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Scanning to a USB memory stick on a University printer

Learn how to scan a document and save it to a USB memory stick inserted into a printer.

Scanning to a USB memory stick

  1. Find the USB slot on the printer, located between the card reader and the interface screen, and insert your USB memory stick. A screenshot of a USB port
  2. Log into the printer as usual. When you get to the home screen do not press the ‘Scan’ button. Instead, press the arrow button in the bottom right-hand corner.  A screenshot of the printer home screen
  3. Select ‘Scan to USB Memory’.  A screenshot of the 'Scan to USB Memory' button
  4. Enter a file name.
  5. The default file format is PDF. Press the ‘File Format’ button to change this to another format, such as DOCX for Microsoft Word. A screenshot of the 'File Format' button
  6. In the File Format selection screen, select ‘OCR’ for Optical Character Recognition, which converts text in the image of the document to make it machine-readable. This is essential for accessibility. A screenshot showing the 'OCR' tick box
  7. Press ‘Start’ to start scanning the document in the document feeder or on the glass.
  8. Press ‘Start’ to scan each page to be included in the same file. If placing the pages on the glass, then press ‘Read-End’ when you have finished scanning all the pages.
  9. Remember to remove your USB stick and log out of the printer when you have finished.

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