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Good portable scanner
It's been reliable and has done a good job of meeting most of my scanning needs. Good buy for the money.

Good Scanner
Nice small scanner. Works well. I like the Brother DS Mobile Scan II software. Easy to use and intuitive. The only draw back is you can only scan one page at a time, but that's expected for a model of this size. If you need something portable or something that is easy to stow away, this is a very good option.

Needs Adobe Twain Plugin to work with Adobe Photoshop CS4
This scanner is very good but beware Photoshop CS4 users, if you want to scan directly from Photoshop CS4 you will need to install adobe's Twain plugin - this driver works with any Twain based scanner.
Open your CS4 DVD and go to
"Goodies" / "Plug-Ins" / "Import-Export"

The TWAIN.plugin is in the Import-Export folder. Put that into Adobe Photoshop CS4/Plug-ins/Import-Export and you are golden. Restart Photoshop if its already open.

For those of you that can't find your CS4 DVD you can download it from adobe support section as well. [...]

Other than this software issue the scanner is fast, quite and scan beautifully.

Converting slides with Canoscan 5600
Just bought this scanner to convert many boxes of old slides from the 1960's and 1970's. Slides are converting easily and look great. Software included separates pcitures and slides into individual images. I only wish it would scan more than 4 at a time. This process will take some time.

Performed as advertised - Good Product
I have only used the scanner to scan 35 mm slides (so far about 150), but it's done a great job. The quality of the generated images is very good and the process doesn't take too long. I can scan and save about 50 slides (give or take a few) in an hour. The software was easy to load and the scanner operation is straightforward. I would definitely recommend it for home use.

Excellent with the new IMAC. Converted all old pics to digital
I love this scanner. I used it with the new IMAC and used the scanner software then brought the pics into iphoto. I had over a thousand pics that I converted to digital and didnt have a single problem. The nice this is you can place 4 4x6 pics on the screen and scan once but iphoto placed them in pics individually. So this project only took a 1/4th of the time. It did the job well. would buy again and highly recommend.

Light and fast
The scanner is lighter and no bulkier than many laptop computers; it is nearly "portable" in my opinion. Scan qualities are great, and the photo-enhancement tools are very good. Only the interface feels pretentious, which is true for all scanner software I have ever used.

question
I am about to get a scanner. for me the main use will be related to copy books of visual arts that are colourful and of irregular sizes, so I can have picture and texts trelated each other and show them in my classes. Could some one enlight me regarding what should I buy...thans!Epson Perfection V300 Photo Color Scanner (Black)

Canon Scanner
For the price, this scanner works very well for my needs. I basically needed it to scan catalog images and it does a very good job of doing this, with nice details.

Works Great!
This product was easy to set up. Very easy to use, and produces a great product.

Fujitsu FI-6130 Review
This scanner was a breeze to setup. It is a bit tricky to connect to the first time; but, once your connection is established it is awesome. The scanners software interface is very intuitive and simple to use (I hate reading manuals - so I didn't)Fujitsu fi-6130 Duplex Scanner (PA03540-B055) It is fast, and dependable. I highly recommend it.

We have three now. Great product!
We are a physician's office going paperless and have thousands of charts to be scanned and these scanners are great. They are easy to set up, fast and you have to work at jamming one. A highly recommended product and well worth the money.

Great scanner with poor software
The scanner is excellent, fast, does what the specifications says. Unfortunately packaged with very poor software support. Many of the programs are trial versions, or older versions. Would be great if at least we would have a recommendation for the best supporting software that will work with Fi 6130. Is that Paperport 12 pro, PDF Converter Pro 6.0, or Omnipage, or some others.

Needs Adobe Twain Plugin to work with Adobe Photoshop CS4
This scanner is very good but beware Photoshop CS4 users, if you want to scan directly from Photoshop CS4 you will need to install adobe's Twain plugin - this driver works with any Twain based scanner.
Open your CS4 DVD and go to
"Goodies" / "Plug-Ins" / "Import-Export"

The TWAIN.plugin is in the Import-Export folder. Put that into Adobe Photoshop CS4/Plug-ins/Import-Export and you are golden. Restart Photoshop if its already open.

For those of you that can't find your CS4 DVD you can download it from adobe support section as well. [...]

Other than this software issue the scanner is fast, quite and scan beautifully.

Converting slides with Canoscan 5600
Just bought this scanner to convert many boxes of old slides from the 1960's and 1970's. Slides are converting easily and look great. Software included separates pcitures and slides into individual images. I only wish it would scan more than 4 at a time. This process will take some time.

Performed as advertised - Good Product
I have only used the scanner to scan 35 mm slides (so far about 150), but it's done a great job. The quality of the generated images is very good and the process doesn't take too long. I can scan and save about 50 slides (give or take a few) in an hour. The software was easy to load and the scanner operation is straightforward. I would definitely recommend it for home use.

