Epson GT 2500 Document Imaging Color Scanner (B11B181011)

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Epson GT-2500 Series Color Flatbed Scanner
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Technical Details

- Flatbed scanner with built-in Automatic Document Feeder can scan up to 27 ppm
- 50 page capacity Automatic Document Feeder features automatic duplexing and can scan paper up to 8.5 x 14 inches
- 1200 dpi, 48 bit color scanning
- USB 2.0 connectivity, with optional network adapter
- Compact, desktop design is ideal for busy workgroups
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 "notageek" 2010-07-26
By R. McGaha (Batesville, AR)
We've had this scanner for a few months now and have been very please with the speed and efficiency.

 "This scanner rocks" 2010-06-21
By beancounter (Central California)
We needed a new scanner here at work because our HP scanner was absolutely ancient and VERY slow. I was looking for a new scanner that had auto document feed, easy to use & could accept legal size paper. We just scan paper documents and it gets moderate daily use from several office staff.



I read the reviews here on Amazon & also checked out several other scanners, but chose this one because it could handle legal size paper. I was not disappointed!! This scanner is blazing fast in "Office Mode" at 600 dpi in black & white. A ten page document took about 20 seconds to scan & create a crystal clear PDF document. It has several different settings although we probably won't use them very often. It does scan in color which takes quite a bit longer.



It took about ten minutes to set up the scanner including taking it out of the box & installing the software. To begin a scan you just push a single button on the scanner & a popup window comes up to set your parameters. Extremely easy!



If you want a workhorse of a scanner with brilliant imaging then get this one.

 "Excellent performance, good value" 2010-06-11
By Steven F. Schroeder (Roland, Arkansas)
I bought this scanner for office use. It gets used to copy mostly documents, and occasionally items where the flat bed is required. I use it for about twenty pages per day, on average. Installation was effortless in Windows 7. The user interface is elegant and simple, with all of the usual adjustments readily available and obvious. The document feeder has worked flawlessly, and the scan qualilty is very good, excellent for office type use. I've not tested the color rendition fidelity, but color document copies look fine. I think the included Epson software is excellent. I also have an HP N6310 scanner in another office, and the Epson GT-2500 seems superior in every respect, especially in how well the document feeder works.

 "Take Work Home User" 2008-05-24
By Gene (Nashville, TN USA)
Unfortunately I carry work home. As a business owner with a steady influx of information, I have tried to stay as electronic as possible with the storage of this information. I have two document scanners in my office that get used reguarly and wanted to upgrade at home from the flatbed scanners I have used for years. I researched options and truthfully, the Epson GT2500 was the least expensive one with good reviews. This scanner has been in service in my home for two years and there have been no equipment issues. I am able to create electronic documents of my typical 5 to 15 sheets in very reasonable time. Double sided scans are a little slow, but there has been only one jam in the 2 years, created by me not separating a previously stapled document, so three sheets went through the scanner. This scanner does exacly what I need when I work at home. I recommend this machine for users that need more than a flatbed for documents scanning. I would not use this machine in an office with more than 3 to 4 people; a little too slow.



April 8, 2010 Update: I still have this scanner at the house and use it regularly. I still strongly recommend this scanner for light daily use. The only issue is sticking sheets, i.e multiple sheets pulled through the automatic feeder. I guess I have used this machine for more than four years now and would probably replace it with an identical machine if need arose.

 "a workhorse" 2008-05-21
By Mark (Scottsdale, AZ)
I bought this puppy when I discovered the TWAIN driver for my EPSON perfection scanner was not compatible with omnipage 16. After using the gt 2500 several hours a day for a month, we have experienced no problems so far. Seems to be fast and efficient and I would recommend it with omnipage 16 if you want to create a paperless office and turn documents into searchable PDF Files.


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Kodak Scanmate I1120 Scanner

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Technical Details

- CCD
- 600 x 600 dpi Hardware / 1200 x 1200 dpi Interpolated
- 24 bit Color / 8 bit Grayscale / 1 bit Monochrome
- 20 ppm Color 200 dpi,
- Sheetfed Scanner
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 "Neat scanner" 2010-06-01
By B. Shiffman (Minneapolis, MN USA)
This scanner has a very small footprint and good quality. My only complaint is that the out-tray (or folding shelf, really) is not connected well. Just after a week of having this unit I had the shelf folded up and just flipped it, not hard, either, to start a scan. Well, the little plastic pins that hold the shelf to the piece that is connected to the scanner sheared off. If these little protrusions are meant to be a safety item, intended to break rather than have someone brush past and flip the entire unit on the floor, they did the job but a bit too effectively. The weight of the shelf was sufficient to crack off the protrusions. Now, if the design allowed for the replacement of these "pins" without having to purchase a new shelf, that would not be too bad (sort of like a shear pin in an outboard motor of years past.)



