Scanning to OneDrive from a Xerox MFD (How-to)

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Scanning to OneDrive is the easiest way to scan a document and save it somewhere secure. It allows you to scan large files without encountering size restrictions or diminished quality. You can then share documents via email, Microsoft Teams, or just share directly from OneDrive. See more about using OneDrive by visiting the OneDrive/Shared Storage category in the Knowledge Base.

Sign in to the Xerox Printer

Tap your Drake badge against the ID reader on the Xerox printer.

Xerox Badge Reader

You will then see the PaperCut home screen.

Home screen for Xerox machine

Scanning a Document

Place your document in the document feeder or on the scanner bed.
From the PaperCut home screen, select Scan.

Selecting Scan screen

Choose Scan to OneDrive.

Selecting Scan to OneDrive

In the Scan Details screen, document settings may be optionally changed.
1. The file name may be changed by selecting the Filename box.
2. Other settings, such as color and duplex modes, paper size, and resolution (DPI) may be changed with the Change settings button.
3. Once you have configured the scan settings to your liking, press Start.

Changing Scan Settings screen

The document will begin scanning.

Document scan processing

Once the document finishes scanning, select Finish.

Scan Complete Screen

Authorize PaperCut to access OneDrive

If this is your first time using the Scan to OneDrive functionality in PaperCut, you will need to authorize PaperCut to access your Microsoft (OneDrive) account. This authorization process will only need to be done once. All future scans will be automatically sent to your OneDrive.

You will soon get an email from scans@papercut.com with the subject line: Authorize Scans for PaperCut MF to save to your OneDrive. In this email, click on the Login to OneDrive button to authorize PaperCut to place the scanned document in your OneDrive file storage.

Authorize Scans email from PaperCut

You will then see a success screen notifying you Scan to OneDrive is now configured.

Success screen

Finding your scanned document

Your scan will then show up in your OneDrive in the Apps folder, under Scans for PaperCut MF, as shown below. You may now move this file elsewhere in your OneDrive, such as to the Documents folder, or add it to an attachment in an email.

File location for scans