How to scan with an HP printer from HP Smart
The free HP Smart app allows you to save, share, and send scanned documents.
To open the app, search for and open HP Smart from the taskbar.
If the app is not downloaded on your computer, you can get it from 123.hp.com or from your app store.
Once you open the app, you must sign in or create an HP account.
This video will cover a few different scanning options for HP printers and applies to both:
Windows and macOS computers.
Scan to email
Before starting, make sure you have a personal email account set up with the pre-installed email app on the computer.
Search for and open HP Smart.
Select the Scan tile on the HP Smart app home screen.
Select one of the following scanning options from the top of the Scan window:
Import, which allows you to select photos saved on the computer
Camera, which allows you to use the computer camera or a webcam to capture your scan.
Or Scanner, which allows you to place the original document
on the printer scanner glass or into the automatic document feeder.
Select Scan to begin the scan.
Adjust the boundaries of the scanned item using the circles at the corners of the document.
Select Apply to save the changes.
In the Preview window, select Share,
change the file name,
type, and compression if desired,
and then click Share.
Select Mail to open an email message with the file attached.
Enter the desired email address into the To field, and then select Send.
Scan to PDF
The HP Smart app can create a PDF of a scanned document.
Select the Scan tile from the home page of HP Smart.
From the top of the Scan window, select Import,
Camera, or Scanner to choose the document you want to scan.
Then select Scan to begin.
Adjust the boundaries of the scanned item if desired, then select Apply to save the changes.
For multi-page scans, select Add in the Preview window to return to the Scan window, and then select the next page.
For scans coming from the printer,
load the next page onto the scanner glass.
Repeat this process until all pages of the document are scanned.
In the Preview window, select Save.
Change the file name if desired and select Basic PDF as the file type.
Then click Save to save the PDF to a folder.
Scan two-sided documents
Use the printer automatic document feeder, or ADF for short,
and settings in HP Smart to scan documents with two sides and save them in a single PDF file.
Load the two-sided document into the automatic document feeder.
Select the Scan tile from the home page of HP Smart.
In the Source menu, select Document Feeder.
Then select Scan.
After the first side is scanned, remove the pages from the output tray.
Without turning the pages over or changing the page order,
load them back into the document feeder with the same leading edge.
Select Add in HP Smart to scan the other side of the pages.
In the preview window, drag and drop the pages in the order you want.
Once finished, select Save.
Then select Basic PDF as the file type to save the pages as a single PDF file.
Scan from computer
HP Smart allows you to capture items with the computer camera,
or use the scan tools for files saved on the computer.
Select the Scan tile from the home page of HP Smart.
Select the Import option from the top of the Scan window.
An Open window will appear.
Select the file you wish to import and then select Open.
If the Detect Edges window opens,
adjust the boundaries by clicking and dragging the blue dots,
and then click Apply.
Add another page by clicking Add.
Click the Menu icon to edit, replace, or delete the scanned items.
Click the Rotate icon to rotate the item.
The Edit window allows you to adjust or enhance the file by cropping,
changing the color,
or adding filters, text, and markup.
Select Done when you are finished editing.
Select Save in the Preview window.
Change the file name, file type, and compression settings in the Save window if desired.
Then click Save.
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