Can FixTools split a PDF made entirely of scanned images?

Yes. FixTools handles both text-based and image-based (scanned) PDFs. It extracts the scanned image pages without re-processing or degrading the original scan quality.

Will splitting a scanned PDF reduce its image resolution?

No. FixTools extracts pages without re-encoding their content. Scanned image resolution is preserved exactly as in the original PDF.

Why are scanned PDFs so large?

Each page of a scanned PDF contains a high-resolution image rather than text data. A single scanned page can be several megabytes, making multi-page scans very large files.

Can I make scanned PDFs searchable after splitting?

Splitting does not add OCR functionality. Each split file will still be an image-based PDF. For searchable text, an OCR process would need to be applied separately.

How do I reduce the size of a split scanned PDF?

Use the FixTools PDF Compressor after splitting. It can reduce the file size of image-heavy PDFs significantly by optimizing the embedded images.

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Split Scanned PDF Documents

Scanned PDFs are typically image-based — each page is a high-resolution photograph of a physical document. FixTools splits scanned PDFs just as effectively as text-based ones, extracting pages as-is without re-compressing or degrading the scan quality.

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Preserves original scan resolution

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No image re-compression

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Works on image-based PDFs

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How to use this tool

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Upload your scanned PDF and choose how to split it. FixTools extracts the scanned image pages without altering their resolution or quality.

How It Works

Step-by-step guide to split scanned pdf documents:

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Upload your scanned PDF
Open the PDF Splitter and upload your scanned PDF. Scanned files are often large — allow extra time for loading on slower connections.
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Preview page thumbnails
The tool shows thumbnail previews of each scanned page so you can identify the split points.
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Set your split parameters
Enter a page range or select pages to extract from the scanned document.
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Split and download
Click "Split PDF" and download the resulting scanned-page PDFs.