area on every page of the printed document.

Select OCR area – If this option is enabled, the Printer Driver will OCR only the selected area of the printed pages. The Select OCR area can be configured with the following options:

Pixel/mm/inch – Users can specify the type of unit to configure the selected area.

Top offset – Users can configure the top offset of the selected OCR area.

For example, if the users configure 500px for Top offset, the Printer Driver will OCR the following area in case of an A4 sized document:

 

Left offset – Users can configure the left offset of the selected OCR area.

For example, if the users configure 500px for Left offset, the Printer Driver will OCR the following area in case of an A4 sized document:

Width of the area to OCR – The users can configure the Width of the selected area to OCR.

For example, if the users configure 1500px for Width of the area to OCR, the Printer Driver will OCR the following area in case of an A4 sized document:

Height of the area to OCR - The users also can configure the Height of the selected area to OCR.

For example, if the users configure 1700px for Height of the area to OCR, the Printer Driver will OCR the following area in case of an A4 sized document:

Preview - The users can see the preview of the configured size of the area to OCR on the printed document.

NOTE: For the correct OCR result, please make sure the selected area covers the whole letters. Truncated letters may result incorrect OCR output.