This scanner was excellent for scanning pictures and images, but did poorly with 35mm negatives. The color was dull and had a brown tint to it. In comparison to the Canon Lide80, the film scan was terrible. This is a GREAT scanner if you do not wish to scan film.
ТехноНаблюдатель-0KPMQ
25.04.2004
10/10
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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
Аэронавт-9NBRA
26.07.2004
8/10
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Хорошо
Owned this scanner two days. So far so good however,you need not worry about losing your user manual because thereisn't one. HTML help files and a quick start guide is allthat's provided - not even a pdf document.
Вектрон-5UXXZ
17.01.2004
4/10
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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.
Гравитон-9MQUX
21.04.2004
8/10
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Хорошо
Pros:Scans fast in high qualityScans filmGood 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 scannerOverall: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.
Супернова-3JZCM
25.02.2004
10/10
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Великолепно
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.
МехаРейнджер-8GOHJ
12.01.2004
10/10
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Великолепно
I must say, this is an excellent scanner. It is quick and easy. I upgraded from a scanner that was about 5 years old. What a difference! Paired with my Epson Photo 960 printer, I have my own miniature photo lab! ;)As far as the software concerns, go to the Epson website, download the newest software/drivers and you will be fine. Most computer hardware these days have such short lead times to market that driver updates are nearly a necessary requirement of the end user for proper and efficient operation.
Интеллектор-5DJJZ
09.01.2004
10/10
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Contrary to earlier reviewers, I found the software very easy to use and flexible. It has allowed me to adujust contrast, brightness and a whole slue of other aspects of the print with little effort. I've got thousands of positive slides, the product of 15 years of living abroad from Asia to Africa to S. America, and the the slides are on a variety of type and quality of slide film. I have been able to adjust for all imperfections. For the price, you can't beat it.
Квазар-3MNGW
30.06.2003
8/10
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Хорошо
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.
Спектр-9ILBI
15.10.2003
10/10
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Великолепно
I mainly use it for scanning slide and negatives while my wife uses it for scanning from paper. I first was sceptical whether the slide/negative scanner would be as good as the dedicated Nikon slide scanners. Surprisingly, so far the answer is: 95%. Some of my underwater slides have a color range that is hard to get scanned with any scanner (especially the silver fish in front of blue water with sun in background), that's where a high-end dedicated slide scanner may do better. But otherwise, I could not be happier.
Плазмонавт-1FLUD
09.06.2001
10/10
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Великолепно
Epson Perfection 1640SU Photo ScannerI have an old and trusty Nikon 1000 scanner that has done its duty by me for many years. However, I do a lot of medium and large format work and regret not having a more versatile film scanner. Unfortunately, the big scanners vary in cost from a bit too much to near extortion. Since my flatbed scanner was old and horrible I decided to look into buying one of the better scanners with a transparency head. After a great deal of dithering I settled on the Epson 1640 SU.Drivers are available for Windows 95, 98, ME, 2000 and NT 4.0 I installed into my Win 98 machine with minimal effort, using the USB interface. I went from box to up and running in less than a half hour. The transparency head comes in it's own storage case with a set of film holders for standard film sizes (35mm, 120mm and 4x5, and another for doing Epson instant photo prints). It rests on the scanning glass, so it takes all of 5 seconds to install.Accompanying Epson software includes TWAIN drivers, Smart Panel (an easy scan and save interface), and Film Factory Lite (home photo management software). Also included are Adobe PhotoDeluxe and Photoshop 5.0 LE. Since I have the Adobe profession products on my system I did not load these, but they are accepted standards. I did load Scansoft TextBridge Pro, a very nice optical character recognition package. Also included are some ArcSoft utilities and a special offer for Monaco Systems color matching software. This makes a package deal which is only exceeded by HP's top of the line scanner, which costs almost twice as much and has less scanning