Excellent with the new IMAC. Converted all old pics to digital
I love this scanner. I used it with the new IMAC and used the scanner software then brought the pics into iphoto. I had over a thousand pics that I converted to digital and didnt have a single problem. The nice this is you can place 4 4x6 pics on the screen and scan once but iphoto placed them in pics individually. So this project only took a 1/4th of the time. It did the job well. would buy again and highly recommend.

upgraded from epson 4180 to 4990
We have had an Epson scanner since 2006, recently it just didn't perform like it should, so we bought the equivalent Epson 4990. The scanner is great, but the software that came with it is much to be desired.
It has Presto bizcard which we cannot use on ANY of our computers. We have a Windows 7 PC and 3 Mac's(bizcard only works with windows, only not 7). Also it came with Adobe Photoshop Elements 2, which there is a current version 8.
This is truly an insult. Just beware if you just want to use the scanner it's a great tool, otherwise the software is antiquated.

Perfection realized-4490 Photo
It took less then 10 minutes to get set up with Windows Vista and test this out. My number one reason for buying was for the 35 MM slide archive I have and want to convert my favorites to digital images. I had heard stories about scanners trying to capture the 35MM slide image and my dad who is a photo buff had an HP sometime back and got so dissatisfied he went to an outfit to get slides converted for more then I paid for the EPSON. The result, it blew away all expectations. I was able to digitize easily at 8Meg and pop it onto my plasma 50" screen with amazing results of the Virgin Islands taken 25 years ago. (I actually had to throttle back from 1200 DPI because it produced an 18Meg file.) Colors were rich and detail was crisp. I haven't had a chance to test it with old photos yet but for converting the slides it was worth every dime and more.

Outstanding!
This scanner is outstanding! Quiet operation, incredible quality! I've been scanning negatives that have been lying around for over 20 years. They are scratched and dusty and I really didn't think they would come out well. I was very surprised! The end quality of the scanned negatives is incredible. It is slow - about 15 min for 2 strips of 4 35mm negatives. I would much rather have quality than speed - and this scanner delivers!
It's very easy to use as long as you read the directions. I like the software program - lots of places to make adjustments to customize the results to exactly what you want.
The only complaint I have is that there is no place on the negative strip adapter to accomodate the old 110 narrow negative strips. I will figure a way around that though.
This scanner is well worth the money!!

Fantastic Scanner
We started out with one of these fantastic little scanners and have now added 3 more. We use them to scan documents and nothing that we have ever used works better. Recently we added one to scan photographs of homes that we insure and although the type and quality of the photographs varies from good to poor, this scanner allows us to scan them into an electronic file and the result is a scanned photo that is just as good as the original. Due to the differing size and type of pictures we do them one at a time. For documents, however we are able to put a small stack into the scanner and the automatic feed pulls them though with the press of a button. The software that comes with the scanner enables duplex scanning of documents into file storage or conversion into MS Office programs with ease. The OCR works well also This is one of the best, easy to use and inexpensive (for the work it does) small desktop scanners on the market. We love them and will be buying more as the need arises.

ScanSnap is a Snap to use!
I purchased the ScanSnap to make scanning business documents easier for my customers to read and reduce the hassle of faxing. I had an "All In One Printer" and was scanning each sheet individually; it was slow and cumbersome to use. The ScanSnap is so much better it is hard to describe: faster scanning, saves to the computer faster and does both sides of a page automatically. In addition, it takes up a small foot print, it was simple to set up and has good customization software for scanning typical documents (invoices, bills, business licenses, etc.) and , did I mention, it does all of this fast! I plan on purchasing another to begin archiving old documents that we are required to keep for 10 years. I highly recommend this product.

Great Little Scanner -- How Do You Turn Off "Doc-Auto-Open"?
Our office needs a second scanner so this is what we bought. This unit is surprisingly small (which is a good thing).

Took less than 10 minutes from opening the box to scanning. Very easy and intuitive to set up and use. I'm scanning only documents into the pdf format, mostly black and white, nothing fancy. Fast scanning!

The only annoyance is -- the scanned pdf file is automatically open on the computer screen. This remains the case even after de-selecting "show scan result." Does anyone know how to turn off this function?

CAN'T GET REPLACEMENT SLEEVES
In the user's guide, the requirement to use the sleeve to hold material to be scanned is represented as being vital. I have been copying some photos that I really want to scan in a sleeve because the backside of the print is pretty rough and I don't want to damage the scanner. The sleeve that came with the product had a little "wrinkle" in it which affects the scanned image. I've been trying since December to get a replacement sleeve.... even if I have to PAY for the sleeve... with no luck...


