Providing user control of resolution and file size for n-up scanned files

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• a scanner operatively connected to the processor;
• and
• a user interface operatively connected to the processor,
• wherein the user interface is adapted to receive an instruction to combine multiple scanned pages into one or more n-up sheets,
• wherein the user interface is adapted to output a file size field and one or more individual scanned page resolution fields in response to receiving the instruction to combine multiple scanned pages,
• wherein the user interface is adapted to receive a user-set file size into the file size field and at least one page-specific resolution setting into the individual scanned page resolution fields;
• wherein the processor is adapted to calculate a calculated resolution of the scanned pages on the n-up sheets based on the user-set file size and the page-specific resolution setting,
• wherein the scanner is adapted to scan the scanned pages at the calculated resolution and the page-specific resolution setting,
• wherein the processor is adapted to combine the scanned pages together into the n-up sheets at the calculated resolution and the page-specific resolution setting;
• and
• wherein the processor is adapted to output the n-up sheets in an electronic file.

A method comprising:

• receiving, into a user interface of a scanning system, an instruction to combine multiple scanned pages into one or more n-up sheets;
• outputting resolution fields, by the user interface, in response to the receiving of the instruction to combine multiple scanned pages, wherein the resolution fields comprise a user-set resolution field and a page-specific resolution field;
• receiving, into the page-specific resolution field, a page-specific resolution setting used for at least one of the scanned pages;
• receiving, into the user-set resolution field, a user-set resolution setting used for the scanned pages combined to form the n-up sheets not using the page-specific resolution, wherein the page-specific resolution setting is different from the user-set resolution setting;
• scanning the scanned pages at the user-set resolution setting and the page-specific resolution setting by a scanner of the scanning system;
• combining the scanned pages together into the n-up sheets at the user-set resolution setting and the page-specific resolution setting, by a processor of the scanning system;
• and
• outputting the n-up sheets in an electronic file, by the processor.