Epson Perfection V100 Photo Scanner (B11B184051)

by Epson

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 16.9 x 11 x 2.2 inches ; 6.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 9 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: B000H94WCG
• Item model number: B11B184051
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 28, 2006

Product Description

Perfection V100 Photo Scanner

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars OK for Slides, February 28, 2007

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S. Adams (Bethlehem, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Epson Perfection V100 Photo Scanner (B11B184051) (Office Product)

I guess I was lucky - I have scanned over 600 slides without any particular problem in terms of quality or undue cropping. It does 4 at a time which is handy as long as you can use a common setting for all 4. Very slow once beyond 600 dpi.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Good Photo Scanner, January 10, 2007

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Don (South Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Epson Perfection V100 Photo Scanner (B11B184051) (Office Product)

I highly recommend this photo scanner--a great scanner for the money. I purchased the scanner after my old one died and was so amazed with the outstanding quality of the scans, I've started re-scanning all my old 35 mm photos previous scanned. It also comes with a good easy to use scanning/photo editing software package.

18 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great product, poor design, September 13, 2006

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L. Gray - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Epson Perfection V100 Photo Scanner (B11B184051) (Office Product)

Arguably, Canon and Epson make the best scanners on the market, and flatbed scanners have far greater scanning specs/capabilities over the all-in-one printers. I was in the market because my old Canon 1290F finally died. Last year whin I upgraded the CPU/motherboard, I thought it died but it turns out that it, and the newer Canon, would not work as I learned from their tech support, Canons twain drivers have a problem with AMD/VIA motherboard combos, and contued not to work even after I flashed the bios. I returned the newer Canon, and used the older Canon as it worked on my Intel based laptop. Current day packages on Canons only list Intel CPU's on their minimum requirements, and I wasn't going to take a chance that they corrected their problem.

The Epson V100 is an update to the highly positive reviewed 3490, and the published specs are virtually identical. Some of the internals may have been modernized and newer versions of software, but the most obvious change is in it's physical size from the 'soapbar' box design of the 3490.

Scans have been excellent, and I am not going to concentrate on them for this review. After all, excellent scans is a minimal expectation. Additionally, set-up was a breeze.

What I am going to concentrate on is the lousy design. The designer should be fired, and the entire team should never be allowed near another Epson product. A little harsh, but you will understand. Set up in "portrait" position on the desk wg=hich yould seem to be the most natural as the "EPSON" and other labels are in normal reading position, I can live with the lid opening into me, so I have to reach around to load documents. The worst part is the power and USB cord connections are on the front corner and drape the length back to the back side of the desk. Epson actually puts a warning in the packing/set-up documents NOT to tuck the cords into the groove on the hinge (for a neat appearance) due to electromagnet field interference, but to dangle them out on the desk! The mere fact that they had to make out a special one page document explaining that, should have been a hint to Epson corporate leadership. The first scan I ran, I discovered another odd design quirk. Wondering why the tops of my rebate copies was cut off, discovered the start point was not the upper left corner at the rear, but the lower left corner at the front. This means that the documents are laid out upside down, with the top closest to you.

The way I will probably set it up is in "landscape" on the desk, where wires are to the rear, but labels are sideway, and operational buttons will be to the rear right rather than the front right.