power.I used a negative from my old Hasselblad with a 150mm lens. I scanned the entire negative at 3600 dpi at the 14 bit black and white setting. File size was 98.87mb and it took about 2.25 minutes to scan. I scanned the image directly into Photoshop 6.0. Resolution and image tonal range was excellent, and extreme enlargement showed image breakdown to be very slow. For my kind of work, the digital image was nearly equivalent to a photographic image. I would rate this as excellent, unexpectedly good for a general purpose scanner.35mm slide scanning is not as good though. The thickness of the slide makes focus a bit softer and there is no holder for slides. I recommend removing the slide from the paper mount and putting it in the 35mm film holder. Then remount the slide in a plastic, reusable mount. Scanning this way, you get an image that is every bit as good as the 120 image. 4x5 scanning is also great, but you need to watch your file size. Use the provided film holders whenever possible. They take a lot of the trickiness out of the process.The TWAIN interface is a bit complicated. They have taken the liberty of simplifying operation for the photographer or home user who is uncomfortable with scanning technology. This is all well and good, but once you've got your feet wet and are ready to take direct control the interface feels a bit clumsy. Don't get me wrong, you can do just about anything you want at the scanning point, just expect to have to spend a bit of time with the advanced manuals on the CD.This scanner is perfect for the amateur or professional photographer who has high standards but lacks the budget for exotic equipment. It is extremely well built and easy to use. With its high resolution it should perform satisfactorily for many years to come.
Супернова-8UDKL
19.01.2003
8/10
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Хорошо
If you ever used a professional scanner, then you probably know that it is impossible to get the same results with consumer scanners. I learned this the hard way. I bought at least four different consumer scanners expecting similar results to the scans I made with my old HP professional scanner, but ended up returning them all -- the quality of the scans were far from my expectations. I recently bought Epson 2400 and decided that I am going to keep it. The major factor for my decision was of course the quality of the scans -- it was noticeably better than the other scanners in this price range. Another major factor was the software. I downloaded and installed Epson TWAIN driver for Mac OS X (it is available for download at no charge from Epson's website). Now I utilize Photoshop Elements' Import menu, and I have full control over the scan parameters, or, if I choose, I go to automatic mode and importing scans becomes as user friendly as Wawa's sandwich ordering touchscreen. Imported images might need some minor tweaking in Photoshop before they will look close to the original. The final output is not bad at all. Again, don't expect breathtaking crispy-clear results of professional scanners, but it is pretty good for a consumer product. If you are a Mac user looking for a reasonably priced scanner, give Epson 2400 a chance, you might keep it.
МехаРейнджер-3JVCO
17.09.2003
10/10
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Великолепно
I had this scanner out of the box, software installed and in 20 minutes i was scanning. I had read some reviews where other people had trouble with installing the software. Not so for me! It was a breeze. This product is simple to set-up and i am truly impressed with it's capability. I was scanning negatives in no time as well as pictures. I am truly satisfied. You can't go wrong for the money.
Нейрон-0GTGQ
15.07.2003
10/10
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I really enjoy this scanner. The USB 2.0 link is fast, and every item scanned has turned out great. I really enjoy Photoshop Elements 2.0, which is included. I have not missed any features not included in this Photoshop lite.The scaner control panel program is nice, but I usually just use the scanner from Photoshop. Some of the defaults with the control panel are not as detailed as I would like. Perhaps there is a way to change the defaults.I have only scanned one set of negatives, but those scans turned out quite well. This is a good scanner with great software at a great price.
Туманник-1THTW
19.08.2003
8/10
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this is a great scanner for the price, i've had far less trouble (make that no trouble) with it than 2 other scanners i've had in the past that were in the same ballpark for price.it seems to be seamless with my power mac.Now it is 2008 and I just lost the scanner when I moved. It was still working perfectly, all beat up and taped on the bottom and NO PROBLEMS with the images.This is a good, good product.
