Epson Perfection 3490 Photo Scanner

by Epson

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 16.5 x 10.8 x 3.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B000ALCJSK
• Item model number: B11B177011
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #60 in Electronics > Camera & Photo > Printers & Scanners
• Date first available at Amazon.com: June 10, 2005

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

With the Epson Perfection 3490 Photo, anyone can quickly scan and restore cherished photos and film, or preserve important documents. True 3200 x 6400 dpi resolution and a 3.2 Dmax make brilliant reprints and enlargements possible - even from slides and negatives!

The scanner's built-in transparency unit offers convenient scanning of both slides and film strips with remarkable detail, while Epson Easy Photo Fix one-touch color restoration renews faded originals. This versatile performer also provides fully automatic scanning, plus creative software titles such as ArcSoft PhotoImpression and ABBYY FineReader Sprint, so remarkable results are easy to achieve. In fact, when used together with an Epson Stylus ink jet printer, this model presents the perfect solution for creating long lasting, 8" x 10" or larger, frame-ready photos. With Hi-Speed USB 2.0, the Epson Perfection 3490 Photo speeds through every scan, allowing you to quickly digitize images or negatives from your family album for use in many creative applications, including StoryTeller Photo Book Creator, a fun, easy way to produce your own glossy photo book at home (available separately). And, with Easy Photo Fix, you can even restore faded photos before adding them to your book.

Compatible with both Windows and Macintosh systems, this scanner provides the ideal fit for virtually any setting. Offering remarkable versatility and detail in one affordable solution, the Epson Perfection 3490 Photo presents the perfect choice for bringing faded memories to life and sharing new ones with family and friends.

Features and Benefits

• 3200 x 6400 dpi resolution--great for reprints and enlargements
• 3.2 Dmax for amazing clarity and color
• One-touch color restoration with Epson Easy Photo Fix
• Four convenient buttons--Scan, Copy, E-mail and PDF
• Included film holder to scan slides and negatives
• Powerful software package for photo and document scanning

Product Description

Perfection 3490 Photo scanner

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

71 of 72 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dont Be Fooled By The Price, December 22, 2005

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Aryn M. Linnane "Michael L" (Saint Marys, GA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Epson Perfection 3490 Photo Scanner (Office Product)

I purchased this scanner for two purposes. Firstly I wanted to scan old decaying family photos and archive them on the computer. Secondly I wanted to digitally archive home office paperwork to save space. I have to say this product does both of these functions flawlessly.

This scanner has more than enough resolution for scanning prints. Keep in mind that nearly all prints have less than 300dpi (dots per inch). So if you are scanning prints or text it is really pointless to have a more expensive higher resolution scanner.

On the front of the scanner there is a PDF button, copy button, and email button. The copy button worked fantastic in conjunction with my Dell laser printer for quick sharp copies. The PDF button simply puts the image into a PDF file that allow you to continue scanning into the same PDF document. I have not used the email button.

Overall you a fantastic scanner for the money.

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great product!, November 25, 2005

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Mike - See all my reviews

This review is from: Epson Perfection 3490 Photo Scanner (Office Product)

For the price you pay for the Epson Perfection 3490, you acheive great results. It's capable of produce very fine quality digital images, and it's quick enough for me. The included software makes it very easy to auto scan with preset options, or allows you to decide all the options and get exactly the kind of image you need. Great buy!

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Scanner for the Price, February 25, 2006

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C. Biswas (California) - See all my reviews
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At under $100, this scanner was a great buy for me. I wanted to scan my slides and negatives and needed to replace my old HP Photosmart Slide scanner (2400 DPI) which uses a SCSI card with ISA slot and is not possible to use with my new computer.

The delivery from Amazon was fast and I was impressed with the looks - solid and smooth. The Epson scan software was nice too with all the standard histogram and curves controls. Unfortunately, the Photo Impression software was not up to mark, as it crashed a couple of times and then I discarded it. I never used the Bizcard tool.

However, I soon realised it will never replace a standard slide scanner. The scans of Slides at 3200 DPI produce JPEG files of size only 700 KB. It must be doing a lot of compression, as my 5 MegaPixel camera produces 2MB JPEG images. There is no option of getting an uncompressed scan. Also it auto detects the slide frames and that crops the frames sometimes. But there is no option of selecting the frames myself, which the HP software had. Scans are noisy and the scanner takes much longer time than the HP, which used to take about 1 min per frame, and this takes 4 min per scan at full resolution.

I gave 3 stars as although it takes good scans, there is a lot more data that can be extracted from the slides to get a great scan (not the ultimate scan that can be extracted from a Nikon Slide Scanner). But at this price not much more can be expected from the hardware, although some improvements can be expected from the software.