Recommendations for a document scanner direct to NAS etc
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HarmlessSaucer · 2023-10-06 12:16

Does anyone have any recommendations for a document scanner that can
scan directly to a NAS or similar storage solution locally?

None of this Dropbox / Google Drive nonsense!

Really looking for something simple that I can pop out and scan things
the kids bring home or we get through the post, then hopefully use
Paperless etc.

I know I COULD setup an old scanner with a Raspberry Pi and some
scripting but I’m just wondering what experience people have had?

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ElevenNotes · 2023-10-06 12:45

paperless-ngx has an app that will take pictures and upload them or
SwiftScan on iOS too.

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HarmlessSaucer · 2023-10-06 12:55

Ooh that’s interesting!  Hadn’t considered that!
Thanks for the recommendations I’ll check those out!

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ElevenNotes · 2023-10-06 13:14

With paperless-ngx you gain a lot more than simply scanning, its worth
to check it out. I've been using it since a few months and it has
improved my paperwork enormously.

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Toutanus · 2023-10-06 15:02

I have a Ricoh printer that can do that : SP 220snw

I can chose to scan directly on a nas share and it works great.

The directory is scanned every hour for new documents and everything
is compressed and moved in the paperless-ng consume directory.

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______-_-_________ · 2023-10-06 15:22

I was also going to say paperless-ngx. You can scan directly to it.
Automatically saves it and converts it to a searchable document. I've
moved all of my documents to paperless-ngx.

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kmisterk · 2023-10-06 17:28

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