Scan and Send Load Documents
With the Transflo Mobile+ app, drivers can scan load documents anywhere, anytime. The mobile app allows drivers to snap a picture of their documents and submit high-quality images with optional electronic signatures and industry-leading document compression protocols that use less data than a social media post! The easy-to-use functionality allows drivers to submit multiple documents at one time while ensuring carriers, shippers, and brokers receive high quality images that can go directly into billing workflows.

Important! If your Fleet ID is Label1, the Scan Documents feature might not work as expected until you apply a workaround. See the following new October 16, 2024 KB article: Known Issue: Label1 Fleet ID Cannot Scan Documents.

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As a driver, you can select and easily change the document type assigned to each document. Tap a document in the list before you send them to see options such as BOL, POD, lumper, and more.
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Follow the steps below to take good quality photos of paper documents such as a bill of lading (BOL) or proof of delivery (POD). If you submit poor quality images, the system might not be able to process the data which could result in delays.
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If network service is not available, the latest release of the app provides an offline document queue to store pending unsent batches for you temporarily until a data plan signal or Wi-Fi connection is available.
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Android devices have a Back button at the bottom of each screen and iOS devices have a Back option at the top of applicable screens.
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You can view the documents you submitted later (over the next 14 days) at transfloexpress.com. Enter your confirmation number (saved in your e-mail, text messaging app, or in-app chat messages).
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If you want your own saved copy of all documents, snap your own photos first and save them immediately on your device or in an online (cloud) storage space. Then upload and submit those existing document photos for each load through Transflo Mobile+.
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Place documents on a flat, dark or contrasting non-glare surface. Take picture in a bright, well-lit environment.
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Use flash with good surrounding light. If the document is on glossy paper, it may be better to turn flash off. Brighter light and flash are required for poor quality documents, multi-part forms, carbon copies or documents on colored paper.
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Take a picture of the whole document filling the screen with the entire document.
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To make barcodes more readable, you need to be about 14 inches way from the document.
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Good picture focus is required. To get good focus, keep the phone steady then take the picture and . Keep your hands steady and try to remain stable when taking the picture and if you are in-cab turn off your engine to eliminate vibration.
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After taking photo, wait until the picture is displayed on the screen. You can drag the blue dots in the corners to frame or crop the document.
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To make light text appear clearer, after cropping, press the Darken button at the bottom of the screen. Darken can be pressed multiple times to continue darkening the text. If the page becomes too dark, press the Lighter button to reverse the changes.
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To avoid unnecessarily large images, do not take pictures with HDR or Night Mode.
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Turn flash OFF if taking accident pictures in daylight. Turn flash ON only when taking pictures at night or when taking claim pictures inside a loading dock.

