I wanted a seamless way for my wife’s e-commerce invoices to be automatically printed and tracked in Salesforce. The solution? A Raspberry Pi print server and OpenAI Vision for image-based invoice parsing.. Here’s the short rundown:

  1. JLPrintInvoice (iOS App) – AI Generated
    • Upload invoices (PDFs or images) directly from your phone.
    • The Pi receives them, thanks to a small Node.js server.
  2. AI OCR Advantage
    • OpenAI Vision (or similar service) automatically extracts order details—ID, address, product info, etc.—no matter how the invoice is laid out.
    • More flexible and accurate than older Tesseract-based solutions.
  3. Pi Print Server + Salesforce
    • The Node app sends parsed data to Salesforce, creating an Order (and associated OrderItem) on the fly.
    • The uploaded invoice file also attaches under the Order record.
    • The Pi then prints a standardized invoice or shipping label—hands-free.

Interested?
I can help you implement a similar flow— AI-based OCR, and automated Salesforce integration—so you can skip manual data entry, handle multiple invoice formats, and keep everything in one streamlined system.