PaperCut - Scanning a Document to Google Drive


You will need your 6-digit PaperCut printing code to scan documents.



  1. Go to the printer located in the Library. If the printer is in power saver mode, press the Power/Sleep button on the left side of the UI panel.



  1. Load the page or pages you wish to scan into the feeder tray located at the top of the printer, with the printed side facing up.



  1. From the PaperCut login screen, tap the ‘ID number’ field. Enter your 6-digit PaperCut printing code, tap ‘Enter’, then tap ‘Log In’.





  1. From the home screen, tap ‘Scan’ and then ‘Google Storage’.





  1. Tap the ‘Filename’ field and enter a name for the document you are scanning. Tap ‘Start’.



  1. The printer will then automatically scan the pages from the feeder tray: remember to collect the scanned pages from the slot behind the UI panel.


  2. Once all pages have been scanned, tap the logout button in the top-right corner of the display to log out.



  1. If this is the first time you have scanned to Google Drive, go to your Gmail inbox: you will see an email from Scans for PaperCut titled “Authorize Scans for PaperCut MF to save to your Google Drive”.



    Open this email and click ‘Login to Google Drive’.




  1. Select your school Google account, then click ‘Allow’ to complete the setup.




  2. Go back to your Gmail inbox. You will see an email from Scans for PaperCut confirming your scan has been sent to Google Drive - it may take up to 5 minutes to appear in your inbox depending on the size of the document you scanned. 



    Open this email and click ‘Go to your scan!’ to access your document in Google Drive.



  1. You can access all of your scanned documents by going to Google Drive and opening the ‘Scans for PaperCut MF’ folder under 'My Drive'.