Only a summary of the steps is given below; for a longer version with full details, see the next section. Release 6.0 of the mobile app (summer 2023) included a new document scanning redesign to improve the way your device detects, scans, and submits load documents. The new screen examples below show standard user interface elements on a typical mobile phone. Similar steps apply to smart phones and tablets (including Microsoft Surface Pro devices) running Apple iOS, Google Android, or Microsoft Windows.
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On your Transflo Mobile+ app dashboard, tap Scan Documents or Scanning. The label can be customized at each company fleet.
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To add photos of documents already saved on your mobile device, tap ADD EXISTING IMAGE.
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Search or swipe up, down, left, or right to locate your existing document. Options vary by device. You can select one document file at a time to add to your temporary list of load documents you are about to send. (Release 6.5 of the app removed the single file limit. You can now upload multiple pre-existing scanned documents all at the same time. See New! Select, Edit, and Upload Multiple Photos.)
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You can make many of the same edits to your added images as described below for new photos such as crop, rotate, or adjust brightness.
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Tap Next after each step.
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To take a new photo of a document:
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Fill the screen with the document. Keep your hands steady. Wait for the blue Document Detected message and then take the picture yourself or let Auto Snap take it for you.
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Tap the white circle to take a photo of the current page. If Auto Detect and Auto Snap are ON, the app detects and captures the photo for you. To remind you Auto Snap is ON, the white TAKE PHOTO circle changes to blue.
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Tap the green checkmark or tap Delete (the trash can) and try again.
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You can crop the detected preview of a live photo now (when you first capture the image) or crop it later. You can also crop an existing photo of a document you already scanned and are now adding. Tap Next.
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You can make any of the following optional adjustments:
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Discard: Confirm your decision to trash this item and start over, or cancel to keep it.
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Rotate: To rotate your page 90 degrees clockwise, tap Rotate.
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Brightness: To make an image or text more clear, lighter, or darker, tap the Brightness button at the bottom of the screen.
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Crop: To crop your image, tap Crop.
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Format: Choose Black and White, Grayscale , or Color.
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When you are done with any optional changes, tap Next.
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On the Choose Document Type screen, tap the type of document you just scanned or added.
To change a document type, you can tap on its name in the list and then tap Edit DocType. Select a different document type. On some devices, you might have to tap Back or swipe left or right to go back to the list.
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To add more document pages to send in this same batch for one or more loads, tap the Add Page button and repeat the steps above for adding existing documents or using the camera to capture new documents.
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To view a larger Preview of each item in the list, tap its small thumbnail image. You can also edit the document type one more time on the Preview screen. To go back to the list, tap Back.
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To remove an item from the list, tap X Remove.
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If you need to cancel all documents, exit the app. Exercise caution when using this feature. You might still have your existing images saved on your device but any recent items you just captured are deleted when you tap DELETE ALL. If you have the paper originals or copies, you can send them later.
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To submit your documents, tap Submit:
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A Document Attributes screen might ask you to enter your driver ID, description, load or BOL number, and truck number. In some configurations, your driver ID is entered for you. Tap Next.
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If your company requires signatures, tap Add Signatures. You might be asked to sign your name or physically hand your device to someone else to sign a document on-screen writing with a stylus or just a finger.
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When all documents are ready, tap Send All.
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Your batch confirmation number appears. You can make a note of it now or refer to the text message, e-mail, or in-app notification you receive later.
To view those documents again later (over the next 14 days), go to transfloexpress.com and enter the confirmation number.
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Tap Close in the top right corner of the screen to go back to the dashboard.
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If you perform the steps above and tap Send All and then get the following message, it means your documents were almost ready to be sent but you lost your 4G/5G cellular data or Wi-Fi network connection:
Unable to upload. Would you like to add to the upload queue or cancel and try again?
We recommend that you tap Add to Document Queue and then allow time for your device to re-establish a data or Wi-Fi connection.

