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Epson Perfection V500 Office Color Scanner

Color: Black Brand: Epson Model: B11B189071 Original language: English Number of items: 1 Dimensions: 15.40" h x 21.90" w x 15.30" l, 19.20 pounds Quickly scan multiple documents Create extraordinary enlargements from film Remove the appearance of dust and scratches from film Scan slides, negatives and medium-format film Restore faded color photos with one touch

Extraordinary quality for photos and documents. — Offering extraordinary quality and versatility, the Epson Perfection V500 Office is the perfect choice for all your personal scanning needs, including photos, film and everyday documents. With a host of innovative tools, including DIGITAL ICE,® you can achieve remarkable reproductions. Remove dust and scratches from slides, negatives and film, or restore faded color photos with one touch. Take your photos further with Adobe® Photoshop® Elements. And, when it’s time to archive important documents, scan stacks of originals with the included 30–page Automatic Document Feeder. The V500 Office features 6400 dpi resolution, plus an energy–efficient LED light source that enables you to work smarter with faster scans and lower power consumption. And, with no warmup time, it’s easier than ever to quickly accomplish any task. 30–page Automatic Document Feeder Quickly scan stacks of documents with the included 30–page Automatic Document Feeder. Scan bills, receipts, reports and more. It’s the perfect way to easily save electronic files of all your everyday documents. Text Enhancement with Auto Area Segmentation (AAS) Through this feature, text document scans are sharpened, thereby enhancing text recognition. In addition, all background data is removed from the scan, making it easier than ever to achieve clear scans from double–sided documents that have "bleed–through" from images or text printed on the reverse side. Auto Area Segmentation is a function that allows the scanner to segment a scanned document, identifying all text as "text areas" and all images as "image areas". Text areas are scanned in black–and–white, while image areas are scanned in half–tone. This offers the best scanning mode for all elements, and ensures that all text and image data is preserved simultaneously. Color Enhance With Color Enhance, users can select and enhance a color from the RGB color channel, even when scanning in black–and–white. This can help bring out a particular element that might not otherwise show up clearly in a black–and–white scan, such as a signature made with a light–blue pen. Color Dropout Color Dropout allows users to remove a color from the RGB color channel — a color that might cause noise or other image issues during a document scan. For example, a user scanning an invoice printed on pink paper could use "Color Dropout: Red" to ignore all red elements and pull out the crisp black text. Event Manager Epson Event Manager allows you to configure jobs so they can be initiated with one touch, making the Epson Perfection V500 Office easy and convenient. With the V500 Office, you can use one-touch buttons to scan–to–copy, scan–to–email, or create a searchable PDF. ReadyScan™ LED light source This energy–efficient light source uses less power, while offering greater productivity. And, there’s no warmup required. Best of all, with no mercury, this LED technology is better for the environment. DIGITAL ICE The Epson Perfection V500 Office offers a host of powerful tools including DIGITAL ICE. This innovative technology removes the appearance of dust and scratches from film. Eliminating the need for costly photo retouching services, DIGITAL ICE makes it easier than ever to achieve remarkable scans. Before After     Epson Easy Photo Fix® Restore faded color photos, slides and negatives back to their original brilliance with Easy Photo Fix scanning technology, exclusively from Epson. Take those old family photos out of that shoebox in the closet and share precious moments once again. Just scan your photos with the Epson Perfection V500 Office color scanner and renew the color with one click. It’s just that easy. In seconds, you’re ready to print and display those memories for all to enjoy.   Features/Benefits Quickly scan multiple documents — 30–page Automatic Document Feeder included Event Manager — configure jobs and start scanning at the touch of a button Create extraordinary enlargements from film — 6400 dpi for enlargements up to 13" x 19", 17" x 22" or even larger Remove the appearance of dust and scratches from film — DIGITAL ICE technology Scan slides, negatives and medium–format film — Transparency Unit included Restore faded color photos with one touch — Easy Photo Fix included Achieve greater productivity — energy–efficient LED light source means no warmup time, faster scans and lower power consumption Take your photos further — Adobe Photoshop Elements included Get brilliant, true–to–life colors — amazing 48-bit color depth Convenient connectivity — Hi–Speed USB 2.0 included Weight and Dimensions (W x D x H) — With TPU lid 10.7" x 18.8" x 4.5" Weight: 8.9 lb, With ADF lid 12.6" x 21.2" x 7.8" Weight: 10.1 lb What’s in the Box Epson Perfection V500 Office color scanner Transparency Unit lid Film holder for 35mm film strips and mounted slides Film holder for 6x12cm medium format film Automatic Document Feeder lid Scanner installation CD–ROM Adobe Photoshop Elements DVD–ROM Hi–Speed USB 2.0 cable AC adapter and power cable Epson Perfection series This powerful line of products offers the versatility you need for extraordinary scans at home or in the office. With innovative Epson technology, it’s easy for anyone to achieve remarkable results. Whether you want to scan photos, film, documents or 3D objects, there’s a model made for you. Scan reports and receipts, restore faded color photos, or make incredible enlargements from film. It’s all possible with an Epson Perfection scanner. Eco features Energy–efficient LED Mercury–free LED ENERGY STAR® qualified Designed to be Recycled1 1 See our website for convenient and reasonable recycling options at www.epson.com/recycle Epson is a registered trademark, Epson Exceed Your Vision is a registered logomark and Better Products for a Better Future and ReadyScan are trademarks of Seiko Epson Corporation. Easy Photo Fix and Perfection are registered trademarks of Epson America, Inc. All other product and brand names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Epson disclaims any and all rights in these marks. Copyright 2009 Epson America, Inc. 7/09

