Hi All!

I have an old scanner, Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 4400C which came with it's own software called HP Precision Scan. I have loads of old statements, documents and invoices that I would like to scan in the pc and throw the documents away. With a bit of experimenting I have found the following:

If I scan using the 'output OCR' save as pdf then I can 'cntrl-F' and search for information in my document or batch of documents. Problem is that OCR-pdf saves only in black and white. Other option only allow saving in image format. I can save in colour pdf but with no search facility.

Is there any other software anyone can recommend? any other tips? what is the best method to archive documents at home?

Thanks in advance!