Release 6.0 of the mobile app in August 2023 included a document scanning redesign to improve the way you can detect, scan, and submit load documents. In 2024-2025, additional 6.x releases continue to enhance the product. The new screen examples below show standard user interface elements on a typical mobile phone. Similar steps apply to smart phones and tablets running Apple iOS, Google Android, or Microsoft Surface Pro devices running Microsoft Windows.
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On the dashboard, tap Scan Documents, Scanning, or the custom menu item for document capture in your edition of the Transflo Mobile+ app running on your device (feature names and UI labels vary by fleet organization).
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(Optional) Review any custom instructions provided by your organization and then tap Start. If you do not see this screen, ignore this step.
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Decide if you want to ADD AN EXISTING PHOTO or TAKE A NEW PHOTO. You can add a photo image of a document you already captured on your phone or take a new photo of each load document. This option is up to you or your company requirements. The batch of documents you send can be a mix of existing documents and new documents. If you cannot decide, do what is most convenient for you:
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Use Your Own Camera App: Some drivers take photos or save electronic documents on their phone or tablet over the span of hours or days at each stop and then send each batch of existing documents later.
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Use Built-in Transflo Mobile+ Document Capture: Others wait until final delivery to take all their new photo scans of documents for a load at the same time and then immediately send them.
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Use Both Methods: For example, you pickup a load in Denver and save a PNG image file of the eBOL. You drive to Cleveland and receive a PDF of the signed ePOD and save it as a JPEG. You also receive a paper unloading (lumper) receipt. When you send your documents for this load, you take a live photo of the paper receipt and add the eBOL (PNG) and ePOD (JPG) files off your phone.
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To add existing images or photos of documents that you already saved on your mobile device, tap the ADD EXISTING FILE button.
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Search or swipe up, down, left, or right to locate your existing document. Options vary by device. You can select one document file at a time to add to your temporary list of load documents you are about to send. (Release 6.5 of the app removed the single file limit. You can now upload multiple pre-existing scanned documents all at the same time. See New! Select, Edit, and Upload Multiple Photos.)
Tip: Consider using a consistent naming convention to save yourself time. If you snap a photo of an eBOL for load number 1234 and save it as 1234.png, you can easily find it when you are ready to submit all docs for load 1234.
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You can make many of the same edits to your photos as described below for new photos such as crop, rotate, or adjust brightness.
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Tap Next after each step.
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To take a new photo of a document, follow these sub-steps:
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A No Document Detected message might appear.
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Allow yourself time to place your document on a flat surface and get your camera phone into position.
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Place your paper document on a flat, dark, or contrasting non-glare surface with bright indirect surrounding light.
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Bright light and flash are generally recommended for poor-quality documents, multi-part carbon copy forms, or documents on colored paper.
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If the document is on glossy paper or a shiny surface, we recommend that you turn OFF the camera flash feature.
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If prompted, tap Open Settings to open your mobile device operating system settings to allow camera access permissions for the Transflo Mobile app.
Tip: If you are frustrated by these settings, you are not alone. Just bear in mind these are not Transflo app settings. The settings in this step are standard privacy and security settings on your mobile device for all apps and you are in control by design. Transflo cannot control these settings for you.
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Tap the app Settings button in the lower right corner and choose your camera preferences (the camera settings in this step apply only to the Transflo app):
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Auto Detect: This smart feature automatically detects the edges or borders of pages.
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Auto Snap: This time-saving feature automatically takes the photo for you when it detects your document. If you want to take your own photos, you can turn Auto Snap OFF.
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Night Mode or HDR: Added in 6.1.4 (June 2024), this setting can be turned ON or OFF. On supported models, your mobile device camera can use Night Mode to capture more detail and brighten your document photos in low-light situations. Also known as High Dynamic Range (HDR), Night Sight, or NightScape, Night Mode can help you take better photos in low-light conditions without the need for a flash (in fact, on the Transflo app, flash must be OFF). When you turn Night Mode ON, your camera can capture multiple images with different exposures and merge them into a single image to optimize brightness and minimize blur. If motion is detected, Night Mode can assist the capture process to minimize blur caused by shaky hands.
If you turn Night Mode ON, the app turns OFF any flash settings you might have previously set.
Similarly, if Night Mode is ON but then you set Flash to AUTO or ON, the app obeys your flash choice but turns Night Mode OFF for you with a reminder that Night Mode Requires Flash OFF. Decide which allowable choices work best for your current needs.
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Flash: Tap Settings and then tap your camera flash preference. From left to right, you can choose: OFF (no flash), AUTO (flash automatically lights up when needed in low-light conditions), or ON (the camera uses flash for every photo you take).
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Fill the entire screen with the document. Keep your hands steady and try to remain completely motionless when taking the picture. If you are in-cab, turn off your engine to eliminate vibration.
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To make barcodes more readable, position your camera phone about 14 inches away.
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To get the best focus, wait for the blue Document Detected message to appear and then take the picture yourself or let Auto Snap take it for you.
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In some configurations, you can also tap the screen to trigger an auto-focus square and then take the picture. The auto-focus square is configurable based on your fleet settings, so it may or may not appear.
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Tap the white circle to take a photo of the document (or page 1 of a multi-page document). If Auto Detect and Auto Snap are ON, the app detects and captures the photo for you. To remind you Auto Snap is ON, the white TAKE PHOTO circle changes to a blue circle.
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If the app detects a blurry image, you are prompted to keep it and continue or retake the photo.
Blurry Image: Image appears to be blurry. Would you like to retake this image?
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If you are satisfied with the image, tap Next.
