Perfection V19 II Color Photo and Document Flatbed Scanner with 4800 dpi Optical Resolution USB Power, High-Rise, Removable Lid

Checked out the other reviews when purchasing this. Don't know WHAT they are doing or talking about. Very easy to install. ALL DRIVERS DOWN LOAD FROM EPSON. I can put my iMac, desk top, to sleep and scanner stays on. Went off once and when I woke iMak up it turned back on. No unplugging , reloading or what ever, just turned back on! Doesn't make any more noise then my older scanner, No problem. Scans quickly, not MINUTES like reviews stated? Photo quality is fine as well as printed statements. Just got it up n running so will give an update in the future. Don't know what the other reviewers where talking about. Great little unit, not as bulky as my other Epson scanner was. As a former professional photographer, I have always found Epson to be my choice. Oh yes, price was right!

Read all the reviews for this and the newer model and decided to go with this one. No issues installing, works relatively fast, and the quality of the scans is great. My only complaint is sometimes when scanning certain scrap book pages, it wants to turn each photo into a separate scan file. I’ve gotten around that by using the magazine setting when that happens and adjusting the color after to lighten it as magazine is kind of dark. Really impressed with the performance for the price.

This scanner died after a little more than 1 year of sporadic use (perhaps after scanning about 400-500 photos). At some point, the scanner stopped turning on consistently (requiring the USB to be unplugged and re-plugged repeatedly in order to get it working) and the preview scan would often turn out to be a full black page. A few weeks afterwards, the scanner stopped turning on at all. Prior to the scanner dying, it's scans also had streak lines through the middle of the page. Fortunately, I was able to work around by positioning the photos outside of the streak lines. Besides that, scan quality was decent, but not outstanding compared to higher-end scanners. Another flaw that's worth mentioning is that the actual scan area does not extend to the edge of the glass (a shortcoming that's even documented in the manual), meaning that it's necessary to place photos within the edge; however, doing so can result in a skewed scan that requires adjustment afterwards. In any case, the fact that this scanner died just after a year of use underscores its cheap construction and build quality and validates the saying "buy cheap, buy twice." This scanner may still be ok if you're just looking for a one-and-done light scan project.

I had a dual need for a scanner - a few documents and a lot of photos. Turns out there aren't really any solutions for less than about $700 that do both well and even then there are compromises. I decided that my priority was photos and landed on the Epson. Once you go with flatbed, you are locked into needing a relatively large surface to put it on. The Epson has very little "extra" beyond the size of the bed so its almost optimally sized. Its also very thin and light so you can put it on just about any flat surface. I named it next to my keyboard with about 25% of it hanging off the desk with no issue. Software installation was simple and easy. On my Mac plugging in the scanner launches the software. On my windows system I have to launch it separately. No big deal. The software itself is just ok. I creates a unique file name each time which is great so you dont accidentally overwrite a file but it would be nice if it took your last rename and added to it. So as an example if you renamed it to "Disney Vacation" then making the next one "Disney Vacation 002" automacily would be nice. The software also seems to randomly flip the images upside down. Like I put them on the bed the same way but for some reason the software flipped it. Changing it back was easy but its still time. One of the things I had forgotten about scanners like this - the use your computers processor! I had originally set this up with an old (i7 970) Windows machine because it had a better location for setting up the scanner. It was slooooooow. So slow I considered returning it. Then I hooked it up to my modern Mac. 10x faster. Not exaggerating at all. Thats generally a very good thing because faster computer - faster scan - but not great if you were trying to use an older system as your scan station. The scanner itself is powered by the USB connection. This is a HUGE DEAL. One of the reasons I bought this is because I had an older scanner that was worthless because of a proprietary power brick that was dead. Overall I really like this scanner and the images it produces are great. The software is disappointing but Epson can fix that. Recommended.

I wanted to scan in all of my mothers photos she had in a paper file & then put them into a photo album so I bought this. It's really nice to have & I've used it a few more times after the initial intended use. It works great, easy & straightforward to use. You can do 4 photos at once which is good for saving time, but any more than that it doesn't detect. Make sure you space them out a little bit so it will detect them all as seperate pictures. The software is easy to download & use, you can crop the photos & tilt them if they scan in slightly off. The photos were all scanned in accurately & good quality. It is a bit slower at scanning but it didn't bother me at all.

This was a great price for a scanner. My 'new' printer did not come with a scanning option, to my surprise. This was exactly what I was looking for. I will take the longer 14" paper. Easy to set up and worked the first time I tried. Very pleased. I am scanning older family pictures, and it's doing a great job.

I just scanned in over 3000 pictures of varying sizes, some of which were between 1 and 3 inches square or rectangle. I could easily fit several on the scanning surface and each picture came out just as clear as if I had scanned each individually. I don't like that sometimes the scanner software wanted to 'auto crop" but it was easily corrected with a click of the mouse. The physical size of the scanner is just right for me (I don't have large items to scan) and it is fairly light. The only thing I don't like it that it is always on when plugged in - there is no on/off switch. Also, if the computer goes to sleep while the scanner is plugged in, the scanner doesn't work. You have to unplug the scanner and restart your computer. Just plugging the scanner back in didn't work, at least for me. I used an iMac for my scanning, so this problem might not exist for a PC.

I sell sports cards and was looking for a good scanner that would present the details of the cards in a high quality. This scanner has been awesome. It’s actually almost too good. It will capture any lint or fuzz present in your too loaders so be careful. I’m able to scan 4 to 5 cards at a time. Scanning is a little slow but worth it.