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Solid Scanner
Date: October 2, 2009
Written By:
Diver
From: San Diego, CA
(read all my reviews)
Owned this Product for:
0-3 Months
Level of Expertise:
Newbie
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Pros: build quality, compatibility, design, print quality, size & weight, speed, value for money
Cons: lack of instructions
I bought the scanner to scan text, not pictures. It came with little in the way of instructions, and I had to call Epson to figure out how to make it work for me. It turned out I had to use a "professional setting." I got through to a person quickly, by the way. It took about 15 minutes to get things figured out. Otherwise, I have been very happy with the scanner. It is quick and accurate. Note that due to its size, some oversized documents would be too large to scan. Legal size paper (maybe a bit less) looks like the largest that it will take.
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Outstanding quality & versatility!
Date: August 26, 2009
Written By:
GCG1
From: Hurricane, UT
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I purchase my Epson Perfection 4490 3 years ago. I have scanned in over 1100 pictures. I have scanned in all types: B/W photos, color photos, 35 mm slides and even 50 mm slides (by removing the door to the 2.5 inch film holder and putting in one slide at a time in the center). I just use the Home mode and everything takes care of itself. The digital ICE really works on all the color slides...not as well on the B/W photos. The photos I have scanned in were from 1940 to 1985. The color restoration has been excellent! I just use Micro Soft Picture Manager to clean up the over/under exposure. I also us this to scan in documents and create PDF files. It allows you to scan multiple pages to a single PDF file...something my old scanner from brand x wouldn't do. When I purchased mine it cost almost 3 times more than now and didn't include Photoshop Elements. Now, Photoshop Elements is included...what a deal! I give this my highest recommendation to anyone who needs to scan in photos!
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