Receipt scanners, recommendations?

Liz edodd at billiau.net
Fri Dec 22 19:06:35 EST 2017


On Thu, 21 Dec 2017 19:42:52 +0000
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.
> 
> ---JEffrey Black M.B.A.
> 

I use a flatbed scanner and scan into another directory.
I will scan a pile of skinny receipts at once, arranging them for best
fit on the flatbed, and holding them down with small flat metal
weights, aka keys.
Keeping up to date with scanning is the best way to deal with the pain
of the flatbed scanner.
At work we have the sort of scanner that scans both sides etc, but
varying paper sizes and torn edges create problems - neither way is
optimum.

Liz


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