We’ve all been in situations where we quickly needed to send over some important documents to someone and had to scramble to find a scanner to scan those documents before sending them away. It may be some sets of legal documents or just copies of your ID card, Driver’s License, or Bills & Receipts. Typically, you’d need to scan your documents on a flatbed scanner or go to a storefront that would scan the documents for you. But if you have an iPhone or iPad, you can quickly scan documents with your iPhone or iPad; no matter where you are.
In this article, we will describe how to use the Scanner Pro app to scan documents on iPhone and iPad.
Scanner Pro is an app to scan documents on iPhone and iPad. It lets you create high-quality document scans using the incredible camera on your device.
How to Scan a Document on iPhone:
- Download Scanner Pro and launch the app.
- Tap the orange + button to create a new scan.
- Align iPhone’s camera with the document that you want to scan. Depending on the type of document you are scanning, choose the corresponding Color Mode in Scanner Pro from Color Document, Black & White Document, Color Photo, or Grayscale Photo.
- In Auto-capture mode, Scanner Pro automatically detects the borders of the document and takes a photo for you. Optionally, you can switch to Manual mode to take photos by pressing the round Shutter button.
- Continue taking photos of all the pages and documents you want to scan using your iPhone.
Left: Scan Preview / Right: Edit Options
6. Scanner Pro shows the count of pages you’ve scanned at the bottom right. Tap it to preview all the scanned pages. Tap Edit to manually adjust the crop, change document size, change filters or adjust brightness & contrast settings if needed. Then tap Done.
Left to Right: Adjust Borders, Document Size, Eraser, Filters, Brightness & Contrast, and Warp
- Tap the title at the top to choose a custom filename and Save your newly created high-quality scanned document from your iPhone.
How to Scan a Document on iPad
1. Download Scanner Pro and launch the app.
2. Tap the orange + button to create a new scan.
3. Align iPad’s camera over the document that you want to scan. Depending on the type of document you are scanning, choose the corresponding Color Mode in Scanner Pro from Color Document, Black & White Document, Color Photo, or Grayscale Photo.
4. In Auto-capture mode, Scanner Pro automatically detects the borders of the document and takes a photo for you. Optionally, you can switch to Manual mode by tapping the round Shutter button to take photos.
5. Continue taking photos of all the pages and documents you want to scan using your iPad.
Left: Scan Preview / Right: Edit Options
6. Scanner Pro shows the count of pages you’ve scanned at the bottom right. Tap it to preview all the scanned pages. Tap the magic wand icon to manually adjust the crop, change document size, change Color Mode, adjust brightness & contrast settings, and correct distortion if needed. Then tap Done.
Left to Right: Adjust Borders, Document Size, Eraser, Mode, and Brightness & Contrast
7. Tap the title at the top to rename your scanned document and tap Save to get your newly created high-quality scanned document on your iPad.
Now that we’ve learned how to scan documents on iPhone & iPad, you’ll be able to scan your documents, photos, books, and anything else anywhere you are. Your high-quality scans can be saved as PDFs or JPGs and can be automatically uploaded to a cloud storage service of your choice or be instantly shared with anyone. You can also create complex Workflows in Scanner Pro 8 to automate frequent tasks.
Get Scanner Pro and switch to the best scanner app for iPhone and iPad.