We got some new printers here with the capability to scan at the printer and save the PDF it creates on your computer back at your desk. The only issue with this is it takes what is scanned, converts it to an image and then saves that image in a PDF.

I have a TON of old report (from the mid 70s on) that I would like to scan. My question is, is there any way to take an image in a PDF and convert it into text? I found several PDF -> Word/Power Point/Excel converters, but they just rip the image out and paste it into the other application. I'm looking to convert that picture back into the text, using some kind of OCR I guess.

Anybody have any hints/tips on the easiest/cheapest way to do this?

Thanks!