What it is and what it is for
Your network scanner or multifunction printer can send scans straight to PaperOffice AI. PaperOffice creates a private SFTP upload inbox for it. A connector then brings the files into your workspace.
How to do it
- Open Document AI → Storage Mounts and click Add Storage Mount.
- Give it a name. Choose Use as import source and the connection type Provide as Scanner Endpoint.
- Click Activate Endpoint. Copy host, port, username, password and the target folder /inbox.
- Open Document AI → Connectors and click Create connector.
- Select the new storage mount and the Target Workspace. Set the polling interval and the follow-up action. Save.
- On the scanner, add an SFTP destination: host sftp.paperoffice.ai, port 2022, folder /inbox and the copied credentials.
Good to know
- Older devices can use an unencrypted FTP inbox. Use SFTP wherever you can.
- Scan to email, scan to an SMB folder, and FTPS or WebDAV at the inbox are not possible.
- By default the connector checks every 30 minutes. You can change the interval.
- Files are removed from the inbox after import, at the latest after 24 hours.
- After three failed logins the IP address is blocked for 24 hours.
- The credentials cannot be changed. For new ones, delete the endpoint and create it again.
- Each endpoint uses one storage mount from your plan's quota.