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More…| Scan quality (color/monochrome) | Very good/Very good |
| Performance | Very good |
| Average 1200-dpi color scan speed | 41 seconds per document |
| Average 300-dpi monochrome scan speed | 14 seconds per document |
| Features | Good |
| Maximum optical resolution | 1600 by 3200 |
| Scan area (inches) | 8.5 by 11.7 |
| Color depth | 48 bits internal; 48 bits external |
| Connection interface(s) | USB 2.0, USB 1.1 |
| Removable lid | Yes |
| Transparency adapter | Included; up to 6 by 1.75 inches |
| Automatic document feeder | None offered |
| Bundled software | NewSoft Presto OCR, ArcSoft PhotoImpression, Epson TWAIN, Epson Smart Panel |
| Overall ease of use | Very good |
| Installation | Outstanding |
| Design | Outstanding |
| Documentation | Good |
| Support quality | Fair |
| Support policies | One-year parts and labor warranty; free, unlimited, 12-hour toll-call support weekdays |
Bottom Line
The Epson Perfection 1660 Photo is an excellent choice for those who want both high speed and high-quality images, and who don''t mind paying a bit extra to get them.
Epson Perfection 1660 Photo
PERFECTION 1660 Review, by Richard Jantz October 18, 2002
WHAT'S HOT: A combination of very fast performance at low and medium resolutions (up to 600 dpi) and sharp, colorful images earns the Epson Perfection 1660 Photo a strong thumbs-up. Like the Perfection 1650 Photo it replaces, the Perfection 1660 Photo is a 48-bit scanner with a maximum horizontal resolution of 1600 dpi. Also like its predecessor, it comes with a transparency adapter built into its lid. But unlike the older model, the 1660 supports the faster USB 2.0 interface (like almost all USB 2.0 devices, it also works with USB 1.1 connections).
Tested using USB 2.0, the Perfection 1660 Photo was fastest among our current batch of small-office units at full-page, 300-dpi documents, both color and black-and-white. It also scanned a 600-dpi, 4-by-5-inch gray-scale photo faster than any other model in our current set of scanners--small-office or corporate--and it took just a hair over 9 seconds to scan a 4-by-5-inch color print at 100 dpi, coming in first among small-office models and second behind the $699 HP Scanjet 7450c. Only at 1200 dpi did the Perfection lose ground to other small-office scanners, including HP's Scanjet 5500c and Visioneer's OneTouch 9000 USB.
For image quality, our judges rated the Perfection 1660 fairly highly, especially for color prints, such as a 100-dpi scan made from a 4-by-5-inch photo and a 1200-dpi scan produced from a 2-by-2-inch print. Both looked crisp and showed highly accurate color, with strong details in both shadows and highlights. But in a 100-dpi photo judges viewed on-screen, some colors appeared slightly more saturated than those in the original (notably in the skin tones), and the small type and geometric patterns in a 1600-dpi scan of a monochrome test pattern didn't look as impressive as those created by 2400-dpi units. But even with those minor blemishes, the Perfection 1660 Photo still bests most other scanners we've evaluated lately.
WHAT'S NOT: No automatic document feeder is available for this unit, a drawback for those who want to scan legal-size documents or use optical character recognition to process a lot of documents. Another limitation is the lack of live technical support on weekends.
WHAT ELSE: Four push buttons provide fast access to common tasks: Scan, Copy, E-mail, and Scan to Web (via Epson PhotoCenter, a free photo-sharing Web site). You can use the Scan button to launch Epson Smart Panel software, a versatile utility that gives you quick access to a wide range of scanning functions, or you can configure the button to launch a specific task, such as performing OCR or saving an image to a file. Two new options have been added to the latest version of Smart Panel: Scan to P.I.M, which simplifies color calibration between a scanner and a Print Image Matching-compatible printer; and Scan to PDA, which lets you convert and transfer an image to a PDA.