(Optional:) You can crop the detected preview of a live photo now (when you first capture the image) or crop it later. You can also crop an existing photo of a document you already scanned. To crop out unnecessary parts of the page, drag the blue dots or grab handles around the document at each corner to crop the image down to the exact size you want. As you move each corner, the area is enlarged in a preview circle for optimum precision.
When finished, tap Next.
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You can make any of the following optional adjustments (or, skip all adjustments and accept the current document as it is by tapping Next):
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Discard: To revert any changes you made and restore the original image, tap Discard. You can then confirm your decision to trash this item and start over, or cancel to keep it.
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Rotate: To rotate your page 90 degrees clockwise, tap Rotate.
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Brightness: To make light text more clear, tap the Brightness feature at the bottom of the screen. Darken can be tapped multiple times to continue darkening the text. If the page becomes too dark, tap the Lighter option, to reverse the changes. New in this release is the ability to simply drag the line to adjust the brightness level.
Tip: The brightness setting applies to black and white or grayscale images but not color images. Adjusting the brightness of full-color documents and photos is planned as a future feature.
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Crop: To crop your image (if you didn't already crop it), tap Crop. The app attempts to apply your last saved cropping region to each document. To crop out a different unnecessary region of the page, drag the blue dots or grab handles around the document at each corner to crop the image down to the exact area you want (the rest is unnecessary and cropped or hidden from further view). As you move each corner, the area is enlarged in a preview circle for optimum precision.
New in 6.0.1 is the ability to choose from the following three (3) Crop Image options:
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Crop: To apply your current crop region to the document and save that same cropping shape or region so it is applied by default to future documents to save you time, tap Crop.
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Reset: If you adjusted the last saved cropping region (you moved the blue dots) but want to discard your changes and go back to the last saved crop region, tap Reset.
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Cancel: To cancel any crop adjustments, revert to the un-cropped original document, and go back to the Scan Adjustments screen, tap Cancel.
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Format: You can often reduce the data size of load documents which can speed performance and save time. For example, tap Format and then decide if you can reduce your image to Black and White without sacrificing quality. If not, tap Grayscale as an acceptable common ground for the majority of documents. Tap Color only if your document requires color to be viewed (for example, a color photograph of people, products, equipment, a map, or a page that uses colors such as red, yellow, or green to indicate status).
Example: In the following example, the user adjusted the format to black and white and reduced the brightness so the black text was darker. Typically, these adjustments are made separately; however, in this specific scenario, both the format and brightness controls appear at the same time.
Tip 1: Many fleets take advantage of a global Transflo feature that automatically sets the document format based on the document type. For example, all invoices might be set to color and all BOLs might be set to black and white. In these environments, the Format button is hidden and you can safely continue to the next step.
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To keep your changes, tap Next.
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On the Choose Document Type screen, tap the type of document you just scanned.
To change a document type, you can tap on its name in the list and then tap Edit DocType. Select a different document type. On some devices, you might have to tap Back or swipe left or right to go back to the list.
List of Common Doc Types
The choices that appear in your app are set by your fleet manager:
- Bill of Lading (BOL)
- Citation (CIT)
- Customs (CUS)
- Detention (DET)
- Expense (EXP)
- Fuel Receipt (FUL)
- Invoice (INV)
- Lumper (LUM)
- Maintenance (MNT)
- Miscellaneous (MSC)
- Notice of Assignment (NOA)
- Overage Shortage and Damage (OSD)
- Proof of Delivery (POD)
- Permits (PRM)
- Rate Confirmation (RCF)
- Repair Receipts (REP)
- Scale Weight Ticket (SCL)
- Toll Receipt (TOL)
- Trip Sheet (TRP)
- Vehicle Inspection Report (VIR)
- Truck Wash (WSH)
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At this step, you have at least one document in the list. To add more document pages to send in this same batch for one or more loads, tap the Add Page button and repeat the steps above for adding existing documents or using the camera to capture new documents.
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To view a larger Preview of each item in the list, tap its small thumbnail image. You can also edit the document type one more time on the Preview screen. To go back to the list, tap Back.
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To remove an item from the list, tap X Remove.
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(Optional) If you need to cancel all documents, exit the app. Exercise caution when using this feature. You might still have your existing images saved on your device but any recent items you just captured are deleted when you tap DELETE ALL. If you have the paper originals or copies, you can send them later.
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When you are ready to submit your documents, tap Submit. The steps you take next vary by company:
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A Document Attributes screen might appear where you can complete any fields configured by your fleet to make sure the documents you send are associated with the right matching data. For example, in your app, the screen might ask you to enter your driver ID, description, load or BOL number, and truck number. In some configurations, your driver ID is entered for you.
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Tap Next.
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If your company requires signatures, tap Add Signatures. If you are prompted, tap OK and then tap Add Signature.
You might be asked to sign your name or physically hand your device to someone else to sign a document. Sign directly on the screen with a stylus or finger and then tap Next.
In some Transflo configurations, you can electronically send a signature request to someone, an authorized person can sign, and you receive the signed document back all electronically (no paper documents to scan).
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When all documents are ready, tap Send All.
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Your batch confirmation number appears. You can make a note of it now or refer to the text message, e-mail, or in-app notification you receive later.
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To view those documents again later (over the next 14 days), go to transfloexpress.com and enter the confirmation number.
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Tap Close in the top right corner of the screen to go back to the dashboard.
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If you perform the steps above and tap Send All and then get the following message, it means your documents were almost ready to be sent but you lost your 4G/5G cellular data or Wi-Fi network connection:
Unable to upload. Would you like to add to the upload queue or cancel and try again?
We recommend that you tap Add to Document Queue and then allow time for your device to re-establish a data or Wi-Fi connection.
To learn more about this new offline scanning feature, see the following section below.

