How do I scan a multiple page document with a HP Photosmart 5510

[stevehf2]

I want to scan a 17 page file but when I scan the first page it just says saved as Scan 001 and doesn't give me the option to add more pages like my Epson printer used to!!

Is this 5510 not able to scan multiple pages to PDF? If so how please.

[stevehf2]

I'm using windows XP

[lorenomaha]

I have the same problem, however, I'm using Office 7.  I called HP Technical Support and they told me the Printer/Scanner does not have the ability to SCAN multiple pages - especially since it doesn't have a document feeder (as the HP Officejet models do).  I told Technical Support I would be fine with manually feeding the pages as long as a scanned document is scanned as one file instead of multiple.  Tech Support said they do not have any software that would enable the ability to scan multiple pages, however, he mentioned perhaps there is some third-party software somewhere that could achieve this.  I've searched and have only found software to support a Mac OS, not Windows.   It's time to return it to Best Buy!!

[stevehf2]

I had to work it out for myself as they gave me no help at all!!

Anyway I did just follow these steps, hey and let me know if it worked for you..

Click start

All programes

HP

HP photosmart 5510 series

HP scan

Document to file

The important bit is to make sure you have a tick in the "show scan preview" box

click scan

After it's scanned the first page you put in don't click save yet, Click the + in the add/remove box on the left and do this until you've scanned all the docs you want in that PDF file then click save.

I hope it works as it took me days to find it out lol

[Tarenebean]

It worked!  I was having the same problem and looked everywhere for an answer.  Thank you, thank you, thank you!  How is it that you had a solution and HP didn't?!?!?

[stevehf2]

Lol maybe I should charge HP for online support..

[krazy1]

I don't have a add/remove box (with +) on the left??? Am I missing something?

I can't believe this functionality wasn't included! You'd think the features from older models would not be removed - that's rule #1 for any developer! Such a disappointment...

[krazy1]

By the way, there is a solution - no thanks to HP. A free program called pdfEdit995 allows you to combine multiple PDFs. It's a pain to create separate files, but at least I can put them together. I'd still like to find that add/remove box if anyone can help. The version I see for HP imagining functions is 13.0, but I'm not even sure if that's the right application.

[stevehf2]

[krazy1]

For some reason, I don't have those buttons on my screen. I have a screen capture, but can't seem to make the Insert Image work - probably doing something wrong, but what are the steps? It doesn't allow me to browse my computer for the file and paste doesn't work.