You could buy an automatic scanner that takes a stack of docs and dumps the files to a network share.
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diegantobass@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This is the transhumanism I like.
Jokes aside, how did you deal with your papers from the past? I do this with all new incoming mail, but I can’t for the life of me find the time to scan the pile of taxes, bills, medical reports, etc. that has accumulated over 3 thousand years of family life.
HelloRoot@lemy.lol 1 day ago
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Do you have any particular model in mind? What do you mean by “automatic scanner”? Any scanner I know needs quite a lot of manual preparation to scan a batch of documents.
HelloRoot@lemy.lol 1 day ago
Epson WorkForce DS‑730N
put 100 sheets on the tray, it scans them all and either puts them all into a single pdf or multiple pdfs. Then you split / merge them in software.
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Not very automatic, is it? There are definitely better ways to scan high volumes of documents.
Teppichbrand@feddit.org 1 day ago
I took my Very Important Documents!!-folder to a neighbour with a decent scanner. This took like two hours. Older, less important stuff stays in binders I most likely will never touch. If I do have to look at something from there, I snap a quick FairScan before I put it back. So it’s not about perfection, I just try to make my live easier from now on. :)