Connect to a USB AIO on another computer... and use it to scan

So this isn't a printing related question, but there's an iMac in the office that has an HP 3055 AIO attached to it. I can print to it perfectly fine (as printer sharing is enabled on the iMac and we connect to the same router and stuff) but scanning is a bit of an issue. What I want to do is put a stack of stuff on it, and scan the images into my MacBook. But, when I open HP director, I can't connect to it.
Anyone have an idea of how to do this? I can't even get to the configuration tab to enter in the IP of the iMac, so this is vexing to me.
Thanks!

You cannot use the scanning function on most AIO's and scanners when they are shared by another Mac (or PC). The software hasn't been designed to work for this type of connection. You will have to scan to a shared folder on the iMac and then copy the files across the network.

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