Release 6.5 in March 2025 introduced a new Multi-Page Upload feature that provides a way to upload multiple existing scanned documents, edit them if needed, and then send them as a batch. You can even capture new live photos with your camera and add both existing scanned documents and new scanned photos and send them together in one new complete batch for a load.
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Use your favorite photo app and your built-in camera on your mobile device to snap photos of your load documents and save them to your device or cloud storage. You can lay down multiple pages and scan one photo and crop each page later or you can snap a separate photo for each document, it is up to you.
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In the Transflo Mobile+ app, tap Scan Documents (your exact tile or menu name might vary).
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Read any fleet-specific instructions on the optional Welcome screen and then tap Start.
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The mobile app shows No Document Detected but we are not interested in taking new photos. To use the Multi-Page Upload feature, tap the Add Existing Photos button in the lower left corner.
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Your Android (left) or Apple iOS device (right) shows your recent photo images from Step 1.
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(Optional) On Android devices, you can tap the ≡Options menu and choose one of the following folders to find your existing scanned files:
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Recent
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Images
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Files
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Downloads
On Apple iOS devices, you can tap the the ≡Options menu and choose
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Files
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Photo Gallery
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Close
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Select one or more images.
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Tap Add.
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Your selected images appear in sequence in a temporary staging area with the following user interface elements:
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Page Counter: For example, page (or image) 1 of 3 (1/3), 2 of 3 (2/3), and so on.
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Page Navigation: Tap < Back or Next >. The icons show the current page (blue), pages with errors (exclamation point ! on a yellow triangle), and additional pages (solid circle).
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Delete Page: To remove the image from this staging area, tap Remove (the trash can icon at top left).
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Page Adjustments: Tap Rotate, Brightness, Crop, or Format. To revert your changes, tap Discard (the trash can icon at bottom left).
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Document Type: Select the type of document (doc type) for each image. You can apply your choice of doc type to just the current page (tap Only This Page or the blue circle icon, for example page 1/3) or tap Apply All.
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If an image is blurry or bad, you can tap Retake to capture a replacement image. If you tap Ignore, you can allow a blurry image (your upstream back-office processing team might or might not be able to read your blurry image). Bad images cannot be ignored; you must either retake them (replace with a new photo) or tap Delete to remove them from this temporary staging screen.
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To magnify your view of an image (to zoom in), tap the center of each thumbnail page (left side below). To zoom back out, tap the Zoom Out button (right side below).
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When you are finished assigning a doc type to each page and making any adjustments, tap Next or Done.
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Review your documents on the final Summary page:
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Expand each section. Verify every document has a valid doc type. If Not Assigned appears, choose a doc type.
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Toggle additional options. Tap + Additional Options to show more options.
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To add a live or stored photo, tap Add Photo.
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To add a live or stored document, tap Add Pages.
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To add a signature, tap Add Signature.
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To close the additional options, tap X Close.
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To remove all pages, images, and adjustments, tap Discard All. Your changes are erased and you can start over.
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To remove a document or photo, swipe left and then tap Delete.
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When ready, tap Next. The total number of items (pages or photos) appears in parentheses on the Submit button.
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If configured by your carrier, enter any load attributes to help classify, identify, or audit this batch of documents. For example, enter a load ID or your driver ID. If an issue arises later, your office staff can contact the appropriate driver and trace the proper invoice and payment against the load ID. Tap Done.
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Tap Submit.
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Depending on the speed of your current data or Wi-Fi connection, you might see a spinning progress circle on the Submitting a batch... screen.
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Your batch confirmation number appears. You can make a note of it now or refer to the text message, e-mail, or in-app notification you receive later.
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To view those documents again later (over the next 14 days), go to transfloexpress.com and enter the confirmation number. The Status column shows Delivered when all load documents have been submitted.
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Tap Close in the top right corner of the screen to go back to the dashboard.
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If you perform the steps above and tap Submit and then get the following message, it means your documents were almost sent but you lost your 4G/5G cellular data or Wi-Fi network connection:
Unable to upload. Would you like to add to the upload queue or cancel and try again?
We recommend that you tap Add to Document Queue and then allow time for your device to re-establish a data or Wi-Fi connection. To learn more about this new offline scanning feature, see Scan Offline with Document Queue.

