PDF scans file size

[Winos2Mac]

I am using Acrobat Professional 6.0 and a HP Scanjet 8250 to scan docs to PDF. But when I scan them to PDF the file size is enormous. I just want to scan it as an image, not OCR. Does anyone know what settings i have to change in order to do this?


Thanks

[Winos2Mac]

For example I just scanned in a fax and it was 18.9 K and it didn't have that much detail on it.

I just ned black and white scanning and I want to be able to print it out in the future and have it resemble the original in quality (be legible).

Thanks again!

[muno]

Are you saying 18.9K is enormous? For a pdf file, that's extremely small.

I'm assuming scanjet 8250 still uses precision scan pro. You can alter the settings from the top options menu.
Why do you need to scan it to pdf when you don't need text? Why not just put it as a jpg? Or, why not scan as jpg anyway and them embed it to the pdf.
-M