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Summary: Excellent quality scans are finally affordable
Review: I've been tremendously happy with the quality of the scans from the Perfection 2400. If all you need to do is make 640x480 scans for the www from prints you made at the local 1-hour, this is more scanner than you'll ever need. However, scan resolution is sufficient to make brilliant 8x10 prints from 35mm negatives/slides. The included Epson software leaves a little to be desired -- it won't, for example, install on an alternative partition on your disk. Also, you will certainly have to use a photo manipulation application to tweak the levels and colour curves before you get your pictures right. But spend a little time to learn how your scanner works, and you'll have smashing pictures in a short time. If you're adept at working image manipulation programs (Photoshop Elements 1.1 (not the new 2.0) is included with this product; but I have been happier with the freely available GIMP), you'll have professional scans at a fraction of what it used to cost not so long ago.
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Summary: Exceeded my expectations for both prints/pages and film
Review: This scanner is excellent for both scanning prints/pages and film. It's also very fast compared to all the other scanners I've used. Most people I've talked to on message boards and such told me that flatbed scanner don't do that great of a job on negative. Well, I've scanned a bunch of negatives and they look excellent. I'm sure that the increase to 2400dpi helps a ton. Most cheaper dedicated film scanners don't have that much higher of a resolution. I've printed some 4x6, 5x7, and 8x10 prints and they look pretty darn good. I think the only problems with the prints have to do with the color and I'm sure it has to do with the old printer I'm using. I would highly recommend the Epson 2400 to any "pro-sumer" on a budget. I was really impressed with one scan in particular. It was a portrait that was taken outside in the snow. The original print was quite washed out and you could not see a lot of detail. But on the negative scan, I got all the detail and with a little bit of color correction, it made for a beautiful print. If I would have scanned the print instead, it would not have even come close. I'm quite happy.
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Summary: Just perfect with the Epson Perfection
Review: PROS: I needed a cheap scanner that will let me scan old 35mm slides. At the same time, I didn't want to buy just a photo scanner which had no use after my personal project. I was very impressed with the quality and didn't need to use higher resolution then 1200 which is about 2Meg file size. I also had some old color positives and black and white negatives which I was able to convert into digital images. Great for multipurpose. CONS: I scanned about 400+ 35mm slides and notice that the software is a little buggy.
1. Sometimes after a scan when I would go to switch to the save/view window, the window would not popup and I had to scan again.
2. After scanning multiple slides about 50 I went to save them and got a "not enough disc space error". I didn't have the option to make space, it just exited out and I lost all my work.
3. Sometimes scanning a few slides it wouldn't properly align the borders. I had to rescan or scan one by one.
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Summary: Epson 2400 is Great
Review: This is the third scanner I have owned...and by far the best. The directions for installing the scanner were very easy to follow. The only problem I have had with the scanner was the copy utility (I have a HP 932c printer). That problem was resolved when I downloaded a patch from Epson. When scanning paper with white background, setting needs to be "text/line drawing," or the background comes out gray. The scan speed is awesome, pictures are nice and clear, and colors remains very close to those in original picture. The negatives are nice and clear when printed out. The only part of this scanner that is not 100% satisfactory for me, is the OCR software. It will do a very nice job on simple text, but if pictures or columns are added, it's disappointing. A nice sideline to this scanner is that it not only performs well, but looks very nice.It has a beautiful metallic finish.
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Summary: Stay away from this scanner
Review: Or use at your own risk. It took me a month to isolate problems after installing Crucial memory in the computer. Bought what EPSON recommended, the Belkin 2.0 card. It froze the EPSON Smart Panel. The essiscsi.dll dissapeared from the registry. The ecbteg.dll and ebpport.dll could not be found. The new SmartPanel and Twain driver from the epson.com does not work in Windows ME. Had to uninstall the Epson scanner, printer, belkin card, and clean registry with utility program. Then, reinstall one by one, take the new memory out to make it work at 72 dpi. The slide stuff does not work at all. A big major project and a waste of time. I will not buy any more Epson products any longer. Bad service support and response. Sorry, I thought this company had its act together. Not very happy with their service and products. Go somewhere else. Sorry, I can't recommend other scanner. That's all, folks.