Фотон-9CGZW
25.04.2003
4/10
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I read the other reviews complaining about the Epson software, and figured those people just didn't know what they were doing. WRONG! They were right. Smart Panel does NOT work. The buttons on the scanner can be configured to work with other programs, but one has to spend some time digging to figure this out. I have spent an entire day on this -- trying the updated drivers, etc., etc. Why Epson passes off the Smart Panel support to the 3rd party Newsoft is beyond me. They should eliminate the "Smart Panel" entirely. The documentation also stinks. I haven't had enough time to fully rate the scans themselves, but so far they seem good. I'm just soooo disappointed with the lack of ease of use.
Альфа-Юнит-5MBJC
03.03.2003
4/10
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I am dispointed. The software is limited for scanning films. You cannot select a picture of a negative film, it wants to scan the whole 6 pictures. That's a lot of memory and most of all a lot of time wasted. I had a green background with some negatives that I can get rid of with a manual corrections with the driver, but each time I pre-scan it forgets about the settings and do it wrong again. You can't have it do automatic color corrections with corrected settings. Also each time you go back and forth between the driver and the picture viewing tool it will pre-scan even if you don't want to. At last and not the least it won't detect films greater than 35 mm. I had a lot of frustration with the software and I am goind to try something else.
Туманник-1GYRQ
21.07.2001
10/10
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I got this scanner to replace a UMAX 1220S that I had before. The UMAX had one big problem - I couldn't turn it off. It sat on my SCSI chain and if it saw any traffic it would stay on - since I have CD-ROMs on the same chain it was on constantly! After a while being constantly turned on must have hurt something because after a while I started getting chromatic distortion on sharp edges. So it became time to replace my scanner.After a lot of research, I settled on either the 1240U or the 1640SU - one thing that helped me decide on Epson instead of another brand is that Epson has helped the Linux scanner programmers (the SANE project) to write drivers for their scanners, unlike other manufacturers that seem to want to keep their hardware interfaces a secret.After some more deliberation, I decided to go for the 1640SU over the 1240U. The deciding factor? Was it the increased resolution? No - for my purposes 1200dpi would be enough. Was it the fact that it has both a SCSI and a USB interface? No - I had already decided that I didn't want the hassle of a scanner connected to my SCSI port and that I was going to use a USB scanner. So what was the deciding factor that made me spend an extra $$? It seems silly, but it's true - the 1640SU has a power switch. Yes, I was tired of a scanner with no power switch and no way to turn it off. The 1240U is supposed to go into "sleep mode" after some time of not being used, but then again my 1220S was supposed to do that, and you know how that turned out. Also, I had read that there were issues with scanning wide material on the 1240U (supposedly reflections from the ribbon cable inside can leave a bright band across the scan), plus the 1640SU had generally better reviews. So I bought it.I can say that this scanner does everything I expected and more. The Windows scanning software works fine (I made sure to follow the instructions when I installed it), and then I tested on Linux. My first test was a disaster - the preview looked awful, and the scan was completely green. Then I compiled the latest version of sane (www.mostang.com/sane) and xsane (same site) and tried again. This time it worked perfectly! For grins I tried a 1600x1600 scan of a magazine cover (combined text and picture). The borders of the text were sharp with no chromatic distortion, and I could see all of the halftone dots in the scan. Perfect! As an added bonus, the scanner is *much* quieter than my previous one. The 1640SU makes a low whine when scanning, while the 1220S made a loud rumble. In my opinion, the quietness shows just how much better constructed this scanner is. Also, it has a smaller footprint than the 1220S (although it is somewhat taller).All in all, I am *very* satisfied with this scanner.
МехаРейнджер-4OCMR
18.02.2003
8/10
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Хорошо
I have owned and used this scanner for more than a year now. Its intallation was very smooth and its output is always almost perfect, not rquiring any further adjustments. 1200dpi is a lot of resolution that is required for most line art publications. I have not used the software package as it is really functionally very limited, particularly the ocr software, but again I doubt that any scanner in the same price range comes with a respectable ocr software (as omnipage). The scanner's control panel is a very large program (about 150MB) and although it offers many options I have not required those. As a whole, I have been very satisfied with this product although I do not depend on the supplied software package.
