Re: Re: Paperless-ngx and scanners
By: Amessyroom to Gamgee on Mon Mar 02 2026 02:32:26

Someone shared that you can setup a share, and have an andriod app scan and write to the share . So that maybe the way I try it until, I can find a scanner that works under linux and docker...

That's how i do it:

i use an epson gt-15000 under linux with VueScan (commercial but good software), OSS-DocumentScanner and Material Files on Android.

My paperlessNGX is running in a LXC on a little miniPC proxmox system.
The paperlessNGX consume folder is also a SMB share, so i can save files from the android phone via Material Files or from the Linux PC with the Epson scanner via /mnt/paperless to it.

sudo mount -t cifs -o username=youruser,vers=3.0 //server/share /mnt/paperless

i guess the recommended scanners can connect directly via FTP/NFS/SMB/SMTP, but i am ok with storing the scanned PDFs to my /mnt/paperless that is mounted to the SMB share. PaperlessNGX picks the files up and processes them from there.

and if i am not at home, i connect to my home LAN with my android phone via VPN (my home internet router has that build in). That way i can also access the paperless SMB share when i am not home and put scans in there.

Mindsurfer

PS: to have my folder connected to the smb share automatically when i start the linux PC, i added this to my /etc/fstab (yes, it is a passwordless guest share)

//LAN-IP-HERE/paperless-consume /mnt/paperless cifs guest,uid=1000,gid=1000,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0775,dir_mode=0775,noperm,x-sy stemd.automount,noauto 0 0

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Re: Re: Paperless-ngx and sca
By: Mindsurfer to Amessyroom on Mon Mar 02 2026 01:55 pm

That's how i do it:

i use an epson gt-15000 under linux with VueScan (commercial but good software), OSS-DocumentScanner and Material Files on Android.

Wow, small world. many years ago i used vueprint, made by ed hamrick. i used it back in my aol days. I talked to him many times via email, as did my Uncle. He's a good guy. It might be the first shareware i ever registered.


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Re: Re: Paperless-ngx and sca
By: MRO to Mindsurfer on Mon Mar 02 2026 07:41:29

i use an epson gt-15000 under linux with VueScan (commercial but good
software), OSS-DocumentScanner and Material Files on Android.

Wow, small world. many years ago i used vueprint, made by ed hamrick. i used it back in my aol days. I talked to him many times via email, as did my Uncle. He's a good guy. It might be the first shareware i ever registered.

bought Vuescan in 2020 and can recommend it.
i took a look and the purchase receipt email is signed by Ed and David Hamrick

you see, their software goes around the world. =)

Mindsurfer

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Re: Re: Paperless-ngx and sca
By: Mindsurfer to Amessyroom on Mon Mar 02 2026 01:55 pm

Re: Re: Paperless-ngx and scanners
By: Amessyroom to Gamgee on Mon Mar 02 2026 02:32:26

Someone shared that you can setup a share, and have an andriod app scan
and write to the share . So that maybe the way I try it until, I can find
a scanner that works under linux and docker...

That's how i do it:

i use an epson gt-15000 under linux with VueScan (commercial but good software), OSS-DocumentScanner and Material Files on Android.

My paperlessNGX is running in a LXC on a little miniPC proxmox system. The paperlessNGX consume folder is also a SMB share, so i can save files from the android phone via Material Files or from the Linux PC with the Epson scanner via /mnt/paperless to it.

sudo mount -t cifs -o username=youruser,vers=3.0 //server/share /mnt/paperless

i guess the recommended scanners can connect directly via FTP/NFS/SMB/SMTP, but i am ok with storing the scanned PDFs to my /mnt/paperless that is mounted to the SMB share. PaperlessNGX picks the files up and processes them from there.

and if i am not at home, i connect to my home LAN with my android phone via VPN (my home internet router has that build in). That way i can also access the paperless SMB share when i am not home and put scans in there.

Mindsurfer

PS: to have my folder connected to the smb share automatically when i start the linux PC, i added this to my /etc/fstab (yes, it is a passwordless guest share)

//LAN-IP-HERE/paperless-consume /mnt/paperless cifs guest,uid=1000,gid=100 0,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0775,dir_mode=0775,noperm,x-sy stemd.automount,noauto 0 0

thanks for sharing the details. I've gotten paperless-ngx installed and playing with oss-scanner; will have to work on the smb share. I may move it onto my minipc from my pc also

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