I have hundreds of photos to scan and I definitely want an ADF. Would this be the best option for what I need? Is it photo scan quality??
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For best possible resolution and quality I would personally use a flatbed. This is for business use and is good but there is better out there for photo quality scans. It will do a very good job though and is speed is important it would not be a bad way to go.
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NO, I tried and the most you get is 24 bit Color. :( . You your pics will be pixilated
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I'm not sure how I got included in the reply group--don't own, did not review. However, in the description the following text should answer the question. I can't imagine ADF would work for copy but not for scan--because, in effect, scan precedes copy. Fast and convenient walk-up copying either using the 50-page auto document feeder
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I'm sure either one will do a pretty good job for you. Fwiw, I purchased the Epson v500 for the simple reason that it has ICE Technology which does an absolutely amazing job of cleaning all sorts of debris/artifacts/dust et al from both slides and negatives. The hours I've saved not having to hand manipulate each image are numerous to say the least. This was the second time I've had to scan my full slide collection after the first set (over 500) was wiped out by a virus. This time was MUCH easier w/ the V500. Also, the quality of the scan improved a great degree so maybe the virus was a blessing in disguise afterall :-) Btw, I had no problem whatsoever setting it up on my Dell Vista OS. YMMV ... Cheers and good luck !
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It has worked very well for me! It can scan at a quality of 600dpi for color or gray & 1200dpi for black and white. It depends on how sharp you need the pictures to be. Hope this helps
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I scan wireless with it and find it fast enough especially when creating pdf with 200 to 300 dpi (good results), and with the ADF it can manage double sided too. Yuo have to start the epson scanner software on the computer first, then operate from the computer, setting pdf or image format, resolution etc, document name and where to save.
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Yes. That has been my experience. Quality is not superior but decent. This is an affordable scanner for the masses. I recommend this highly IF you intend to use this for scanning large documents and books. I use my older Fujitsu ScanSnap 1500M if I want to scan regular size documents, receipts, business cards since the quality is superior. Hope this helps.
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I have scanned several photos and they come out very well. I think the max resolution is 600DPI which is probably about as good as the quality of the photograph itself. The larger the photo the clearer the scan will be. I found the saving the pictures as a .pdf seem to give you a little better quality than a .jpg and also works well if you are using a MAC.
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I did all of my scans as jpegs so they were very accurate. If you wanted something that you could edit, I really don't know the answer. One thing to consider... I used the scanner holder that kept it steady while scanning. This made a big difference. Scanning without the holder, everything was out of proportion and not worth doing.
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Actually it can. If you have Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, or Ultimate, you can use Windows XP mode and scan away. I'm doing it right now! I've had mine for years, never had to call for support, so I can't vouch for that, but I've scanned hundreds of photos and I'm very happy with it.
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I am looking at the V500 compared to the 4490. Any suggestions? The reviews all rave about the V500 for slides and negatives, which I too plan to scan, but I also have many old photos.
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That was the easy part for me. The scan worked well, but the retrieval of it for filing is slow slow slow. Honestly, I have gone back to my Epson GT-S50 - its fast and I scan to my gmail drive so it puts it in the cloud. I do have the small NeatConnect scanner and I like that for travel, but the NeatConnect - I would save your money
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Yes, I recommend it. I've had four different scanners. This is by far the best, light, multiple resolution settings, color or b/w. I love this one.
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I have been quite happy with the photo scanning. Of course the final result will be determined by the matrix and a high quality scan can create huge file depending on the image size.
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Just for kicks and grins I scanned negatives and slides at the maximum resolution and I estimate the process took about 10-15 per. I also found out that scanning at the highest resolution created files so large (some as big as 600MB) that even though I have a fairly high performance PC, (Core i7, 12GB of RAM), the files were so big I couldn't open them. I dropped down to around 2400-4800 DPI and found the files created about 1.2MB or so. I also scanned files on my MBP with 4GB of RAM and it also created files too large to open and in a few cases it even crashed. I decided the 4800 DPI range was more than sufficient for scanning for my purposes which is to burn all these treasured slides and negatives to disk and give them to family so they can enjoy them too. If you are a professional photographer or designer and you need the max resolution you will need a box with the highest performing hardware you can buy and that will be commensurate with the price. Bottom line: Test various resolutions and see what works for your purposes. I read MANY of the reviews of this scanner before I bought it and decided it would work perform the job I needed it to do and it has performed admirably.
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Hello D.K.,I can only speak to my own experience with the V500. It has worked above and beyond my expectations. I have scanned over 100 Kodachrome slides, and they are perfect. I find that they scan very clean with just a little spot work to be done in Photoshop. I have not even used the ICE option. The images are excellent, and the resolution permitted me to print a 20 x 30 of one of my favorite shots. Based on my experience, unless you are doing high volume scanning, the V500 is more than adequate.MB
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I would honestly say it's more of a document scanner but then I would also have to suggest you contact the Fujitsu people and ask what they have is best for images. I wouldn't by from any other they are the best. Hope this helps.
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thanks for the input .....I had gone ahead and ordered the Scan-Snap but had decided to return it before it even arrived. Your response just made me know that I made the right decision. My plan now is to sort through all those photos and send the best of the lot to a company such as Best Photo Scanning and let them preserve them on discs for me.