Once configured, the Cloud services worked wonderfully as I was able to send documents directly to Dropbox within the default “Epson Connect” folder.Previously, Epson claimed on EpsonConnect that the Microsoft cloud service was fixed as of April 1, 2021, but that seemed like an April Fool’s Joke because, well, it did not work at that time (it does now).From there, you can connect Dropbox, Box, Evernote, Google Drive, and OneDrive - except, the latter did not work until I tried again on Setting up Scan-to-Cloud cannot be done from the device itself but rather through the EpsonConnect website that also requires registration for an account.OCR is handled with Epson’s ScanSmart application for Windows/Mac That is partially misleading as the scanner itself cannot do that. Epson claims that the scanner supports Kofax Optical Character Recognition (OCR) that can detect scanned text and convert it to searchable and editable Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and PDF files.Now, there are some things that could be confusing or even frustrating. Documents, however, did not scan as well as the multi-thousand dollar ones at work, and this holds even more true when duplicating detailed graphics. In addition, there is a Dirt Detection feature that will inform you to clean the scan glass.įor a device of its size and price, the PDFs it produced contained sharp text, decent color reproduction, correct page orientations without skew (when enabled), and excellent imaging of both sides (duplexing) of each page. Text Enhancement worked well with Black & White scans where the scanner cleaned up the document to make text more readable. Scans could be as long as 240″ in length and blank pages could be automatically skipped. With Double Feed Detection enabled, it would stop the scan when it found multiple pages (or a thick one) coming through. Scan speed was reasonably fast for a device of its size at 35 ppm (pages per minute) while taking 70 ipm (impressions per minute) when duplexing, and documents could be saved as PDF, JPG, TIFF, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. You are subsequently presented with a Home screen with buttons designating the configurable scanning destinations, though I prefer the “Matrix” layout the most (Settings > Edit Home). Fortunately, Epson provides on-screen guidance with its fairly responsive, 4.3″ touchscreen. This scanner is equipped with wireless functionality and can connect directly to your router (wireless access point) the same way your smartphone would to your home WiFi or with Wi-Fi Direct. Both Windows and Mac should automatically know how to communicate with the scanner through its TWAIN driver the moment you plug it in. For most consumers, scanning directly to USB thumb drive or Windows/Mac computer with USB cable are likely the most intuitive setups. Those are enterprise grade options and as such, some configurations required a little more technical know-how. In other words, all but one would NOT require a computer. What I really enjoyed is its capacity to send scans to a variety of destinations: USB stick, network share (SMB/ NAS), Cloud storage service (Dropbox, etc.), email, directly to a host computer via a USB cable, FTP/FTPS, and SharePoint (WebDAV, HTTP/S). Its duplexing option allows it to see both sides of the page so you can capture the front and the back at once. The Epson Workforce ES-580W is a compact scanner that can automatically feed itself to read up to 100 pages in color, grayscale, or black and white. This desktop scanner has enterprise-level features, and it would not surprise me if the vast amount of settings would likely stump the average consumer. My background is in Information Technology (IT), and I will try my best to describe what is good and bad about this product and to provide tips that may be useful to you. Vendors cannot influence the review, neither a positive nor negative evaluation affects membership, and item’s value may be taxable income. Feeding single pages at a time through the portable Workforce ES-65WR became extremely tedious, and we were thrilled to find the Epson Workforce ES-580W offered through the Amazon Vine program.ĭisclosure: This product was received through Amazon Vine, an Amazon invite-only program offered to its most helpful reviewers for an honest, unbiased, unpaid opinion. Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit, were sent to work from home for over a year, and we lost our way to scan larger batches of files. There had been two ways I scanned our personal documents: at work with office-grade scanners (permitted after hours) and finding a way to send them home, and the Epson Workforce ES-65WR for once-off pages at home or while on the go.
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