How to Scan From Printer to Computer?
A Scan application is required to scan documents on your computer. Windows provides applications like Windows Scan to easily scan documents to the computer. Make sure there is a scan app in your system. If there are no in-built apps, download and install them from the Microsoft Store and then follow the simple steps below.
Scan From Printer – Windows
Step 1: Click ‘Start‘ and find your ‘Scan’ app.
Step 2: Open the application.
Place the document to be scanned on the scanner. Do check if the page to be scanned is facing the right side of the scanner.
Step 3: Once the Scan app is launched, click on start scanning to begin scanning the document.
Click on the ‘New Scan’ to begin your scan
Step 4: Choose the correct scanning device and the file type in which you want to save your scan.
You can select the required features like the type of the document, mode, resolution, etc. as shown in the image
Step 5: Click on ‘Preview’ to view the output.
Step 6: Correct the edges crop to size and click on Scan’.
Step 7: A dialogue box will appear asking to save the document. Give a file name and save it to your system.
Scanning is common in both Windows and Mac. Instead of using an external scan app, you already have it in your settings on Mac.
Scan From Printer – MacOS
Step 1: Go to ‘Printers & Scanners‘ in your ‘System Preferences’.
Step 2: From the devices listed in the ‘Printers & Scanner‘ section, click on the device you are using and then click on ‘Scan’.
Step 3: A Scanner window will open for you to select the folder for file destination.
Step 4: You can now select the paper size of the document.
Step 5: Finally, click on ‘Scan’. The document is scanned and saved to your device.
Kindly note that you can also choose from a wide range of settings like, scan mode, resolution, rotation angle, auto selection, image correction, etc. However, the above steps are the basic settings to perform the scan function.
This way, you can easily convert the physical papers to digital documents. As discussed earlier, digital documents are a lot more safe and easy to store and share.
How to Scan From Printer to Computer?
It would be easy to send and receive files over the internet only if they are in a portable document format. The documents can be stored safely when they are in a digital format. Converting physical documents to digital files reduces the need for physical storage space. It also eliminates the risk of losing the documents. Further, scanning with a printer also allows encryption with better security and saves on resources.
The following article explains how to scan a document from printer to computer. To begin with, all you need is a multi-purpose or all-in-one printer. These printers can perform functions beyond just printing. They contain features to copy and thus possess a scanner along with it, which can also be used to scan documents to a computer. A few of them include faxing options along with print and scan. Make sure to pick multi-purpose printers that come with good volume, security, connectivity, and ease of use.