How do I scan a document to create a pdf or jpeg file?

Look for the firmware update for your specific model and download and install make sure you choose the right model. You can mess up your scanner completley if you choose the wrong one. Software Driver Downloads User Manuals Warranty Card

You have to convert the jpg image file to a text file then you can create (print) this file as a PDF file.

You can scan document to multi-page TIFF file anf then use a TIFF to PDF Converter to convert all pages from the TIFF document to PDF file.

Create a WORD document then paste each images on a page, save the Word document and then send this Word document as an attachment in your e-mail.
If you do net want to send the Word document then you can create a PDF of the Word document and send the PDF file as an attachment.

You can scan your signature and save it as a jpeg or gif image file.
To add your signature onto a Word document, just place a picture (your scanned signature) on the document where you want your signature to appear.
If you want to send this Word document via e-mail as an attachment, I suggest you create a PDF file of your Word document and send the PDF file as the attachment.
If you send the Word document with your signature, the person who receives this can not only open your document using Word BUT can also access your signature image and can use it without your authorization.

Might need a bit more information about this: But I'm presuming you scan your document and save it as a pdf document using the built in HP software?
Couple of things to try:
1 - have you got the latest version of Adobe Reader? It may be that you are using an older version - the pdf document specification has been updated over the years and it may be that you're saving the pdf using a newer version of the pdf format than adobe reader is able to read.
2 - Adobe reader isn't the only pdf viewer, there are numerous other pdf document viewers (some free some not) You could try another pdf viewer, like Foxit Reader (free to use) and see if that can open it?
3 - When you save the scan, make sure that in the Save Dialog box it is really saving it as pdf. Common mistake is that people often just save a file with .pdf and expect the program to know that you want to save as pdf. When you scan there are several other file formats that you can use (Tiff, Jpeg etc) Is is possible you're saving the file as Tiff or Jpeg but with a .pdf file extension? If you're not sure, re-scan the document and resave it, but don't use a file extension, let the scanning program do that, see what it saves it as?
4 - check where you're saving the pdf on your computer? Is the place you're trying to open it from, the same as the place you've saved it?

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Go to brother scanner icon and right click mouse. Choose on the scanning properties and change the file from JPEG to pdf.

Another way is just install adobe acrobat 9 professional and go to document menu and choose scan document. All document will automatically scanned to PDF file.

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samsung scx 4521f didnt support to pdf format u can save as a word document then create pdf using pdf creator

Scansoft (or Nuance) PDF Converter 3 is a useful utility for converting documents to PDF files

if you go to scan settings under user tools you will see that you can set it to a multipage pdf or multi page jpeg tiff , or what ever , so if you scan 20 pages it will create 1 file and it would contain your 20 pages