Receipt scanners, recommendations?

[John Ralls]

> On Dec 21, 2017, at 11:42 AM, jeffrey black <beastmaster126 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I am using GnuCash (Windoze version) to track multiple sets of books.  
> My personal, my farm, my wife's business, and for another family members 
> personal and business.  Needless to say I am buried up to my ears in 
> receipts and would like to go paperless by storing the images in 
> GnuCash.  My flatbed scanner works but; is not a reasonable option.
> 
> Right now, my budget would have to be a maximum of about $400 USD.  I 
> need to scan everything from 2 inch wide thermal receipts up to to full 
> size 8 1/2 X 11  inch receipts.
> 
> As soon as I can replace several legacy apps I intend to ditch Windoze 
> and move everything over to Unix (probably Ubuntu), so compatibility 
> would be an issue.
> 
> I would like to hear your recommendations.


I've been very pleased with my Fujitsu ScanSnap. They publish a linux driver, see http://www.fujitsu.com/global/support/products/computing/peripheral/scanners/sp/software/ubuntu.html.
I use mine with a Mac so I can't vouch for that part.

Regards,
John Ralls