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Summary: Easy, smart and affordable
Review: Admittedly, my wife and I were fashionably late for the high tech party and had a lot of catching up to do. Every piece of hardware and software that we bought required a lot of reading or training from 11 year-olds. The Epson Perfection 2400 was happily the exception to this rule. We had it up and running in nearly no time. More important, once it was running it was easy-to-use and the quality of the scanned images was remarkably crisp. Amazon's price is more than a bargain--it's a steal! So if you're not so technically savvy but need a scanner that is affordable and highly-efficient, you can stop your search
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Summary: Pretty darn good scanner
Review: Pros:
Scans fast in high quality
Scans film
Good software package, to name a few, photoshop elements, OCR reader. Cons:
Software that runs the scanner is a bit buggy, getting the software updates seems to only make it worse! Not the end of the world and still worth it to put up with the quality of the scanner Overall:
Go for it! Not exactly on the cheap side but obviously with good reason. Software bugs aren't something unbareable just annoying once in a while.
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Summary: Good value with some big caveats.
Review: I bought this scanner having read the negative comments about the included software, but also the glowing reviews of the scan quality. At this point I would have to say I'm pleased with my purchase in general, but have been frustrated in certain ways. Overall I would have to say this scanner delivers at least fairly good quality in all types of scanning for the price you're paying, but it does not quite achieve professional or near-professional results. In the end, you still get what you pay for. My intended use for the Perfection 2400 was primarily as a high quality photo scanner and hopefully good quality negative/slide scanner (it's usually better to scan negatives if you have them, and have a scanner capable of it). My tests have shown this model far more capable with photo prints than negatives - the sharpness is not quite there on negatives, even with the resolution set to maximum (2400 dpi - the scanner will let you select higher resolutions, but they're obviously interpolated). Yes, I've made sure the emulsion side is facing the scanner. There is no available focus adjustment, and this may be the problem (this is one of the features you pay for in a dedicated film scanner, or high-end flatbed). Annoyingly, the negative attachment likes to move around on the glass simply from the vibration from the scan motor - I have to tape it down to the side of the scanner to keep it in place. Worse, the scanner driver (even the latest version from Epson's web site) does not support multisampling (scanning the same image multiple times to reduce random noise), so to get the best quality scans you will need to purchase an external program that's capable of it. There is also a serious problem with Epson's dust and scratch removal algorithm when making high-res negative scans, resulting in large blotches all over your images (especially if you're using older, dustier negatives). Again, you will need to either use a separate scanning program capable of dust/scratch removal, or do it manually in an image editor. For photo print scanning, this model is excellent, although the "auto" mode settings will not always give the best results. To get the best out of your scans you really need to learn how to use "professional" mode, and I was thankful that Epson provides so many advanced settings. With a minute or so of tweaking you can easily get a scan that looks exactly like your original photo, and displays every bit of detail. I had initially written that I had no problems with the included software, but now have to amend that slightly - the scanner has repeatedly hard-locked my PC during scans, and when it does the scanner will no longer respond even after a reboot (the scanner itself must be unplugged; there is no on/off switch). I've also become increasingly annoyed with the fact that you can't scan in the background - when doing a batch of high-res negative scans that take up to 5 minutes each, it's very annoying that you can't even realistically browse the web or do anything else in the meantime. Other than that though, the software does still work better than some people give it credit for - the one-touch scanner buttons all work for me, and each application functions as it should. The scanner driver itself is something of a weak link. This scanner is a worthy purchase at the mid-range of consumer flatbed scanners. I really wouldn't recommend this model if you're looking mainly for a negative scanner - get a dedicated film scanner instead. But for a jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none, it's pretty decent given the price you're paying.
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Summary: Works with Windows, Linux
Review: I've had no trouble getting this to work with Windows 98, 2000, or Linux. I've only had it for a week, but so far its done great at doing everything from copying my tax returns to scanning images. Scanning at the full quality and size that the scanner allows takes up lots of memory, but you never really need to do that, unless you're planning on making a photo-quality poster out of a piece of paper. Linux users - Epson actually provides a driver on their site. Even without this driver, SANE recognized the scanner in about five seconds, and xscanimage worked fine.
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Summary: Problem encountered with this product
Review: Was given this product as gift at Christmas. Was supposed to work on an IMac with a OS of 9.2. Had problems from the original installation. Called Epson (in California) and was advised to download a new driver. It was 10.5meg in size and after downloading and installing, the scanner continued to give me problems. It would scan a 35mm slide but would not enlarge it and would not print anything but a 1"square pic. After several calls to Epson (costing me for the calls) since they do not have an 800# for technical problems. I decided that it was not worth the trouble and returned the product to Amazon. Of course since it was not there problem it will cost me to pay for the return. I feel that the tech. manuals were not well written and seemed to be geared toward those using Windows and not Macintosh.
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