The flatbed scanner was the first to get the testing treatment, so we placed a Polaroid onto the plate to see how it would cope with a standard scan, and then colour correcting for the faded film using the tweaks in the Epson Scan software. After everything has been set up, you can initiate the scanning procedure using the buttons on the front of the scanner or through the Epson Scan interface. Installing the scanner software is relatively straightforward, and you can choose to install selected items of software (such as drivers and OCR only) or the entire lot in one go.

Unfortunately, the software provided with the scanner doesn't allow you to profile or calibrate the scanner in any way so to get the most out of the final scans it's going to be necessary to get a bit of Photoshop action (provided along with the scanner in its Adobe Photoshop Elements guise). Like most consumer scanners the V600 uses an LED light source. The V600 comes with film holders that can take 35mm, 120 film or slides.Īs for the specifications of the scanner, the maximum resolution the V600 can achieve is 6400dpi at 48-bit colour depth. Open up the lid, and underneath you'll see the removable flatbed padding and the glass plate onto which you place paper, photo prints or transparencies (after removing the padding though). These scanners can be a little temperamental.

Note that if you need to move or transport the scanner once you've unpacked it, you'll need to lock it again to help prevent damage. It's not that compact for a flatbed scanner though, so expect it to take up some valuable desk space at 4.1kg and 48.5cm long.Īt the back is a USB 2.0 connection that's cleverly half-concealed by a plastic lock that needs to be moved to the side to render it operational. It's styled similarly to the TX710W multifunction which we recently reviewed at least the buttons on the front panel and the blue elongated light strip are similar. The design of the scanner itself is rather uninspiring: a black, long container with some smooth edges and corners at the front of its top panel.

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