This section lists common concerns, popular tips, and answers to frequently-asked questions (FAQ) about the new 2024 document scanning and photo capture features in Transflo Mobile+ Release 6.0 (first introduced in August 2023).

A: The best way to identify your current release is to view the app version number on your device. If you have release 6.0 or higher, you have the new document capture features. If you just want a quick way to check at-a-glance, refer to the following example image:
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Camera Starts Automatically: In previous releases, you had to choose ADD EXISTING or USE CAMERA. The new release saves you the extra step and automatically starts your camera. It can even auto detect, auto flash, and auto capture the image of your document or photo for you. You still have the option of adding an existing document or image already stored on your device.
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Five (5) Adjustment Buttons: In most implementations, the new release has a row of five (5) adjustment buttons. Previous releases had only four (4) buttons. If your fleet sets all image formats to black and white or grayscale, the Format option might be hidden. The new R6.0 user interface is indicated by the presence of the Crop button. In the new release, the ability to crop an image is available both during capture and again during adjustment.
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Larger Next Buttons: To help you advance through each screen better, the smaller text header buttons to go to the Next screen have been replaced by larger Next buttons at the bottom of each screen.
If your configuration or preferences are keeping you on older releases (often called legacy or classic editions), see the classic steps for document and photo capture:
Scan and Send Load Documents in Older App Releases

