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I really miss a tool where I would put paper into the scanner, hit a button on the scanner and get the output in a folder of my linux workstation.

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There are scanbd, scanbuttond, which poll the usb events and trigger a script, if a scanner button was pressed:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/scanbd/

http://scanbuttond.sourceforge.net/ https://github.com/jdam6431/scanbuttond

Gosh! Thanks for the hint!

If you're willing to pay $400 for the convenience (like I did) an HP printer/scanner/copier/all-in-one which can scan to a network drive (Samba) should tempt you. I've gone through 2-3 different cheap Brother laser printers, but I got to a point where the hassle isn't worth it anymore.

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