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No matter how many times I try to switch to Skanlite and Skanpage entirely, it just isn't as intuitive to me as Xsane. I can't tell if Xsane is just better, if something is lousy about Skanlite and Skanpage, or if it's just that I used Xsane for so many years and I'm resistant to change.
Also, I wish this software could auto send my scan to PaperlessNGX.

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eshep
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For image-based stuff, I'd agree, as #Xsane is also my goto. But when I just gotta scan one or two documents at the house for something, it's simple-scan. As for work though, when I gotta scan tens or hundreds of documents and name them each individually, nothing beats a nice little script with scanimage, convert, and sqlite. Read in the info from db, select the one I need, ask for further input, output to file and mark the item in the db.
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@eshep Right now, I'm in a decent flow with Skanpage. I'm trying to get comfy with it cause I know Xsane continues to age, and I want to be comfy in a second program by the time Xsane stops working. I've got my Paperless-NGX mounted with sshfs. Scan page page page, export to PDF to the consume folder in Paperless, "Discard all" in Skanpage, rinse and repeat.
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@eshep One thing I really appreciate about Paperless - I don't need to decide titles and tags and what not at the time of scan. That's crucial for me for actually getting the scanning done. I just set the default output filename with today's date and time, which means they all get a new filename, Paperless is set to add the "Inbox" tag on new uploads. Later, I just review whatever has the inbox tag to set titles and what-not.
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@eshep I also have Paperless set to auto remove the inbox tag when I save new details. I also have some stuff set to add "For deletion" when whatever category of document is aged out of still needing them, like old tax stuff. Though, I haven't had paperless long enough to see if that "for deletion" automation actualy works.
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eshep
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@Miakoda
I tried dickin around with #paperless a while back but couldn't get it to work for the way I already did things; mainly offline/remote location issues. Although I hadn't till this post of yours thought about running it as a local service solely for these work tasks. I'm gonna throw this on my laptop and give it a proper go as local-only.

Thanks fer the brainstorm!

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@Miakoda
If the past 30~ years of UNIX/linux has taught me anything, it that that's the key to all of it; knowing (of) as many ways to skin cats as you can ...and using the ones that work best for you for a particular situation.
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