The scanner's LED-based light eliminates warm-up time, whether you've just finished a scan or are starting cold. I also printed out 4-by-6 prints of several of the photos I'd scanned, using a Kodak ESP 3.2, and they looked pretty close to the originals. Scan quality was very good for a flatbed scanner of its price. I used the V550 to scan 35mm slides, film negatives, and photo prints. When it's done, from within Easy Photo Scan you can do some basic editing, and upload the scan directly to Facebook, Picasa, Evernote, SugarSync, a WebDav Web folder, scan it to email, or save it in a folder on your hard drive. When you open the Easy Photo Scan utility and press Scan, it calls up the regular Epson Scan utility, from which you can configure and launch a scan in any mode.
The Professional mode is the one that permits film scanning, and the only one that supports Digital ICE. The Epson Scan utility has four modes: Full Auto, Home, Office, and Professional. You can use any of the four scan buttons for scanning to a searchable PDF file with adjustable settings, copying (sending a scan to your printer), email (creating an email message with the scan attached as a JPEG), and launching the Epson scan utility to scan and save a file to disk in the image format of your choice. (Opens in a new window) Read Our Flip-Pal mobile scanner Review Also, it will scan multiple photo prints at a time, as its auto edge detection technology automatically detects the size of each image, crops it accordingly, and saves it as an individual file. It can scan up to four 35mm slides, two rows of six negatives each, or medium-format film, with the removable transparency unit. It has a maximum scan area of 8.5 by 11.7 inches, and a maximum optical resolution of 6,400 dpi. The V550 measures 4.6 by 11.2 by 19.1 inches and weighs 9.6 pounds. All this earns it the Editors' Choice for photocentric flatbed scanners. Still, it brings to the table impressive scan quality, the ability to scan multiple 35mm slides or film negatives, and the Digital Ice hardware-based solution for film scanning. Gone, however, is Photoshop Elements, leaving the V550 without a bundled photo-editing program.
It adds a utility that easily uploads scans to email, Facebook, and several cloud-based services. It is very similar to the Editors' Choice Epson Perfection V500, which it's replacing, but with two notable differences. How to Set Up Two-Factor AuthenticationĮpson has a knack for making good photo and film scanners that don't break the bank, and the Epson Perfection V550 Photo Scanner ($668.98 at Amazon) (Opens in a new window) is no exception.How to Record the Screen on Your Windows PC or Mac.How to Convert YouTube Videos to MP3 Files.How to Save Money on Your Cell Phone Bill.How to Free Up Space on Your iPhone or iPad.
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