Most helpful customer reviews 41 of 42 people found the following review helpful. Anybody remember the 1958 movie, "The Fly"? By W. B. Halper Where the scientist ended up with his head spliced onto a fly's body and was flying around saying "Help Me, Help Me"? That's the V500 Office scanner. The base of the scanner is the V500 Photo scanner. The top comes from something else. They work together, but aesthetically they don't exactly match...they aren't even made out of the same color of plastic. When you first open the box, you find a complete V500 Photo scanner and a separate Automatic Document Feeder. All of the setup instructions refer to the base unit. The sheet is labeled V500 Office, but the ADF unit isn't illustrated or mentioned. (Step One: Unpack; Step two: Install Software; Step Three: Connect and turn on; Step Four: Scan a photo...etc...) When you've finished, you end up with a very nice photo scanner and the feeder still in its plastic bag. (The instructions are up on the Epson website...to install the feeder, you turn off and open the top of the scanner, unplug the wire connecting the top to the base, lift the top vertically and it will separate from the bottom. Two pegs on the feeder fit into matching holes in the base. Fold it down, plug the power/control wire into connector on the base and fit the horseshoe shaped wire into the tilted input tray. Turn it back on and you should be in business. The software is intelligent enough to detect the presence of the ADF unit and adjust accordingly.) Installation, though, is something that's only done once...what's really important is how well the scanner works. So, let's go through the various parts... Scanner Body - As I mentioned, the main body of the scanner is from the V500 Photo Scanner. Because it's designed to scan negatives as well as pictures, it has a fairly high optical resolution and a decent, although not spectacular dynamic range (D=3.4, if you're into the actual spec. The D value is a measure of how well a scanner can capture shadow and highlight detail...the higher the value the better. The V700 measures at D=4.0. Professional grade scanners can be substantially higher, while I've seen inexpensive units spec'ed as low as 1.8.) When using the glass platen, you can scan up to a standard 8.5"x11" letter-size paper. Legal size pages can be scanned using the document feeder. Automatic Document Feeder - The ADF holds roughly 30 sheets of paper for scanning. It's strictly a single sided scanner. You'll need to run the paper through twice if you need to scan both sides of a document and then merge the two files together. I've had some serious problems with the feeder. It's common for it to pick up the top sheet off the stack, but then not feed it through the scanner. It also appears that the ADF has some other "unusual" features...this question, for example, is on the Epson website FAQ: Q: The automatic document feeder pulls two sheets of paper when I click Preview. Can I make it pull only one sheet? A: No. It seems like the firmware needs a bit of updating. When it was working right, the ADF worked well. The scanning speed is dependent on the resolution and the speed of the computer that it's connected to. The linearity seems pretty good, with my scans of graph paper showing only a few hiccups. V500 Photo Scanner Lid - The photo scanner lid comes with holders for both slides and various sizes of negatives. The normal white reflective surface can be removed and replaced with one of the negative holders. This allows the built-in light source to shine through the negatives. You can scan two strips of 35mm film, 120 or 220 film and larger negatives. If somebody has an archive of old 4x5 view camera negatives, this will convert them to digital form, but, frankly, for that kind of work, you should use a scanner with a better dynamic range. You NEVER want to send photos through the ADF, they're too likely to get scratched or mangled. Software - Epson's software package