A: When the TAKE PHOTO circle button you would normally tap to scan a document (or snap a photo) changes from white to blue it means you have the Auto Snap feature ON and the device is about to take a photo of a document. If it shows No Document Detected, hold your camera steady until it shows Document Detected and then your device can snap the picture for you.

A: When you upload documents using the ADD EXISTING button, you can browse through the saved images on your phone (also known as upload from gallery or gallery upload). You can also add scanned image files stored online (for example, in iCloud or Google Drive). A copy of the file is sent to your recipient (your fleet, broker, or payment processing vendor) when you tap Send.
The following image types are supported:
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JPEG: File names end in .jpg or .jpeg.
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PNG: File names end in .png.
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BITMAP: File names end in .bmp.
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WEBP: File names end in .webp.
Other image formats might allow selection or upload but might not be fully supported. Remember these are images of documents: no traditional document file types are allowed; so you cannot upload Word documents, PDFs, or text documents.
After you submit your load documents in the mobile app, you can view them as PDF or TIFF files for up to 14 days at www.TransfloExpress.com.

A: Even though Adobe Acrobat PDF is not yet supported (it is on the roadmap for 2025-2026), you can follow these steps as an easy way to take a screenshot of the PDF and send that instead. When you upload documents using the ADD EXISTING button, you can browse through the saved images on your phone (also known as upload from gallery or gallery upload). PDF is a common format but is not yet supported as a valid image type. As a workaround, to send a PDF, first take a screenshot of it, crop it, and send that.
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Open the Adobe Acrobat PDF file of your document (such as a lumper or BOL) on your mobile device. You can view a PDF in a web browser such as Chrome or Safari or use the Adobe PDF Reader app or a third-party PDF app.
Zoom in to size the part you need so it is as large as possible and fits within your screen.
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Take a screenshot. Options vary by device. See the documentation or online videos that explain exactly how to take a screenshot on your iOS or Android mobile operating system release and the exact brand and model of your phone or tablet.
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Back in Transflo Mobile+, when you tap ADD EXISTING, you can now select the PNG screenshot image of your PDF.
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Crop it and send it just like you would any other document type.

A: You can crop your photo immediately after taking it or adding it; or, you can crop it later with the other adjustment options (rotate, brightness, format). Two advantages to cropping the initial image:
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the specific portion of the page that you want to crop is fresh in your mind
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you have a smaller area to adjust (rotate, brightness, format) later; as a best practice, crop your image first so you can focus on the important part of the document (and crop out the unnecessary parts)
Example A: A driver prefers to place four (4) load documents down on a flat surface and take one (1) photo instead of four (4). The driver uploads the image and crops the borders down to show only page 1. The driver uploads the same image again and crops it to page 2, and so on. The driver sends all four (4) cropped pages from just one (1) photo image.
Example B: A driver prefers to take separate photos of each load document. This driver is comfortable working with a larger number of document image files. With the Auto-Detect (Borders) feature ON, they typically do not have to crop any pages.

A: Yes, most carriers and brokers typically prefer that you send your digital documents or photos of paperwork associated with just one specific load (and matching invoice) at a time. You can submit multiple photos and pages as long as they all pertain to the same single load. Unless you get pre-approval in advance to have someone sort out your batch submissions later, do not send documents for more than one load at a time.

