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I really like this machine.... It warms up in less than 20 seconds and pre-scans in about 5 seconds -- so it doesn't take long to get started. The Epson TWAIN 5.51A software offers 10 choices of image type: Color Photo (48-bit), Color Photo, Color Document, Black and White Photo (16 bit),Black and White Photo, Black and White Document, Illustration, Text/Line Art, Text (Background Removal) and Copy and Fax. One can preview the pre-scanned image in each by simply selecting each in the dropdown menu. It is simple to preselect the area to be scanned, and the file size under each image type shows on the "target" line. If the file size is too large (or you can handle a larger than indicated file size), you can adjust the DPI in the following increments: 50, 72, 96, 150, 200, 240, 266, 300, 350, 360, 400, 600, 720, 800, 1200, 1600, 3200, 9600, and 12,800 dpi. (Again, these options are all drop-down so they don't clutter the interface.) Changing this option dynamically alters the "target" preview file size. --- Scanning is a one-click process, and when finished one is taken from the TWAIN to a preview screen where one can rename the scanned file, and either scan more documents or exit into a third screen where one can (if saving to a drive) select the file path, and type of image file format: PCX, TIF, BMP, JPEG or PCT. If you save to JPEG you can select the image quality (high, medium, or low). This is my first scanner, but I can't think how it could be easier to use. I am still exploring the more esoteric features (aka bells-n-whistles), but the operation is simple and the quality of the images is fantastic. Between this scanner and my Paint Shop Pro software, I've been able to do anything I can imagine in the way of imaging. I'm not surprised at the high rankings that this machine has earned in a number of publications.Read full review
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I bought this scanner used because I wanted to see if 1600 dpi is a good enough improvement over a 1200 dpi HP Scanjet 3500c in the task of scanning Black and White Plus-X film negatives, and color negatives also. I found that the Epson sounds smoother for the scans, and the bundled CD-ROM had some smoothly running software that was easy to install into Windows XP. The process flow I used in "Scan-to-File" was to shine a bright light on the negative (since I do not yet have optional used Transparency-slide-negative adapter) with the scanner lid open, then preview scan, then mouse select the scanned sub-area to save to a file (to save space), then press Scan. You have to Close Scan-to-File Application to see the Verify File Application and then I renamed File0001 to SaveAs...MyFileName, the Verify file deletes File0001 when you close Verify File Application. I saw that 1600 dpi was a significant visible improvement over 1200 dpi, but still not as great as a 4MP 2" distant close-up from using a digital camera. I bought this scanner because a 2200 dpi Nikon film scanner would have cost 4 times more even in used condition. One Customer Review elsewhere went back to this Epson 1650 because 4000 dpi Epson made larger files and took too long. I might try a 4000 dpi Epson flatbed next. I read elsewhere that I need a Image Manipulation application (like Photoshop)to do color correction on color negatives because of the orange mask color, before inverting color to see picture.Read full review
Works great. Setup automatically on my Linux computer. Scanned some pictures with it and it was fast and the resolution was very good. No problems.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
I got this scanner at a great price. Software was easy to install, and I was able to start using the scanner without reading the directions. Very happy with my purchase.