Otherwise, this is a fine scanner with easy to use software.

 "Perfect Scanner at a Perfect Price" 2010-01-29
By Anon
Let me start by saying I've used numerous scanners at my office (which is going paperless) and this is one of the best quality scanners I've used.



I've used Xerox scanners, Cannon scanners, and other "better model" Kodak scanners. For the price, this model can't be beat. Plus, this model can scan both sides (ie "duplex") if you want it to. It rarely jams and only does so when the papers are "roughed up" (ie creases and the corners are folded over each other).



For $400, this model is just as good as the Kodak scanmates that cost twice that amount. This is definetely a top buy and a no-brainer if you're looking for a scanner to turn your office paperless.


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NeatDesk 698 Desktop Scanner and Digital Filing System for Mac (White)

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You’ve got information trapped on paper. We’ve got the key. Because when your information is free, so are you free to store it, organize it, even edit and reuse it. Whatever works for you. NeatDesk for Mac is a desktop scanner and digital filing system that lets you scan and organize receipts, business cards and documents. Neat’s patented technology identifies and extracts the important information and automatically organizes it for you. Transform receipts into expense reports, business cards into Address Book contacts, and create searchable PDF files from any document. You can even export information to PDF, Quicken and Excel. NeatDesk for Mac lets you manage the paper at home, at work and on the go.
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- Transform paper into information that works
- Automatically extracts key information from scanned receipts; can export to Quicken, Excel, and pdf
- Scans are IRS-accepted digital copies, making tax preparation a snap
- Scan up to 10 receipts, 10 business cards and 10 documents at once or a single, 50 page document
- Developed for OS X to look and feel like the applications you use every day
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 "NeatDesk 698 Desktop Scanner" 2010-07-23
By Taylor Sharpe (Dallas, TX)
Similar to Fujutisu ScanSnaps and has pretty good software. Image quality is average, but it sure is fast and can feed a stack of documents. Works great for my accounting needs to scan in a lot of receipts.

 "Good Scanner, better software." 2010-07-09
By A. Molica (nashua nh)
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1TZ2DYYX57BP9 Great product. Keep it plugged directly into your Mac - dont use a hub or it will crash. Great software for document/receipt management (versus PC version that's focused more on receipt expense reporting). doesn't optimize acrobat files well, so if you have acrobat pro, you can do it manually and that works just fine.

 "Worst product experience in years AND company support is AWOL" 2010-06-06
By S. Barry (Carlsbad, CA)
I would not recommend the NeatDesk Mac scanner to anyone. I have been struggling with it for months. It constantly jams. when it jams, you can to restart the scanner and your whole machine for the computer to recognize it again. you can't even get through 5 pages without it jamming or freezing. it is pure frustration. the Neat company is unresponsive or slow to respond to support requests and when they do respond they all they do is send you a link to some generic documentation on the website which is totally irrelevant to the issue. The Mac support on the website is just a couple of knowledge-base articles. The neatworks software that is bundled with it doesn't even recognize the scanner half of the time. When it does work, the scanner is slow and produces huge scans. they take up a lot of disk space and there doesn't seem to be a way to make them small enough for normal use. the OCR in the software is very poor and you end up having to manually type 80% of the receipt or invoice. It takes way more time than it should. if the company was helpful then i could give it a better rating, but the service from the company just takes an already poor product and makes it even worse. I'm going to dump mine on Craigslist (unfortunalely you don't get anywhere near what you originally paid for it because the word is out that these Neat scanners are junk) and buy a Fujitsu.

 "Neat Receipt is SO OVERRATED!" 2010-05-22
By D. Crowder (Florida)
I didn't purchase this particular neat receipt desktop system but did purchase one of the previous neat receipt scanner. Needless to say it was a big waste of money, its sitting in a desk drawer gathering dust! I used for a very short time before I started having problems, reloaded the software but still the files I had on my computer were corrupt! The backups I had were corrupt! So I lost alot of valuable information because of this machine. I wouldn't spend the money on this system at all! Save your money! No help from Neat Receipt either!

