Can I connect a scanner to an IPad

Yes, you can.

It will not do anything or function in any way but you could plug the USB end of the cable into a scanner.

Why would you though?

Ditto this. I would love to be able to hook a Fujitsu ScanSnap up to my iPad. I have a few scanner apps that work fine but I would love to scan multiple pages, do OCR, and save to some cloud storage like dropbox.

I would have agreed with everyone who posted above, until I wandered around Brookstone today. They actually have a scanner dock for iPad. I didn't really check it out, but it seems to be a pretty new toy as it was displayed prominently at the entrance to the store.

I was responding Johnathan Barger. Yes Johnathan I realize you could literally plug any USB device physically into the iPad adapter. I guess I should've been more explicit in saying I wanted to be able to connect the scanner AND have it work.

Not a scanner that requires a driver or use usb or The Liked so 89% no

You could use the built-in camera to 'scan' a document. This does assume that you have the iPad 2.

Did I not say why Johnathan?

Checkout the following option from Brookstone:

http://www.brookstone.com/iconvert-ipad-scanner?bkiid=World_Landing_Page_Electro nics_Accessories_for_Apple|CategoryWidget|771237p&catId=

Were you responding to me and if you were, I'm not sure I understand what you meant.......

Indirect, but you could use a Scansnap with Evernote, and then read the scanned docs in Evernote on the iPad. http://www.evernote.com/about/partner/fujitsu/

If you get the latest HP Printer you can print, scan and copy wirelessly. I'm sure other brands also have the capabilities.

http://i1224.photobucket.com/albums/ee374/Diavonex/6df9f88d.jpg

Thanks for the tips everyone. I think I will buy the Brookstone scanner and use that. I may look in the HP scanner but I don't need a printer or copy. I'm trying to reduce my PC footprint. 🙂