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Paperless-ngx and seeking suggestions for getting into a decent workflow (discuss.online)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by kiol@discuss.online to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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cross-posted from: https://discuss.online/post/40125235

Picked up an ix500 scansnap and wondering about suggested workflows for going paperless. My intention is to scan a bunch of documents, but haven't delved deeply into how this will actually flow on the software level. I know I'll need to OCR the scanned documents, and my base setup is:

Pi with SSD storage running compose version of Paperless-ngx to filesystem mounted folders.

Folders can also be accessed over Samba

ix500 statically assigned over wifi as network scanner.

A literal filing cabinet, for things I should keep physically.

Ubuntu computer for browsing

I feel a bit overwhelmed, but am excited to get started. Will be scanning personal document, work docs, whatever else I need to digitize and recycle. All suggestions appreciated!

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[–] kossa@feddit.org 1 points 1 month ago

I have the low tech physical copy storing: I have one of those fancy stamps which count up 1 after every stamp (called Numbering machine). I just stamp every letter I want to keep a physical copy of, scan it and everything goes into the same folder. When I search for an original I pull it up digitally and search in the folder 👍

Quickest way I figured.