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Pros & Cons

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Pros

Epson-500w supports both epson’s scanner software packages, epson scan smart and document capture pro. This software allows you to automate batch scanning. The pdf documents could then be attached to my electronic tax organizer and sent to my cpa. If ...  Read More

It does a beautiful job with color and detail, so my kids childhood art and schoolwork is likely to be a big part of it. Overall it’s a great buy. Very slick. High quality saturated prints.

It takes a bit of time to install the software, but the process is seamless. That worry was quickly banished. This thing is a beast.



Cons

It's a great scanner, but impossible to set up wifi if you have windows 10 and don't have a wps button and just plain difficult if you use usb. It appears there is no way to accomplish one-button scanning of more than a single document.

Save your time, money, and frustrations and try a different company. Peace of sheet is more like it. There is a 20% restocking fee!

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Quality


This product has defenatly made me successful


I liked the ability to communicate with the printer via usb cable on my linux machine while also being able to use it via wifi ...  Read More


I did not experience any problems with the quality of the documents


Setup was easy download the software from the epson site along with the user manual

Price


The price was such that i will not return it but if i ever have to buy another one i would have to think twice before purchasin...  Read More

Packaging/appearance


I started using it right out of the box

Competitiveness


Additionally this scanner can not scan and handle photos unlike the fujitsu at its pricepoint


I had been using a fujitsu scansnap 1300i but i accidentally spilled a large drink on it and ruined it

Overview

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    easy, fast, set, new and good.
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  • Our engine has detected that Amazon has altered, modified or removed reviews from this listing. We approximate total reviews altered up to 1464.
  • Our engine has discovered that over 80% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 1,140 reviews as of our last analysis date on May 4 2022.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    As a notary signing agent there is nothing more frustrating when your scanner does not function properly


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    What should have been an easy set up was not


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    After 4 hours of fiddling doing all the trouble shooting trying to get customer service googling forums restarting everything changing ports etc i discovered that the driver utilities were not installing correctly


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I had to select the 2nd option and do them separately


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    This scanner was nearly impossible to install because windows 10 refused to recognize the driver


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I had to use a manual method finally after about an hour of other attempts


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The hardware interface is not very intuitive and i have not figured out how to just place a document in the scanner and press a button


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I have had to resort to using the app on the computer

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