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Which scanner are you using? I've been trying to eliminate paper for a while now. I keep digital copies of everything I can download, but using a traditional fl

Which scanner are you using? I've been trying to eliminate paper for a while now. I keep digital copies of everything I can download, but using a traditional flatbed/all-in-one scanner to digitize things that I on have on paper would take forever. I'm terrible at organizing paper, and it's like a plague.

Mister_Snuggles 9y ago
I'm just starting out, so I'm using an all-in-one flatbed scanner because I have one available. It's really slow, especially when I up the resolution enough that OCR works usefully. My plan is to step up to something like a Brother ADS-1000W[0] or ADS-1500W[1]. I also hear good things about Fujitsu ScanSnap scanners, but those are USB only. If you step up to Fujitsu's fi series you can get a network interface, but I think they're more expensive than the Brother models I'm looking at. Regardless of the brand and model, the required features are that it has a document feeder, scans both sides of the page, and that it can save the output to a server without needing a computer to mediate it. The Brother scanners have WiFi and can save directly to an FTP server - Mayan can pick up PDFs from a filesystem directory, so it would be pretty easy to have stuff go right from the scanner into Mayan. [0] https://www.brother.ca/en-CA/Scanners/11/ProductDetail/ADS1000W https://www.brother.ca/en-CA/Scanners/11/ProductDetail/ADS10... [1] https://www.brother.ca/en-CA/Scanners/11/ProductDetail/ADS1500W https://www.brother.ca/en-CA/Scanners/11/ProductDetail/ADS15...
- Declanomous 9y ago
  Thanks, those were the models I was thinking about as well. Double-sided seems like a necessity, and a relatively fast scan seems important, but the only other thing I know I care about is durability. I hadn't thought about using WiFi --> FTP. That's a pretty handy feature. I run Linux, and there is a lot of great hardware that is barely functional on Linux, especially from the likes of Brother. I've thought about bringing paper to a staples to scan, or paying a scanning service to scan everything. The benefit of the latter is that they'll preserve your filing system and name your files for you. We went paperless at work, and they can be pretty expensive per document unless you have a ton of paper for them to scan.
- voltagex_ 9y ago
  Is 600x600 enough resolution? Thanks for that though - I'm hoping it's available in Australia. I was previously looking at the Fuji Xerox DM4440 series which are much more expensive.
bruckie 9y ago
I use Fujitsu ScanSnap ix500. It's great: fast, reliable, just works. It has nice features like automatically orienting the document and built-in OCR.

Mister_Snuggles 9y ago

I'm just starting out, so I'm using an all-in-one flatbed scanner because I have one available. It's really slow, especially when I up the resolution enough that OCR works usefully. My plan is to step up to something like a Brother ADS-1000W[0] or ADS-1500W[1]. I also hear good things about Fujitsu ScanSnap scanners, but those are USB only. If you step up to Fujitsu's fi series you can get a network interface, but I think they're more expensive than the Brother models I'm looking at. Regardless of the brand and model, the required features are that it has a document feeder, scans both sides of the page, and that it can save the output to a server without needing a computer to mediate it. The Brother scanners have WiFi and can save directly to an FTP server - Mayan can pick up PDFs from a filesystem directory, so it would be pretty easy to have stuff go right from the scanner into Mayan. [0] https://www.brother.ca/en-CA/Scanners/11/ProductDetail/ADS1000W https://www.brother.ca/en-CA/Scanners/11/ProductDetail/ADS10... [1] https://www.brother.ca/en-CA/Scanners/11/ProductDetail/ADS1500W https://www.brother.ca/en-CA/Scanners/11/ProductDetail/ADS15...

Declanomous 9y ago
Thanks, those were the models I was thinking about as well. Double-sided seems like a necessity, and a relatively fast scan seems important, but the only other thing I know I care about is durability. I hadn't thought about using WiFi --> FTP. That's a pretty handy feature. I run Linux, and there is a lot of great hardware that is barely functional on Linux, especially from the likes of Brother. I've thought about bringing paper to a staples to scan, or paying a scanning service to scan everything. The benefit of the latter is that they'll preserve your filing system and name your files for you. We went paperless at work, and they can be pretty expensive per document unless you have a ton of paper for them to scan.
voltagex_ 9y ago
Is 600x600 enough resolution? Thanks for that though - I'm hoping it's available in Australia. I was previously looking at the Fuji Xerox DM4440 series which are much more expensive.

bruckie 9y ago

I use Fujitsu ScanSnap ix500. It's great: fast, reliable, just works. It has nice features like automatically orienting the document and built-in OCR.