 "Wouldn't recommend it" 2010-05-16
By Dr. Richard J. Sagall (Gloucseter, MA USA)
I bought mine almost a year ago. And after a year of frustration I am going to junk it and buy a scansnap. This scanner is slooooow to scan, slooooow to process the scans, and unreliable. It seems to lock up my computer.



My best advice - don't buy one.


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Pandigital Photolink One-Touch PANSCN05 4-Inch x6-Inch Photo and Slide and Negative Scanner

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Featuring one touch scanning, and requiring no PC, the Personal Photo and Negative Scanner/converter from Pandigital makes it easy to enjoy digital copies of all your favorite printed photos, up to 4x6. Designed for ease of use, scanned images are saved directly to SD card for quick and simple transfer to your digital photo frame or PC. Images are scanned as 300dpi full color JPEGs for incredible clarity and quality
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- Easily scan photos up to 4x6 and slides and negatives
- Scan directly to SD card and comes with five in one reader that reads SD/MS/MSPRO/MMC/XD
- No PC needed
- Resolution of 300dpi
- Simple transfer to your digital photo frame or PC
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 "Perfect to home user!!! What you pay what you have!!!" 2010-07-13
By ROBERTO A LOPES
It is very easy to use!!!Quality is acceptable to home user !!!That is true with film, slide and photo.It was just what I needed!!! A good investment!!

 "Fastest way to scan!" 2010-06-21
By E. Moore
This is a great scanner! It is fast and VERY easy to use. I love that it is not hooked up to the computer and loads the files right onto the disk included. The reason for 4/5 stars is that the quailty is not EXACTLY like the photo, but it's as good of quality as any flatbed scanner I have used. The inperfections in the scanned photos should be fixable using photoshop. I highly recommend this product, I was going to send my pictures out to be scanned for $.15 a piece, I can do Tons more photos for the same price! Love it!

 "Doesn't work on older slides" 2010-05-27
By Sally A. Herigstad (Washington, USA)
All my slides from the 60s and 70s come mounted in cardboard holders, as I'll bet most people's slides do. They won't work with this scanner. There is no way you can get your slides out of the cardboard mounts without wasting lots of time and probably ruining your slides. Besides, the dates are stamped on the cardboard, which would then be lost.



The product description just says it does photos, slides, and negatives. It's a big oversight to fail to mention that it won't work for the vast majority of people's slides.

 "Fast, but photo quality is so-so" 2010-05-04
By WiGirl (USA)
I bought this to scan my old photos (haven't used the negative or slides functionality). It scans one photo fairly quickly (a few seconds compared to my Epson flatbed scanner which takes 1-2 mins per photo); it's pretty fast to go through a stack of old photos. However, the scanned photo quality is not as good as my Epson scanner. Also, I need to feed the photo in one at a time as opposed to other devices where you can scan a stack of photos.

 "Handy but colors are too far off" 2010-04-24
By Michael McGonigal (Twin Cities, MN)
I recently purchased this item so my wife could scan a large collection of our old 35mm negatives. The simplicity of use was very appealing. The unit is very easy to set up, and the ability to use while connected to a computer or as a standalone unit is very convenient.



Operation is simple for either slides or negatives. Slides need to be taken out of their carrier, which is simple. On some slides that are relatively dark, the AI in the unit thinks that the edge of the slide has not been detected. The dark area of the slide does not appear in the scan, making the image a little skinnier than it should be. The instruction book does warn that this can happen.



For negatives, just push the negative into the unit and it feeds itself through. The AI detects the frame lines between the pictures and creates one file for each photo detected. This worked great!



The only issue I had with the unit was that the color was not very true. Overall, photos had a much bluer cast to them, making them look like they were all taken with a flash. We had some of these negatives printed professionally, and those appeared normal. There is no way to adjust the unit using software to compensate. This color difference was so distracting that I could not keep the product. I'm still on the lookout for a simple unit that scans all formats.


