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Epson Perfection V500 Photo Flatbed Scanner

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• Reviewed by: SJW826

  Updated: 04-09-10

  Overall Rating: 5 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:5 Months

  Strengths: no warm-up time, great resolution/output, great features/bottons on the front, easy to use

  Weaknesses: the bed fits a 8.5 x 11 piece of paper comfortably but I wish it was bigger (really not a weakness tho)

  Overall Evaluation: I originally had an HP scanner and thought it was amazing until I jumped ship and went with an Epson. This model is perfect for basic scanning but also awesome for pictures and items that require more detail. For around $200, I would high recommend this scanner to everyone. You won't be disappointed.

• Reviewed by: Mr_Bill03

  Updated: 01-14-09

  Overall Rating: 4 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:1 Months

  Strengths: good quality scans. Easy install (Mac OS X).

  Weaknesses: Bundled s/w is ancient.

  Overall Evaluation: A fundamentally good product, marred, IMO, by the inclusion of unsupported, ancient software in the bundle. Scanner itself was easy to set up. Produces good quality scans. At 6400 dpi and 24 bit color, a 35mm slide takes about 2 minutes and produces a .jpg of about 5MB. There is no printed manual, and the manual itself is very poorly organized. The slide holder only holds 4 slides. This is a big drawback if you are doing a lot of slides. My biggest beef is they included Photoshop Elements 3.0 (for Mac). My version keeps crashing when I run it. When I called Adobe, they told me that 3.0 is no longer supported and more or less laughed me off. The version in fact is 5 years old. Based on my experience, it won't run on OS X 10.5.5. So, in summary, good hardware and drivers, but the PE bundle is worse than useless. It cost me three calendar days and a couple of hours dealing with Adobe and their circular firing squad to get to the bottom line, which is buy some new software. I give it 4 stars because if you already own Photoshop, this problem is a non-issue.

• Reviewed by: kgivens

  Updated: 04-09-08

  Overall Rating: 4 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:

  Strengths: Start up time before scan much improved

  Weaknesses: Software still kludgy

  Overall Evaluation: I've been using Epson scanners for years; this is my fourth. It was an upgrade to a Perfection 4490. Functionally about the same, including the button layout and software. The higher resolution of the V500 has proved useful for transparency scans, but I most appreciate the shorter lamp warm-up time on this unit. However, I wish Epson would overall the software. After scanning, you have to maually close certain windows to proceed with the process, which seems like a stupid oversight. The software has had this glitch for as long as I have used their scanners.

• Reviewed by: Athenian

  Updated: 04-03-08

  Overall Rating: 5 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:1 Weeks

  Strengths: Fast scanning. Easy to use. Flexible handling. Powerful bundled software.

  Weaknesses: No printed manual and no way to print one yourself.

  Overall Evaluation: I was happy with my old scanner but the manufacturer decided not to supply Vista drivers so I found myself in the market for a new one. My wish list was simple: simple: high quality scans for both photos and slides. The Epson Perfection V500 more than fills the bill. Basic scanning is fast and easy with built-in buttons for regular scanning, scan to e-mail, and scan to PDF. It also includes a one-click copier utility. The scanner really shines though when it comes to the bundled software for image correction. By switching to "Professional Mode", I can access a whole range of options to enhance the photo as it is scanned and preview the effect of different options before generating the image file. This is one fantastic scanner!

• Reviewed by: gregaa53

  Updated: 03-11-08

  Overall Rating: 1 Star Review

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  Strengths: Can't tell, won't power up.

  Weaknesses: Can't tell, won't power up.

  Overall Evaluation: I was very disappointed with Epson technical support. When I unpacked my Epson scanner it would not power up. I checked external power supply with a multi - meter and found than I had 118 volts in but no DC out. I called Epson's Non-toll free number and got a lady who could only read from a script. She was very rude and told me I'd have to take it to a service center about 60 miles away. So the bottom line is I'll be returning the scanner and stay away from Epson.

• Reviewed by: Nelson1961

  Updated: 02-29-08

  Overall Rating: 5 Star Review

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  Strengths: Ease of use, quality of scans.

  Weaknesses: Instruction manual included only on CD

  Overall Evaluation: I bought it to scan old photos to share with family. Another scanner had proven unsatisfactory. This one has done a great job. Not having a printed instruction manual makes it awkward and difficult to learn. While the scanner does a great job in the Auto mode, I have to feel that I am not getting the optimum out of it. Having said that, I would buy it again. Note that I am inexperienced in using scanners, so my judgments are based mostly on what I have been able to do with this scanner versus what someone else did with another. It's a shame that Epson does not make it easier for the user to learn how to get the most from this scanner by including a printed manual.

• Reviewed by: Jandeix

  Updated: 01-12-08

  Overall Rating: 4 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:1 Weeks

  Strengths: The scanner is easy to use, versatile; can make pdf documents.

  Weaknesses: The ICE technology is available only for film and slides, not for photos.

  Overall Evaluation: I am very pleased with this scanner, which I bought primarily for use in restoring old photos. So far, it serves its purpose quite well. However, I find that, by itself, it would not be enough to restore my photos and that I must use the Photoshop Elements program which came with it to work on them.

• Reviewed by: johnb3030

  Updated: 01-06-08

  Overall Rating: 5 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:

  Strengths: Fast start-up, lots of features, good software bundle, reasonable price.

  Weaknesses: None noted so far.

  Overall Evaluation: I had been using one of the first USB scanners for about nine years. I was looking for something faster, but waiting for something that was also significantly better in other ways. Nothing I had seen up until now satisfied that requirement at a reasonable price. This model seems to have everything I was looking for. 1. It uses white LEDs instead of a fluorescent tube as the light source. The result: zero warm-up delay. This is a HUGE improvement in usability. No more staring at that annoying "Scanner lamp warming up" message! 2. It comes with holders for both slides and negatives as standard equipment at a reasonable price. Several different negative sizes are accommodated. 3. It comes with a fully featured software suite including an OCR program and Adobe Photoshop Elements for both PC and MAC.

• Reviewed by: Pacman40

  Updated: 12-28-07

  Overall Rating: 4 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:7 Days

  Strengths: Clean image even if less than 8 1/2 x 11. Flexible lid to allow for books. Easy buttons on front. Will scan directly to PDF.

  Weaknesses: Noisy!

  Overall Evaluation: Replaced old HP scanner. First Epson product - easy to sit up, very clean scans, good image quality. Does take a while to warm up and scan or copy - and is rather noisy - high pitch noise. But would recommend regardless of noise.

• Reviewed by: djetton

  Updated: 12-27-07

  Overall Rating: 5 Star Review

  Duration of ownership:5 Days

  Strengths: High-quality scans, ease of use

  Weaknesses: No printed manual. On-line manual only.

  Overall Evaluation: Set up was very easy. Install software and connect power and USB cord (included). Software included:Epson Scan with Easy Photo Fix, ABBY FineReader OCR, Epson Creativity Suite, User Guide, Adobe Photoshop Elements 4 (Windows), Adobe Photoshop Elements 3 (Macintosh). Plastic holders for film or slides are included. The scanner does an excellent job on photo prints. The images are very crisp and clear. The OCR software does an excellent job on documents. The front panel includes one-touch buttons for scanning to a PDF-format image file, copying (sending a scan to your printer), e-mail (creating an e-mail message with the scan attached as a document), and calling up the Epson Twain driver to scan and save a file to disk. Default mode handles all of the settings for you. Home mode lets you control a few settings and Professional mode allows you to control all settings including color balance, saturation and more.

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