Is OCR possible on an HP ENvy 7155 printer, with an Apple OS?

[schreib69]

Is there any OCR (optical Character Recognition) software available that will allow a Mac with OS 15 to scan and create a file?

[VikramTheGreat · Accepted solution]

Hi @schreib69,

Welcome to the HP Support Community.
 

Thank you for posting your query. I will be glad to help you.

Thanks for your question about the HP ENVY 7155 printer and OCR (Optical Character Recognition) on a Mac with macOS 15. I’m happy to go through what’s possible and what you’ll need.

Does HP ENVY 7155 Support OCR?

• The HP ENVY 7155 hardware can scan documents, but HP’s built-in software for macOS does not include OCR functionality.
• HP Easy Scan and HP Smart allow scanning to PDF/JPEG, but not converting scanned text into editable text formats (TXT, RTF, Word).

HP Recommended Approach

To perform OCR on Mac OS 15 with your HP ENVY 7155:

1. Scan using HP Easy Scan or HP Smart
   • Download HP Easy Scan from the Mac App Store or via HP Support.
   • Save the scanned file as a PDF or an image.
      
2. Use Third-Party OCR Software
   • HP does not provide native OCR for macOS, but you can use trusted OCR apps: 
     • ABBYY FineReader PDF for Mac – Highly accurate OCR for PDFs and images.
     • Adobe Acrobat Pro DC – OCR built into PDF editing.
     • OCRKit – A Lightweight OCR tool for Mac.
     • Prizmo – OCR and image enhancement for macOS.
   • These apps allow you to convert scanned documents into searchable and editable text formats.

I hope this helps.

Take care and have an amazing day!
 

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VikramTheGreat