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‎05-04-2022 08:54 AM

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Product: Officejet Pro 7740
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (32-bit)

My wife works with an HP Officejet 7740 and scans directly to a USB thumb drive. The issue is the tiny keyboard is driving her nuts! Can we hook up a USB hub so that she can use the thumb drive *AND* a USB keyboard?

 

We do not have internet access where the scanner is so the scanning to the cloud doesn't work. 

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‎05-04-2022 11:42 AM

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No.

the printer is more limited than a computer and you cannot connect such accessories as a keyboard to a printer.

 

Is the printer connected to a computer, to a network or only used on its own?

 

If only the printer hardware is used then its included keyboard on the control panel , if it is connected to a computer device or a mobile device than you may use the computer or mobile device to scan.

 

If you have any other device such as computer or mobile device, please clarify its operating system (Windows, mac OS, iOS, Android, etc.)

 

Shlomi



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‎05-04-2022 11:42 AM

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No.

the printer is more limited than a computer and you cannot connect such accessories as a keyboard to a printer.

 

Is the printer connected to a computer, to a network or only used on its own?

 

If only the printer hardware is used then its included keyboard on the control panel , if it is connected to a computer device or a mobile device than you may use the computer or mobile device to scan.

 

If you have any other device such as computer or mobile device, please clarify its operating system (Windows, mac OS, iOS, Android, etc.)

 

Shlomi



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‎05-04-2022 12:08 PM

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The HP 7740 is hooked up to a LAN to a Windows 10 desktop. I might have a LONG USB cable as well. Would that work? The WEB interface seems to want to connect to the "HP cloud" for the scanning and saving of files.

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‎05-04-2022 12:12 PM

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Thank you for your quick reply - I was afraid of that - devices don't normally support hubs, but I figured it wouldn't hurt to ask.

 

The HP 7740 is hooked up to a LAN to a Windows 10 desktop. I might have a LONG USB cable as well. Would that work? The WEB interface seems to want to connect to the "HP cloud" for the scanning and saving of files.

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‎05-04-2022 12:39 PM

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Thanks for clarifying @bs20707.

 

Please follow HP Easy Start below, within the Software Selection screen select the HP Basic or Full Feature software option and follow the steps on screen to complete the software installation:

https://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software13/printers/HPEasyStart/Win10/HPEasyStart_14_2_10.exe

Following the installation open the HP Officejet Pro 7740 icon on the desktop and click on Scan a Document or Photo to scan from the computer software.

 

Shlomi



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‎05-04-2022 12:42 PM

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You may also scan from  the web interface as well by the way, click the Settings tab and under the Security section clock in Administrator Settings, enable Web scan and press

Apply, then return to the Scan tab to scan.

 

Shlomi



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