What I use is the following: https://www.bestbuy.com/product/canon-imageclass-mf654cdw-wireless-color-all-in-one-laser-printer-white/J7C86S6588
This will scan to a PDF and email it to you, or you can scan to jpg or tiff and you can select Windows SMB or FTP to have it scan to a File. Obviously to use windows SMB you have to setup SAMBA. FTP you have to setup vsftpd. As far as an attached scanner to a Linux system attached via USB - I also have one of those. It's a flatbed scanner and it is Compatible with the SANE program. But, this is a literal nightmare setup. I went through 3 different manufacturers of flatbed scanners (fortunately, at the time, they were readily available at Goodwill) all supposedly supported by SANE but 2 of them had tiny little "issues" That made them unreliable. The one that worked I had to scratch around until I finally found it's Windows XP installer off some Russian pirate Site in order to extract the firmware from it to put into SANE. Ted -----Original Message----- From: PLUG <[email protected]> On Behalf Of VY Sent: Tuesday, November 4, 2025 4:47 AM To: General Linux/UNIX discussion and help, civil and on-topic <[email protected]> Subject: [PLUG] document scanner Dear All I am looking for a good document scanner that is Linux compatible. Better yet if it is Raspberry Pi compatible. I have a bunch of forms that have hand writing on them. I will be getting them on a regular basis and I like to scan them and convert them to high-resolution PDFs. Any pointer for such a scanner is much appreciated. -Vincent
