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PDF mega scan and auto rename

I am interested to know if and how I could scan 4,000 completed hard copy forms to PDF (all in one mega-scan) that look like this...

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9Ga3bzjO-rUVUVOZnhyanpTU213WWdyQThXTmZRZw/edit

and end up with 4,000 individual PDFs auto renamed by record number (i.e. record number 22 = 22.pdf).
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Btw, this assumes that the record numbers are in order. It is simply naming the records from <0001.pdf> to <4000.pdf> as the scanning occurs. In other words, this process is not reading the content, i.e., it is not OCR'ing the record number and putting it in the file name. That's a whole different level of difficulty! Regards, Joe
My comment above said, "When you're done scanning, IrfanView will ask if you want to save the image changes:". That's not quite true. It will ask you that when you exit IrfanView. In any case, say NO!
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I feel bad because my explanation has been poor and incomplete. What really is happening here is that we are sending out a total of 4,000 "response requested" type forms, each with a unique record number. We of course won't get all 4,000 back. After I scan-in, I am wanting to have an automated process that goes through and recognizes the record number somehow and renames the pdf appropriately.
Ah, as I indicated, whole different animal! :)   You're going to need a scanning/OCR package capable of OCR'ing that portion of the form and then saving the scanned document with the file name that was OCR'ed. Two excellent OCR packages which can probably do it (but I can't personally attest to it) are ABBYY FineReader and Nuance's OmniPage:

http://www.abbyy.com/
http://www.nuance.com/for-business/by-product/omnipage/index.htm

I'll give it some more thought, but start with those two. This is not going to be as simple as your first question. :)   Regards, Joe
I have not abandoned this. The software products you mentioned are too large in scope, I think, though I did get a trial of FineReader. I may poke around in that, but beyond that, we are currently using KnowledgeLake Capture. Onsite IT folks say it may be the answer, but I may not have time to wait on them.
Two comments:

1. I don't know much about KnowledgeLake Capture, but I do know that it has some type of advanced OCR data extraction that may be able to do what you want with the current form.

2. Unless #1 turns out to be easy, or at least doable, my suggestion is to make a new form for future mailings. (If #1 is not doable, then you'll have to handle manually the forms that have already been mailed.) The new form should have a bar code on it that has the unique document number of each form. KnowledgeLake Capture supports barcode recognition, both as a document separator and in advanced capture. I can't be certain of this, having never used it or seen the manual, but it is very likely that KnowledgeLake Capture's barcode recognition capabilities can do what you need, i.e., recognize the unique number in each barcode and save that page as a separate PDF file, with the file name being the number in the barcode.

Regards, Joe
The answer I picked as the accepted solution is based on my original question, which was vague. The solutions for my more clarified question are out of reach for what has to be a hit and run project for me or nothing. Thanks, Joe!
You're welcome! I hope you can achieve what you want with Knowledge Lake Capture...might be possible. Good luck! Regards, Joe