Hp Officejet Pro 6978

HP OfficeJet Pro 8713 is a wireless printer that can print, scan, copy, and fax. As the name indicates, this printer is ideal for office printing requirements. When you complete the scan setup for your HP OfficeJet Pro 8713 printer, you can digitalize all your hard copies effectively. With this HP printer, you can send the scanned documents directly to various destinations, including a computer, memory device, and email. Read this article and complete the scan setup for your HP OfficeJet Pro 8713 printer.

Install the appropriate driver

The driver is the one that establishes communication between your printer and the computer. To scan the documents from your computer, you need to install the required driver on your computer. You can get the driver for your HP OfficeJet 8713 printer from the official website of HP. Read the instructions below to proceed further.

Visit HP's official support page from your default browser.
Enter your printer model (HP OfficeJetPro 8713) in the search field and go to the printer's support page.
When you are directed to the printer's support page, click the Software, Drivers and Firmware tab.
When the compatible drivers are displayed, download the appropriate scanner driver.
Once the download gets concluded, locate the file in the Downloads folder.
Run the downloaded setup file and install it on your computer by following the instructions.

Scan to computer

Before you go ahead, make sure that you have connected your printer and the computer over the same network. You should also enable the Scan to Computer option. To do so, launch the installed printer driver and click Print, Scan & Fax.

Click Scan > Manage Scan to Computer> Enable. To scan your documents from your computer, follow the instructions.

Load the document on the scanner glass with the print side facing up.

Open the printer driver and click Print, Scan & Fax.

Click Scan> Scan a Document or Photo.

Choose your preferred scan type; you can choose either Save as PDF or Save as JPEG.

Finally, click Scan.

Scan a document to an email

Load the document on the scanner glass.
On your printer's home screen, tap Scan > Email.
Confirm your email account and tap Continue. You can also change the email account from the Address Book.
In the To field, enter the recipient's email address.
Enter the subject in the Subject field.

Preview the scan by tapping the Touch to Preview option.
If you want to modify the scan settings, tap the Gear icon and make the necessary changes; then, tap the Start Scan option.
Once the scanning process gets concluded, tap Finish. In case you want to send another email, tap the Add Page option.

This is how you should complete the scan setup on your HP OfficeJet Pro 8713 printer. If you still have questions, get back to us for remote assistance from our expert team.