Turning a Legacy Scanner into a Smart Paperless-ngx Station with Raspberry Pi
The biggest friction point in a paperless workflow is the physical act of scanning. You often have to walk to the scanner, open an application on a computer, preview the scan, and manually move the file. By pairing a Raspberry Pi with a robust document scanner (like the Fujitsu fi-6130z), you can build a “smart” appliance. This setup allows you to drop a stack of papers into the feeder, press the hardware button, and have the files automatically appear in Paperless-ngx. ...