what about scanning to WebDAV/Nextcloud/SMB-Share/Paperless-NGX?
Manufacturers seem to have by and large decided that those features are reserved for professional office units priced at >$400, and for everything that can’t scan directly to network drive without a computer you can only operate the machine directly (ie pushing the buttons on the machine) if you have Windows or Mac. Linux users must use a desktop app, browser interface, or smartphone app.
Only because they have enshitified the consumer multi-function devices. They all have the computing power for direct scan-to-network to be standard feature at any price tier.
Manufacturers seem to have by and large decided that those features are reserved for professional office units priced at >$400, and for everything that can’t scan directly to network drive without a computer you can only operate the machine directly (ie pushing the buttons on the machine) if you have Windows or Mac. Linux users must use a desktop app, browser interface, or smartphone app.
It’s ten times easier to take a picture and crop it tbh
Only because they have enshitified the consumer multi-function devices. They all have the computing power for direct scan-to-network to be standard feature at any price tier.
That is going to be absolutely far worse quality than a scan.