Epson?Perfection?V300?Photo?Color?Scanner?(Black) by Epson
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Digital camera reviews of Epson?Perfection?V300?Photo?Color?Scanner?(Black)
Digital camera Review: Great Scanner, Great price!
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm an architectural student so I bought this scanner to scan my sketches to then turn them into design presentations of my different class projects...
The things I was looking for in a scanner were
1. Economy
2. Quality
3. Easy of Use
4. Speed
5. Customize Capable
1. This is one of the best scanners I have tried under $ 80
2. The quality is excellent! specially in my case that I scan hand drawn sketches . I have scanned color images and the fidelity to the original is great. As some other reviews have mentioned the scanned colors are a little cooler that the original, however nothing that can't be fixed with some tweaks in the advanced menu
3. The different modes that the epson scan software offers are great, they can be as simple or complicated as your skill level requires, which is a great feature in my opinion.
4. The speed is great!, my sketches take less than 2 mins to scan at 600 dpi, which in some other scanners that i tried took much longer than that. Also the startup time is excellent. I don't have to wait for the scanner to "warm up", which is a feature I love!
5. Finally this is similar to 3. it allows you to customize your setting to suit your needs.
Digital camera Review: Great scanner
Summary: 5 Stars
I got this from Amazon three days ago and have already scanned over 1000 slides. The ease of use and quality is very impressive, especially for the price. I have had no problems. I have not yet tried other types of scanning, but I am so very happy to be able to digitize my collection of slides and throw out the projector!Digital camera Review: Works great
Summary: 5 Stars
I scanned over one thousand slides and the V300 worked flawlessly. I was very pleased with the software and restoration program too. I used an alienware computer so the speed was pretty good. Your scan speed may be related to your CPU. This is a good scanner for a low price.Digital camera Review: Good hardware, portable across operating systems. Mac drivers could use TLC
Summary: 4 Stars
I did some research before buying the V300, because I use Windows, OS X (Macs) and Linux at home. My previous scanner was a LIDE 80, which is pretty much Windows-only. For what I use it for, which is mostly scanning bank statements and the like, I feel uneasy storing the images under Windows, because of security. I tried setting up the LIDE 80 under Linux and my Mac, no luck in either.
So, I was looking for a multi-platform scanner and the V300 fits the bill. It does nice images as well and scans multiple pages into PDFs - (in image mode as far as I can, meaning that I can't grab text from the scanned PDFs).
However the flip side is that the Mac drivers (I use the term very loosely here), which don't seem to be updated too often, are klutzy to use with regards to file names, especially compared to my LIDE 80. I can't seem to save settings from session to session and I can't ask it to prompt for file names. By default, scans go under "Pictures", which isn't so useful for documents. I have to rename them, because it insists on working with a prefix, rather than the final file name. And the prefix is limited to about 20 characters in length.
Each scan has to be initiated by pressing on the scanner button twice, which then loads the driver (after a short delay) and then you need to press the Scan on the driver, and Finish at the end to save the file. As noted, you need to rename the file and, eventually move it from Pictures to the directory you want to keep it in. Once the file is saved, the driver unloads. Repeat, for each file - lots of work, which could be simpler. Yes, I realize this a photo scanner, not a document scanner, but I do scan pictures and don't want to have to use another scanner to do it.
In conclusion, the hardware is nice and the portability across computer types is much appreciated. I wish they spent a bit of time polishing up their Mac drivers though. 4.5/5, but not quite 5.
Digital camera Review: Epson V300 Photo Scanner
Summary: 4 Stars
The V300 is easy to use; a little slow; but otherwise, functions well. Set up is easy. Place four photos on the scanner at once and it scans each separately. Quality is good.