HP Enterprise MFP, HP Managed MFP - How to disable JBIG2 compression for Digital Send jobs (white paper)

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Introduction
This document describes how to disable JBIG2 compression when using the Scan/Digital Send feature on an
HP LaserJet Enterprise MFP, HP PageWide Enterprise MFP, HP ScanJet Enterprise or HP Managed MFP running
FutureSmart firmware version 4.0 or newer.
HP Enterprise Multifunction printers (MFP) running FutureSmart firmware use JBIG2 lossless compression for
Digital Send jobs when creating scanned PDF files with the “High compression” and the “Black color” options
enabled. The firmware uses lossless JBIG2 generic encoding and does not use Symbol encoding for
Scan/Digital Send jobs.
To disable the JBIG2 compression feature, see the below section.
Disable JBIG2 compression
Use one of the following options to disable the JBIG2 compression when creating scanned files:
• Option one: Do not select a PDF file type for Scan/Digital Send jobs
• Option two: Disable the “High compression” option and do not select the “Black” color option for a PDF file
type
Option one: Do not select a PDF file type for Scan/Digital Send jobs
Do not select any of the following PDF file options in the “File Type” setting when using the
Scan/Digital Send feature:
o PDF,
o PDF/A (Archivable),
o Searchable PDF (OCR), or
o Searchable PDF/A (OCR).
Figure 1: PDF File type options not to be selected indicated in red