Kodak ESP2170 User Manual

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Scanning digitizes documents and pictures, and sends the digital files to your 
computer, memory card, email, network folder, or USB flash drive (ESP Office 2170 
printer only).

To scan to a computer, the Home Center Software must be installed on that 
computer, unless you are using the Online Printer Management Tool. (See 

.)

When you scan, the digital file can: 

• Open in Home Center Software (when Home Center Software is loaded and the 

printer is connected to a computer with WINDOWS OS)

• Open in a third-party scanner software

• Be saved in a format and location that you determine (see

Scanning from a software program on the computer (such as Home Center 
Software) gives you more options, but you can also scan from the printer control 
panel.

If you are scanning to a computer, make sure that the printer is connected to a 
computer using a USB cable or wireless network (see

If you want to scan to an email address or to a shared network folder, you need to: 

• make sure the printer is connected to a computer using a wireless connection

• set up profiles using the Online Printer Management Tool (see 

)

Adjust the scan settings that the printer uses before you scan from the printer 
control panel.

NOTE:  The settings in the Home Center Software only apply when Scanning to 

Computer, Scanning to Memory Card, or Scanning to Flash Drive (ESP Office 
2170 printer only) from the printer control panel.

1. Open the Printer Tools window. 

• On a computer with WINDOWS OS, select 

Start > All Programs > Kodak > 

Kodak AiO Printer Tools.

• On a computer with MAC OS, open Home Center Software, then select the 

Tools tab. 

2. Under the Tools heading, select 

Printer Scan Settings.