I've been using the scanner successfully for months. What I was hoping for is the ability to zoom in on antique postcards and thought that if "PDF'd" from an original I might lose less clarity on a zoom as opposed to scanning to some kind of file and then converting.
If I were to save to a file, what format would be best?
Use a noncompressed format, possibly BMP?
Also, if you can scan on the computer connected to the scanner, you probably will have to use Samba to share the scanner on the network.
I haven't used AA in ages, and never version 6.0, but scanning to a file shouldn't be any different than scanning directly into AA I would think. Just make sure you don't scan to a lossy compression, like a jpeg. Scan to a bitmap, tiff, png. Just scan at the resolution (and zoom) you need then you can crop with acrobat.
As for why acrobat isn't seeing your scanner, I don't know. Sorry I can't be more specific, but I'm just working with generalities. Maybe someone else here can offer up more specific suggestions on why it's not seeing the scanner.
I haven't used AA in ages, and never version 6.0, but scanning to a file shouldn't be any different than scanning directly into AA I would think. Just make sure you don't scan to a lossy compression, like a jpeg. Scan to a bitmap, tiff, png. Just scan at the resolution (and zoom) you need then you can crop with acrobat.
As for why acrobat isn't seeing your scanner, I don't know. Sorry I can't be more specific, but I'm just working with generalities. Maybe someone else here can offer up more specific suggestions on why it's not seeing the scanner.
If your primary interest is image accuracy instead of file size, TIFF format would be a good choice. TIFF images can be placed in PDF files.
JPEG format is another good option, but depending on how much compression you use, you may get unwanted artifacts in the image.
For zooming purposes, the main factor is resolution. The more dots-per-inch (DPI) you scan with, the more detail you will capture in the image. Try a 24-bit RGB color or 8-bit grayscale scan at 150 DPI, and save it in TIFF format with LZW compression. That should give plenty of detail.