Re: PDF files from scan are much larger than the images files therein

@Joe053204-rx: Thanks, Joe.

@JoeDaft: I'm actually not knowledgeable at all about the equipment or image processing.  I just spent a lot of time experimenting and reading up on the image handling features of Matlab.

As for scan templates and defaults, I'm not sure how practical it is for a mere user to get into that.  Ours is a very corporate environment, and users send print jobs to a queue, then log into one of many printers to print them out.  A lot of configuration is done by IT staff, and the users have available to them the scan options accessible via the user panel on the machine.  I contacted IT today, but I don't have visibility into  the ongoings.  I don't know whether and when it will be addressed.

There is another challenge too.  If there is a way to access parameters other than those on the control panel on the machine, it wouldn't be practical for me to use that unless the "how" is obvious.  This is simply due to the reality that the time available for these detours is limited (and I'm pretty sure I burned up that slack many hours ago).