Небулоид-8OFRA
18.01.2003
10/10
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I wanted to scan a large number of slides, specifically some slides for my mom for her for a christmas gift. I did extensive investigation into several scanners, including a scanner that was exclusively a slide and negative film scanner. I ended up choosing this Epson model and I have been extremely happy with it. It is very easy to use. On the manual setting, you can preview the slides and then alter their brightness and contrast before scanning them. I've set the image quality merely to 1200 dpi, and the images have come out with fantastic clarity and detail, and yet the bitmap file sizes are a reasonable 5MB (and for those folks who don't have great amounts of hard drive space available, compressed jpeg files are another option). The scanner has done a fine job of scanning regular prints as well.
Аэронавт-0IMZK
11.11.2002
10/10
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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.
НаноРейдер-3XNNT
06.01.2002
8/10
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Хорошо
Bought this scanner yesterday and also bought a USB hub, because I needed an extra to connect it to. Spent about 5 hours trying to get it to work. Somehow the TWAIN driver wasn't associated with the scanner. Uninstalled everything and tried again this morning. The only thing I did differently was attach my digital camera in the usb hub first, then added the scanner. Then everything worked beautifully. I had the camera connected directly to the PC at first, and then after buying the hub, never reconnected it before trying out the scanner. I guess the TWAIN driver was confused or something was confused and it was first looking for my camera and then the scanner. At first, I just re-installed the TWAIN driver and not any of the other software, just to see if I could get it work at all with other programs I already had. Worked beautifully. Then added the rest of the software and crossed my fingers. And it all installed correctly this time and worked great. I was concerned about a previous mention of not being compatible with Windows 98 unless it was Windows 98 second edition. However, that is not the case. I don't have second edition either and it worked fine.The scanner is quick, quiet and produces high quality images. The software is user friendly (after I finally got it installed correctly) and automatically recognized my printer, e-mail program, etc., for the one touch features. As far as editing, I haven't played enough with that yet, but am a novice at this, so I am sure it will be adequate. I'm sure it would have been easy to install yesterday if it had even occurred to me that something else plugged into the USB port had changed and that I had to reinstall the other devices BEFORE adding another one. Overall, quite pleased!!
НаноПилигрим-7JDDY
13.12.2002
2/10
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Ужасно
What a nightmare! DO NOT BUY THIS SCANNER, especially if you are buying it as a replacement for a current scanner. The software being shipped with this product conflicts with previously installed scanner software (even if you've uninstalled the old scanners software). Technical support, which is NOT toll-free is awful. What's worse? When you go to the Epson website to download the current patch files for the bad software that was shipped, it doesn't work! This product is horrendous!
Альфа-Юнит-5GMZP
15.01.2002
6/10
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Плохо
I've enjoyed the superb quality of my Epson printers & wanted to give them a try for my next scanner. For the price, you can't beat the quality of the scan or the fact that it includes a 35mm film adapter. But I do have a couple of issues that are serious enough for me to write about.1) Dust. There was enough dust under the glass on the first unit I received to warrant exchanging it. Now that I have the 2nd unit, there is still dust (Epson quality control is lacking), but not as much. It is not at all noticable when scanning at 72dpi (for uploading to the web), but is *very* noticable on-screen when scanning at 300dpi or greater for printing. Fortunately, it is barely noticable when printed. I've not yet decided if this is enough for me to send it back again.2) The Smart Panel software interface pops up randomly, and it's VERY annoying. Even if I haven't scanned anything since booting up, it will just open for no reason. Closing it does no good, it will open again. Minimizing it does no good, it will keep refreshing. Epson referred me to their 3rd party software vendor, NewSoft, where I found the following in their FAQ:"ESP2-0013 Why the Smart Panel interface will pop up randomly?The problem was due to the scanner driver detect the wrong hardware code to launch Smart Panel. Our development team are working on the issue. Please visit NewSoft website for further release notice, if there's any new Patch to cover this issue."Great, no end in sight.If not for these two significant bugs that should be easily remedied with a little Quality Control, it would be an unbelievably wonderful unit for the price.
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