Epson includes ArcSoft PhotoImpression, an entry-level image editor, but it does not bundle a dedicated document or image-management application, nor does it include a stand-alone OCR program. Smart Panel includes NewSoft's Presto OCR functionality, but you can also use a separate OCR package with the Perfection 1660 Photo. Epson's TWAIN driver has a one-click automatic mode that's great for beginners, and a manual mode for scanning veterans who want to use advanced tools such as color adjustment and gamma correction. The TWAIN driver's manual mode can be used to scan and save color-rich 48-bit images, although the 1660 does not come with an application that can open and edit 48-bit images (Adobe Photoshop, Ulead PhotoImpact, and ArcSoft's PhotoStudio are three that can).
The Perfection 1660's transparency template holds as many as four 35mm slides or a single 35mm negative strip at a time, and you can batch-scan multiple images in a single operation. (Some scanners force you to scan each slide or frame separately.) If you want to scan larger film sizes, an optional transparency unit with a maximum scanning area of 4 by 5 inches is available for $89.
UPSHOT: The Epson Perfection 1660 Photo is an excellent choice for those who want both high speed and high-quality images, and who don't mind paying a bit extra to get them.
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Reviewed by: homebiz
Strengths: solid, fast, good resolution
Weaknesses: Does't work with Win XP
Overall: Works great on Win 98 machine. Bought a new WinXP and software would not install. Wasted hours and days trying find solution to problem from Epson site and help sites. Epson does not have drivers for Win XP.Had to keep the old Win 98 machine just to use the scanner.
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Reviewed by: zalyabut , Philippines
Strengths: fast scans,easy installation,affordable
Weaknesses: none yet
Overall: I have installed & used this product without a problem.I just really dont know why some are complaining about it.This is my first scanner so i have nothing to compare it to so far it's working as expected i really like this one .It certainly one of my best buys!!!
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Reviewed by: bunkyh
Strengths: none
Weaknesses: Installation software, smart panel, sloooowwwww
Overall: I should've returned it before the 30 days was up but my mistake. Installation was frought with errors. Every piece of software indicated failures when installing on an XP system. The Smart Panel is anything but smart. Scans are slow, very slow. Scanning text documents always results in a partial scan because the image is enlarged. Have to scan text as a picture. Almost always have errors "Scanner not found". A poor product and even worse software. Don't buy it.
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Reviewed by: deathrm63
Strengths: Very fast scanner that scans photos of all kinds reproducing quality.
Weaknesses: Useless software, no off button, plenty of buttons though..none you will use.
Overall: I read the reviews of this product after I purchased it online. I just knew it would have to go back from whence it came because I read nothing but bad reviews of this product. The software installation went awry from the start (locked up a 2.4 Pentium 4). After re-installing the software, I realized that it was unusable and started looking for the packing slip. After playing a bit with the computer and looking for a solution, I stumbled across "Scanning Wizard," a program that XP uses and it worked great! So, don't even bother going past loading the drivers for this product, unless you like pulling your hair out.
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Reviewed by: Canadaguy
Strengths: Looks great, reasonable price, features are theoretically very good.
Weaknesses: Is not compatible with Windows XP Service Pack 1 - will not install. Extremely poor customer service. Lack of an on/off switch is also annoying. Weird dirty film on glass.
Overall: I was very excited to buy this scanner. I thought the price was very reasonable considering the features, it received positive reviews, and it looks and seems like a great scanner. I did a great deal of research before purchasing and had my choice down to the Epson 1660 or the Canon CanoScan 5000F, but decided to go with the Epson. There isn't room here to fully elaborate on all the problems I had with this scanner, but if you go to the Epson.com website and read the FAQ on the 1660 you will see there are well known problems involved with installing this scanner with Windows XP Service Pack 1. I recommend reading this BEFORE buying the scanner so you will be prepared for what may be necessary to get it to work. Even after following the remedy supplied in the FAQ (which is an unbelievable ordeal), the scanner would not work - nothing would work. So I phoned Epson (at my own expense) and was told it was simply a bad CD causing the problems and that it was a rare occurrence. They're sending me a new CD, which still hasn't arrived, so I exchanged the whole unit for a new one. The result: exactly as before, only this time the CRC errors were different, but the same result, it won't work. I also downloaded the newest drivers, which made no difference. I've wasted several hours reinstalling it over and over again with no luck. I'm going to exchange it for the Canon I considered in the first place. This may be a great scanner, if you can get it to install. Beware!!!!
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