Scanning documents to an iPad

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Davey74 Author

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Scanning documents to an iPad

If i have a printer that my iPad can print from, can I scan a paper on the scanner, and upload it to my iPad?

iPhone OS 3.1.3

Posted on Feb 23, 2011 8:30 AM

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ExcaliburZ

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Sep 3, 2013 3:10 AM in response to Davey74

If you have an HP printer, they provide apps that can scan to the iPad.

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Coolmax

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Feb 23, 2011 10:16 AM in response to Davey74

Davey74 wrote:
Or is there an app that a can work with the scanner?

You can not scan documents directly to the iPad, but you can scan documents using your scanner, save it as a PDF file and upload it to an intermediatery like EverNote 4 and then have EverNote 4 for your iPad to download those scanned documents. Then you can save them in the iPad for use. I use my iPhone to scan documents using an app called Jot Not, but the principle is the same.

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lizdance40

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Mar 20, 2014 9:52 AM in response to Davey74

It depends on your printer and how it works with other devices.

I have a Canon airprinter, all-in-one. It scans to the "cloud" or email, which I can access on my iPad and open in an app that will save the scanned pages.

You should look to your printer's manual for how this works from the printer.

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Demo

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Feb 23, 2011 9:00 AM in response to Davey74

Without a 3rd party app you can not scan and upload to the iPad. There are other ways to put documents on the iPad that are on your computer. Depending upon the document type, you can import it to the iPad through file sharing as long as the iPad app supports file sharing. You have to sync to your iTunes library to accomplish this.

If you have a Word document for example, you can share the file that you create on your computer - on the iPad - with a program such as Apple's Pages app. If you scan a document and create a PDF, you can email it to yourself as well and open it that way. There are a number of ways to put computer documents on the iPad.

There other apps that you may find to be helpful for your purposes in the app store. GoodReader and Save2pdf are worth a look.

You can scan through this for all sorts of useful information about the iPad in general.
http://manuals.info.apple.com/enUS/iPad_iOS4_UserGuide.pdf

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Diavonex

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Sep 3, 2013 3:59 AM in response to Davey74

You can use a HP 3-in-1 printer to print, scan, copy and capture to the iPad via AirPrint.

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/Diavonex/0d1c9510109e6726a22c5d91d4bed 741_zps7d556ac4.jpg

You use the HP Printer Control App.

https://itunes.apple.com/sg/app/hp-printer-control/id469284907?mt=8

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Diavonex

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Sep 3, 2013 4:02 AM in response to Diavonex

Crazy, I am repling to a 2 year old post. I am getting old.

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Davey74 Author

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Feb 23, 2011 8:35 AM in response to Davey74

Or is there an app that a can work with the scanner?

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Rudegar

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Feb 23, 2011 8:45 AM in response to Davey74

not without 3th party software
and if 3th party software exist is down to the scanner brand and model I
would use google to check if I were you

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bvirlet

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Feb 24, 2011 4:45 PM in response to Coolmax

If you have an iPhone, you can also scan the document on your iPhone with Genius Scan and tranfer it to your iPad http://tinyurl.com/64buhq6

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Gail199

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Mar 20, 2014 9:47 AM in response to Diavonex

So glad you had a senior moment. You solved my problem perfectly. Thanks.

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Answer 11

Jan 23, 2017 2:24 PM in response to Diavonex

Thank you, this was super helpful. I got the app and it worked great. I scanned like 20 pages and it made it into a PDF and I was done in 10 minutes or less. You really saved me.

Thanks again.

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