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submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by Teppichbrand@feddit.org to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

It's perfect! Do you guys already do this?

I open a letter, I take it's picture with FairScan. The FairScan-folder on my android device gets syncthinged to the ingest folder for Paperless-ngx on my "server". Paperless imports it, deletes the file and sets the new documents tag to inbox. I decide if the document goes to the binder for important stuff, or if I just toss it in a binder with all the paper I most likely will never touch again. Next time I look at Paperless, I edit all documents with the inbox tag and remove the tag.

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[-] Gortus@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

I use a different app (though I'll be checking out FairScan), but that's pretty much exactly my workflow for things that aren't convenient to do basically the same thing on my desktop PC & scanner.

[-] eightys3v3n@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

Mmm. I use paperless mobile but I will try FairScan. Thank you.

[-] SecurityPro@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

I keep having trouble getting paperless to actually injest any scans from the injest folder.

[-] Fedegenerate@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 6 months ago

I use the paperless scanner inbuilt into the paperless app. Works fine

[-] Elkenders@feddit.uk 1 points 6 months ago

I use genius scan but same workflow. It's bulletproof

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