Simple Steps to Enable HP Printer Assistant Scan to Computer

 HP printer assistant is a printing management software that is installed to perform various tasks like scanning documents, scanning photos, ordering supplies, checking the ink level, and more. Sometimes users complain that they cannot locate or enable the HP Printer Assistant Scan to Computer feature. Here, in this blog, you will get to know how to resolve the scan to computer feature not enabled issue. You just need to read the blog till the end and follow the below-mentioned steps to enable the scan to computer feature. Let’s get started.

Steps for HP printer assistant scan to computer 

Before moving forward, first, you need to verify that your HP scanner is working properly or not. So, in order to check the functionality of your HP scanner, you need to follow the below-mentioned steps:

Step 1: First of all, click on the HP printer assistant tool to open the HP printer assistant software on your system.

Step 2: After opening the HP printer assistant on your system, select the “scan a document or photo” option.

Step 3: After this, the HP scan will open up on your device.

Step 4: Then, you need to select the scan option from the left side.

Step 5: Now, place the A4-sized paper on the scanner glass and go to the HP scan software menu.

Step 6: Next, select the scan option from there.

Step 7: Once you are done with the scanning, go to the HP scan software menu and click on the save button.

Step 8: Now, save your scanned file on the desktop to use.

If you are enabled to scan the documents after following the above steps then your scanner is working perfectly. 

Steps to locate and enable the scan to computer feature

Go through the below instructions to locate and enable the scan to computer feature on your HP printer through HP printer assistant:

Step 1: First of all, click on the HP printer assistant tool to open it.

Step 2: Under the Hp printer assistant menu, you need to click on the “manage scan to computer” tab.

Step 3: Then, you will see a toggle in the scan to computer menu.

Step 4: If the toggle is disabled then you need to click on it to enable it.

Step 5: Then you need to checkmark the box saying “automatically start scan to computer when I log on to windows”

Step 6: Finally, click on the close button to save the preferred changes.

Step 7: After enabling the scan to computer printer feature, go to the HP printer’s control panel and try to scan documents.

That’s all! Hopefully, by following the above-mentioned steps you can easily locate and enable the HP Printer Assistant Scan to Computer feature on your device. Enjoying the scanning with the HP printer assistant. Still, if you are facing any issue even after following the above steps, feel free to contact our technical experts.