Virtually all modern scanners and multi-function/all-in-one devices come with TWAIN and WIA drivers, the latest version of which can nearly always be downloaded from a manufacturer's website. In order to scan, Foxit Reader requires an industry-standard TWAIN or WIA scanning driver. I encourage you to read the entire EULA of these products to be certain that you are in license compliance. N.B.: As with any 'free' software, there may be restrictions, which are always specified in the software's licensing agreement, typically known as the End-User License Agreement (EULA). The combination of the two products will allow you to create searchable PDFs (aka PDF Searchable Image files) with your scanner, utilizing free software. However, the free Foxit Reader cannot do OCR, so you'll want to keep the free PDF-XChange Editor for its OCR capability, and add Foxit Reader for its scanning capability. Fortunately, there's another excellent, free PDF product that can perform scanning - Foxit Reader. PDF-XChange Editor has many other features in its free version, but, unfortunately, it cannot do scanning - you must purchase one of its non-free versions to get scanning functionality.

How to password-protect a PDF with free software How to OCR pages in a PDF with free software How to rotate pages in a PDF with free software I've published three five-minute Experts Exchange video Micro Tutorials that describe terrific features in an excellent, free PDF product called PDF-XChange Editor:

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