I've used Pandigital's on line communications page (recommended as the most efficient/quickest way to communicate) several times in December and January... no repsonse. Finally was able to get to Pandigital's customer service on their "800 number" mid January and was promised that a replacement sleeve would be sent... but I could not buy an extra sleeve... the replacement never arrived.

In the end of February again via Pandigital's contact website I asked for a replacemnt sleeve. They answered (actually the first time they ever answered a contact page communication) and told me that they were "out of sleeves" and that I just needed to keep calling "800 number".... no indication of when they might have another order of sleeves.

Without replacement consumables (such as photo sleeves, replacement cleaner parts, etc.) the product is obsolete as soon as the consumable is "used up."

VERY dissappointing...

Quality of scanned photos is sub-par
I really wanted this little scanner to work, but the fact is it does not have very good photo output in color, clarity, or resolution. I tested it against a canon multifuction (MX860) with the same output settings of 300dpi. Granted the Canon is not as easy to scan photos, but I was more concerned about comparing quality of the scan. The results with the Pandigital were disappointing: fuzzy detail, oversaturated colors and poor resolution. I wasn't expecting miracles from this device, but the result was not worth the effort of scanning thousands of 4x6 photos from the past. The other major issue, which is a pain and also degrades the final product, is you are required to put the photo you are scanning into a plastic sleeve with a bar code on the end that tells the scanner it is a photo being scanned. This slows the roller down so it can increase the detail of the scan. The problem I had with the sleeve is a fine white lines on every photo scanned. Overall, it's a great idea with poor execution. If they can fix the resolution issues, it would be a great little gadget.

Must Have
For small photo's 4x6 and under this little scanner is beyond my expections.....easy to use.....easy to download....fast scan. This little scanner fits in the palm of your hand and requires nothing but itself and a memory stick to start your projects.

Good scanner, but needs higher resolution
This scanner is good, but no where near perfect. I give it a 3 out of 5 because it is fast and efficient.
However, the quality is not as good as it should be and some of the pictures will appear washed out. I have used 3 different units of these, and 2 out of the 3 stopped working after about 1500 scans of 4x6 photos. They either don't scan at all, our leave large white lines through the picture even after cleaning the unit.

Bottom line:
If you are looking for a fast scanner and can live with okay to average scan quality this is great. This item seemed to work best with older pictures that were already scratched or dusty as the flaws in the scanning don't show as much. Overall good product, if they would make a new version with higher resolution this product could completely change scanning.

EpsonV300 scanner met my expectation
bought it to digitize my family photo albums. No problem to set up and hook up to my XP PC. Very easy to use. The scanning software allows to scan a few photos at one time, which greatly improved work efficiency. Also the software feature allows me to adjust the histogram and color before it scans in; saving my time to adjust afterward. The quality of scanned photo at least the same as the original by naked eyes. Have not tried to scan negatives yet.

Great quality to price ratio, bad lifespan.
I bought this for Christmas last year & it died a mere 3 weeks into its service life. Something in the motor / sensor assembly wouldn't calibrate to zero when you power it on. It would just sit there with the LED lit up & stuck near the bottom of the device. Additional fidgeting with its buttons would cause all usb devices plugged in near the scanner to seize. I took it apart & the electronics are very simple & elegant inside. The part that failed does not seem to be replaceable or adjustable. There are very few parts inside.

Its a shame, because for the 3 weeks that it worked, it was my favorite scanner hardware. The LED was very high powered and well matched to the CCD, so the resulting images didn't require much tweaking in photoshop to make them 100% accurate.

The native resolution of the devices was VERY high compared to others in the price range. You don't need to interpolate the data coming in to get a large, printworthy size. Unscratched 35mm negatives often scanned better than dirty old prints, a testament to the adequacy & density of the device's ccd.

Epson seems to have the imaging formula down very well for doing LED scans with their first couple generations of LED based scanners. I'll give Epson another shot, but probably with next year's model instead of this one again.

Good product for good price
I have had this scanner for about three weeks now, and use it to scan 35mm negatives and prints. I've owned many HP printers and scanners over the years. This is the first time that I've bought Epson. I have to say this is a very very good product for the money. The ease of setup and usage would definitely make me recommend this to a non-computer type person. I will definitely look at Epson products first from now on when looking at any future purchases. Goodbye HP.

Great price, but not quite as consistent as I'd hoped
The Epson scanner was a great price and is a very good product for people who want a pretty basic scanner. I found it was a bit inconsistent when scanning older photos. Most turned out very well, and the color was corrected and brightened. Other photos didn't fare as well, for some reason, and the color seemed a bit off. All in all, it's a good scanner if you don't need professional quality and want good, basic scanned photos. Just got this scanner, so I don't know how the quality is when scanning anything other than photos.