A: The app has no limit. Scan as many pages as you need. You can scan each page "live" or "on the fly" in the mobile app or scan each page and save it as a separate file ahead of time in your camera app and then upload them later through the Transflo app.You can submit multiple photos and pages as long as they all pertain to the same single load. For LTL shipments, continue to upload under one unique load number. Back-end systems can parse out LTL documents by a more meaningful unique entity ID such as an invoice, master eBOL, or child shipments (loads) under a parent shipment or parent load. Unless you get pre-approval in advance to have someone or some back-end system sort out your batch submissions later, do not send mixed documents for more than one load at a time.
If you have a lot of pages to scan, for example, 50 or 100, you can scan and send them over the app; however, you might also try other methods and see what you like best in terms of speed, quality, and convenience. For example, try Transflo Express scanning kiosks, TripPak drop-box service, or TransfloNow self-service scanning software for your home PC or laptop with an attached scanner.
To learn more, see Send Load Documents thru Transflo.

A: For the best quality and performance, we recommend at least a 12.0 mega-pixel (MP) camera with an available flash feature for scanning documents.

Introduced in November 2022, the new document queue feature allows you to scan documents in offline mode and send them later when a 4G/5G data or wireless network connection is available.
This feature also shows your history of sent load documents for up to 48 hours.

Tip: The Offline Document Queue feature is not available in custom white label configurations of the mobile app that display your custom company logo. Only the generic public app available in the Apple AppStore or from the Google Play store includes this feature.
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After you complete the document scanning steps above and tap Send All, if you get the following message, it means your documents are almost ready to be sent but your network connection has low signal strength or was lost:
Unable to upload. Would you like to add to the upload queue or cancel and try again?
To save the documents and files in your pending unsent batch locally on your device until a data or Wi-Fi connection is available, tap Add to Document Queue.
On some devices you might still see the following older classic screen design; however, the feature works the same way.
- Tap OK.
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At this point, no further action is required. You can continue driving, go OFF-DUTY, or do other tasks. The app will continue to try to acquire a data or Wi-Fi signal to send your pending batches in the document queue. To avoid delays, make sure your mobile device has a wireless network or cellular data connection.
All of the remaining steps are optional.
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To check on progress, tap the ≡Actions menu in the top-left corner.
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In the resulting Actions menu, tap Document Queue.
- On the default Queued Documents page, your pending unsent batches appear.
Tip: If you believe you have established network service, tap the Resend button in the top right corner to make the app re-attempt to send all queued documents.
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At the bottom of the screen, tap Service or No Service. The status of your cellular and Wi-Fi services appears. For example, your documents could not be sent because you had no cellular data or Wi-Fi connectivity. It is also possible that you were in Wi-Fi Upload Only (you can turn this ON or OFF in Settings) mode but not within the range of a local access point or wide-area network.
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When service is restored, the app automatically attempts to upload your queued documents. The spinning progress icon indicates the app is attempting to send your recent pending documents.
As examples, service might be restored in any of the following ways:
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You drive within range of a cell tower.
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Your signal strength improves.
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You adjust your mobile device settings for data, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth.
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You connect to a wireless hotspot.
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If successful, the documents are sent and your queue is empty again.
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To confirm, tap Completed, and verify your documents were sent. The Completed screen shows your recent load documents successfully sent over the last 48 hours.
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To perform the following options, click the
Options menu for a specific batch in the list:
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To view any failed batches, tap the Failed button.
The app continues to try to send any pending documents in the queue that were blocked due to any loss of connectivity; however, even after a successful network connection, a batch might fail because of a more serious issue such as a power outage, network server error, or other failure.
Whenever possible, all batches return to the queue and are re-attempted until successful. If sending a batch is simply not possible, any Failed Documents appear temporarily, cannot be re-attempted, and are removed from the queue.
If you continue to experience failed documents, contact your manager, fleet administrator, or Transflo Support.
Tip: To view documents sent over the last 48 hours, use the Completed screen in the Document Queue described above. You can also view your documents on the Transflo Express site for up to 14 days at https://viewer.transfloexpress.com.
View a demonstration of these steps in one or more Transflo videos:
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