Scanners > Epson Scanners > Flatbed scanner > 2400 dpi x 4800 dpi

Advantages: Great quality!
Disadvantages: erm... takes up room on the desk?!? no good for anything much bigger than A4

I have owned the epson 2480 scanner now for quite a while, and its brilliant! It has loads of features and good software, making it very versatile and it is now available for around £60 if you shop around a little - a great adition to your PC. This really is a great scanner, and for those who have an out-dated scanner that really isn't up to much it might be time to make an upgrade. This scanner provides the user with the capabilities of restoring ...
...your heart's content! The Epson 2480 also is capable oof scanning doccuments. Therefore, it is great for home use, or office use because if there are any correspondents that you need a copy of, or need to forward on or edit you can simpley scan them in. The scanner automatically recognises what type of document it is and can transfer a physical doccument on paper into an electronic doccument that can be re-printed or emailed. This can also be useful ... Read review

Advantages: Stores all your old photos
Disadvantages: None at all

...together with a CD-Rom with Epson Scan driver, software, and electronic manuals. After removing all the packaging you will see a sticker on the scanner and this shouldn’t be removed until the installation process tells you to do so. Apparently, it is extremely important that you install the software before you connect the scanner to your pc and also to make sure that you close all other programmes before running the installation process. For those ...
...appropriate OS icon in the Epson folder, double click and enter your details. Step 3: A message will appear asking you to disable your virus protection programme, and you must click CONTINUE. Step 4: On Software Installation screen, click Install. Step 5: Follow instructions to install each programme the press Exit or Restart Now. Step 6: Software now installed so you can now unlock the transportation lock (situated under the scanner), remove ... Read review

Advantages: good quality scanning, scans 35mm negatives
Disadvantages: cant work out how to scan negatives! can be complicated to work

...with today’s technology im surprised Epson choose this phrase! The scanning is a little slower than I would like but as they say the best things come to those that wait and I was not disappointed with the scanning quality. Although there are a few minor discrepancies, this scanner I bought I am over all impressed with it. ... Read review

Advantages: Very easy to use
Disadvantages: A bit slow

I bought this item a few years ago and was very impressed, easy to set up and use. Just plug it in load the software and off you go. The TWAIN adapter is easy to use, just click on preview, and then on the photos you want to have scan, you get the choice of rotating them, and playing about with the colours if you want to, and a choice of what sizes you want them scanned with. Canon, are very good and have produced many updates to the TWAIN, the ...
...manily used this with the APS adapter wchich has been effortless, just load the film in teh cartridge, slide the cartridge into the machine, press the scan button and wait for the photos to appear. I have only used the film adapter once, and did not find that the film lined up with theframes on the adapter. It also comes with adapters for slides, which my family have made good use off, again easy to use, load the slides, push the adapter in and ... Read review

Advantages: Sooooo many features
Disadvantages: None that I can think of

We use the CanoScan Lide 25 (which I'll refer to as Lide 25 from now on) at work and a handy little scanning tool it is indeed. It's very slim and lightweight and sits nicely on my desk, ready to jump into action whenever I need to scan a document or photo. You can copy directly from the platen (glass screen) to your printer or print or even email and it's very easy to set up. AN ABUNDANCE OF FEATURES The Lide 25 uses a USB connection so ...
...handy indeed - saving on energy is always a better option. Unlike other home scanners I've used in the past the Lide 25 scans to a fairly high resolution of up to 1200 x 2400 dpi so when scanning photos you get very good quality images. The software that comes with the scanned allows you to scan documents to PDF too and you choose whether you want them in colour or monochrome or select the image quality you want from 75, 100, 200, 250, 300 or 400 ... Read review