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CardScan Executive Card Scanner (Mac)

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Consolidate all your contact data; accurately scan business cards, drag-and-drop from email signatures, sync to Address Book and easily print to a range of templates. CardScan Executive for Mac makes it easy to capture, organize and manage all your contact data. Featuring the most accurate leading business card scanner, read cards at up to 20 per minute. Capture complete contact information from email signatures in one step. Categorize your contacts in multiple ways to create custom lists and views and see scanned business cards with image view. Email and map contact addresses directly from CardScan and easily print to envelopes, labels and more. Automatically sync to Address Book or export as needed, including in vCard format. From the trusted company that’s been leading business card scanning for over 14 years, CardScan Executive for Mac was designed from the ground up to work on Leopard, making it easy to capture and manage your contact information.
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- Scanner designed especially for Mac captures and manages your valuable contact information
- Scans up to 20 business cards a minute in color; consolidates contact info from electronic sources, including web sites and email signatures
- Designed to work with Mac OS 10.5.3+ (Leopard); includes software for Windows users
- Can sync automatically with Mac's Address Book
- Includes risk-free 30-day trial
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 "cardscan review" 2010-05-18
By Earl Wertheim (Burlington, VT)
Works as advertised. Went from cardscan for PC to cardscan for MAC. Works great

 "Works Fine, But Buy CardScan Exective" 2010-05-01
By Digerati (New York, NY)
I was concerned by some of the negative reviews, but this thing works just fine. OCR is remarkable. Save yourself a few dollars and just get the CardScan Executive version, it comes with both Windows and Mac software (you need to go to their website to retrieve a Mac serial number using the included Windows serial number).

 "Questionable Business Practice" 2010-03-26
By J. K. Burmeister (CA, USA)
I bought this product a year ago after seeing it at the Macworld Expo and and initially liked it. But the initial excitement wore off quickly:



1.) When I synced with my address book, I lost all my address book entries. This is a rather big deal, so please make sure you back up your address book before you sync.



2.) I bought a new Mac recently and installed the cardscan software on that new Mac. To my surprise, it turned out that I was not able to use the software on both my old and my new Mac. I received a message that the license key was already used and that I had to buy a new one (for $207.99!). This is despite the fact that, when I bought the scanner and the software, there was no mention of any restriction of the license to one seat or one computer or one user. The order confirmation did not mention any license restrictions and the license agreement that is embedded in the software does not refer to such restriction. I believe strongly in intellectual property protection, BUT, but it is a very questionable business practice to disable the use of a product that a customer paid for in full until an additional (and, I might add, substantial) amount is paid when that was not part of the purchase or license agreement. Obviously, if taken to court, the company would lose. But if you are not prepared to go to that kind of trouble, you might want to stay away from this product. When I emailed the company inquiring about this business practice, I received no reply to my question.



3.) When it became clear that the company was not going do to anything about the random license restriction, I asked about the necessary steps to remove the software and all related files from my old Mac in order to be able to use the license key with my new Mac. Saying that this was like pulling teeth would be a huge understatement. I had to send 7 or 8 emails to finally get the answers. Mind you, this is something that is normally clearly stated on a software company's website or is even in the embedded help file. And even if not, it hardly ever takes more than one email to a software company to get clear instructions; not even from small software developers who don't have a dedicated customer support team.



If you plan on using this product on one computer only, don't plan on buying a new computer that you want to use the scanner with and don't plan on contacting customer support, you will probably be fine. Otherwise, I would think twice about buying this scanner.

 "Who knew..." 2010-03-03
By Sadie's mom (So Calif USA)
I've had boxes of business cards on my desk for years. An employee convinced me this was a good thing to do and was she ever right. It's SO MUCH easier to access the information that has been stuck in little business card sized boxes!

 "Glitchy" 2010-02-25
By Tom B. (Chicago, IL)
I purchased this after reading the mixed reviews here on Amazon.com. The bottom line is that I am still using the device on the Mac platform as I do find the utility to outweigh it's glitchiness.



The product was not easy to install. My initial entry of the registration code (from my sealed box) was met with a response that this product had already been registered. That took a couple of phone calls to get resolved with a new and unused registration code.



My biggest issue with this product occurs when I try to clean up the scanned data. The program fills in the respective fields with values derived from the scan. Naturally, you expect to do some cleanup in fixing typographical errors or moving data around from one field to the next. But routinely, I get about thirty seconds into my edits when the program mysteriously reverts the data back to the incorrect scanned values that I have just been cleaning up! How aggravating. To compensate for this, I now wait at least thirty seconds after each scan so that the program has it's chance to process whatever it's processing. Initially, I thought this error might be related to my own computer processor. But the program does insert the scanned data into the fields almost instantaneously after the scan. It's only about thirty seconds later while I am in the middle of my edits that it re-populates the fields with the original and sometimes incorrect scanned values.



A couple of inquiries to tech support has not yet resolved this issue. In my humble opinion, I think they've got software issues.


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