HP Scan, How to Scan Documents for the VITA Tax Program

Gies' Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program runs every Spring semester. Gies faculty and students assist taxpayers in the community with preparing their taxes. This tutorial outlines the steps for scanning documents to the secure Box folder the preparers use.

On the university laptop, open the HP Scan program from the taskbar icon.

HP Scan taskbar icon

Place the document on the scanner glass, aligning it with the top-left corner. Make it as straight as possible.

In HP Scan, click the "Scan" button.

HP Scan scan button

To add another page, first place the next page on the glass, then in HP Scan, click the "Add Page" button.

HP Scan Add Page button lower left corner

Click the "Scan" button to scan the next page.

HP Scan scan next page

Repeat Steps 4 & 5 until all pages have been scanned.

Note: if a scanned page shows as crooked in the preview window, select that page and click the "Delete Page" button, then repeat Steps 4 & 5.

HP Scan Delete Button

Once all pages have been scanned, click the "Save" button.

HP Scan Save Button

When prompted to save the scan, add the taxpayer's Last Name and First Name to the filename and then click "Save."

File Explorer save window with example filename shown

The scanned document will open in Adobe Reader.

Review each page for legibility, pages out of order, or missing/cut-off sections, then close Adobe.

Adobe filename open example

Remove the pages from the glass and return them to the taxpayer.

Close HP Scan with the "Exit" button.

HP Scan Exit Button

Note: If anything needs to be re-done, alert the coordinator to delete the PDF and start over from Step 1.

Start over from Step 1 for the next taxpayer.



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OwnerAllison P.GroupUI Gies College of Business
Created2023-01-19 15:43:30Updated2024-01-12 11:15:05
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