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Scan & Send to Email Instructions

Scan Documents with Mobile Devices

iPhones & iPads

Open Notes and select a note or create a new one.

Tap the Camera button , then tap Scan Documents .

  1. Place your document in view of the camera.
  2. If your device is in Auto mode, your document will automatically scan. If you need to manually capture a scan, tap the Shutter button or press one of the Volume buttons. Then drag the corners to adjust the scan to fit the page, then tap Keep Scan.
  3. Tap Save or add additional scans to the document.

To print using college printers:

  1. In the note, tap the scanned document, then Save to Files.
  2. Go to printing.assiniboine.net and upload the file to print.

Android

  1. Open the Google Drive app.
  2. In the bottom right, tap Add.
  3. Tap Scan.
    1. Take a photo of the document you'd like to scan.
    2. Adjust scan area: Tap Crop.
    3. Take photo again: Tap Re-scan current page.
    4. Scan another page: Tap Add.
    5. Create your own title.
  4. To save the finished document, tap Save.

To print using college printers:

  1. Go to printing.assiniboine.net and upload the file to print.

All printers in the library scan in colour.

Login

  1. Tap the Scan icon on the printer’s touch screen
  2. Tap the Scan to Email icon
  3. Tap the To: box and enter your college username (e.g. shakespearew). When you see your email address show up in the list, tap it
  4. Tap the Okay button in the bottom right-hand corner

 

Loose Pages

Only use the feeder tray for letter, legal, and ledger-sized paper. Use flatbed for all other loose pages.

  1. Put the pages in the feeder tray on top of the printer
  • The paper icon on the feeder tray indicates whether to put the pages face-up or facedown.
  1. Tap the Touch to scan and preview icon
  2. Once the printer is finished scanning, a new window will pop up. If you don’t have more to scan, tap the Done button
  3. A preview of your document will display. If you’re happy with it, tap the green Send button at the bottom of the screen

For Double-Sided Pages

  1. Tap the Options button at the bottom left of the screen
  2. Tap Original Sides
  3. Tap 2-sided
  4. Tap Done
  5. Follow steps 2 through 4, above

 

Books

  1. Lift the scanner lid and place the page facedown in the top left-hand corner of the glass
  2. Tap the Touch to scan and preview icon
  3. Once the printer is finished scanning, a new window will pop up. If you don’t have more to scan, tap Done
  4. A preview of your document will display. If you’re happy with it, tap Send

 

Multiple Pages

  1. Follow steps 1 and 2, above.
  2. Once the first page is scanned, a new window will pop up.
    1. To continue to scan, one page at a time, change your page and tap Scan
    2. If you have scanned your last page, tap Done
  3. A preview of your document will display. If you’re happy with it, tap Send