| | Epson Perfection V200 Color Scanner |  | Brand: Epson
Category: CE
List Price: $99.99
Buy New: $82.05
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Avg. Customer Rating:  28 reviews
Color: Silver
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 11
Dimensions (in): 20 x 16.1 x 5.6
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: Epson Perfection V200 Color Scanner
Model: Epson Perfection V200 Color Scanner
UPC: 010343862869
EAN: 0010343862869
ASIN: B000S5KF34
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 4800 DPI for exceptional clarity | | • | Quick copying of documents and photos for arhcving purposes | | • | Automatic Scanning - scan to e-mail, create PDF's and more. | | • | Convenient film scanning to create enlargements up to 14 x21 inches | | • | Built-in transparency unit for slides and negatives. |
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Product Description
Epson's Perfection V200 Photo scanner offers the perfect solution for those seeking to archive their photo collection into digital form. The 4800 dpi optical resolution provides remarkable clarity and detail, and automatic scanning allows you to easily share and archive documents and photos (scan to e-mail, copy, create PDFs) with one touch buttons. Precision film scanning allows you to create enlargements up to 14x21 inches. An innovative lid design lets you easily scan oversized items and 3D objects ? great for scrapbooking. The built-in Transparency Unit allows scanning of 35mm slides and negatives with ease. Other unique features include One-touch restoration of faded color photos, Advanced Digital Dust Correction to remove dust from photos and film, and Creativity software included so you can do more with your photos. Macintosh - PowerPC G3 400 MHz or Intel-based CPU, USB 1.1 ? Mac OS X 10.2.8 or later, Hi-Speed USB 2.0 ? Mac OS X 10.2.8 or later, 128MB RAM (256 MB recommended),735MB hard disk space minimum, CD-ROM drive (4x or faster),available USB connection Physical Dimensions (WxDxH) - 16.9 x 11 x 2.2 inches (430.1 x 280.3 x 56.6 mm) / Weight 5.7 lb (2.6 kg approximately) Epson One-year limited warranty in the U.S. and Canada
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| Customer Reviews: Read 23 more reviews...
Reviewed for general scanning July 15, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
First off, I too had a smudge under the glass of mine. It was in the shape of the side of a palm and pinky finger, but without the fingerprint (like the person was wearing a glove). It is obvious in a scan with a very dark background only, otherwise not noticeable at all. Otherwise very clear glass. I had a Visoneer scanner that also had foggy glass (just generally foggy), so no big deal.
Now, I have a gripe about this scanner. The size of the glass is 9 x 12 inches, but the scans are only upto 8.5 x 11.7 inches. This creates problems when placing items on the glass and trying to ensure all actually will be scanned (doing a Preview will help). Also, the scanner cuts off between an eighth and quarter inch on the front and left sides of the glass. This can cut off decorative borders or small text at the edge of documents or photos unless placing the item a little inward from the edge. I find it hard to keep things straight when placing this way.
Aside from these issues, this is a great scanner. The lid has a white plastic cover inside , like most copiers/scanners do (I've read that Canon's has a cardboard insert). The insert removes easily to reveal the slide/film attachment (you have to put this behind the lid when you get the scanner, it comes in its own bag). I have my scanner positioned so that the lid opens to the back. It is on my desk's hutch which is 12 inches deep, so it fits perfectly. It's fast at previewing and scanning. I find that if I do a full scan at 600dpi photo, my hard drive actually can't keep up with the speed of the scan. So the scanner pauses throughout the scan waiting for the hard drive to write the data. A faster drive will not have this problem, at least not at 600dpi. I would like to point out that if you like to scan at high resolutions (I've gone as high as 4800 dpi with beautiful results on old photobooth photos) this scanner will do just that, but you need enough hard drive space on your system partition (usually C) to accommodate such a large scan, regardless of where you save the file.
As far as the driver goes, I use it alone without any software (when I scan inside PSP 9, I notice bugs in its settings). I like using Professional Mode. If you have any knowledge of 300dpi versus 600dpi, or color versus greyscale, then this should be easy enough for you. When scanning multiple items, PREVIEW allows you to select each area separately, then scan all at one time (the scanner will actually scan each one separately, save the file, go back to the edge, then scan the next until all are scanned, which seems wasteful on the scanner, but I guess other scanners do this way). Make sure to click the "All" button after selecting in order to scan all at once, otherwise it only scans the last item selected. By clicking on the icon next to the SCAN button,you can choose to save as JPG, BMP, TIFF, Multi-TIF and PDF. You can also choose where to save them, what prefix will be used for the file name and the start number. It also lets you open the folder where the file is saved or reopen the dialog after a scan so you can change settings between scans (like saving one scan as a BMP and then as a JPG, or in a different location, etc).
For magazine scans, I find descreening set to magazine at 600 dpi to be best. This feature actually removes the dot pattern typical of magazine scans. It works best on larger scans, smaller ones being too grainy. I find no use for Unmask Sharp or any of the color enhancing modes. I also find no use for Dust Removal which tends to make hairlines and eyebrows look like they were painted on. The thing that makes this scanner really stand out from my old Visioneer is the auto-exposure setting. I almost always use this. TIP: I use a black construction paper backer on many magazine scans to eliminate bleed through of the text on the other side of the page. This is also useful for two-sided documents where bleed through is apparent.
Lastly, I like that the scanner goes into standby mode after ten or fifteen minutes (still haven't timed this, believe it or not). If I restart the PC it stays in standby (my Visioneer always woke up which wastes energy and bulb life). It only comes on if I start the driver or push the power button. The warmup time is less than 30 seconds also, so better than my old scanner with that, too. The other buttons are useless for me. I didn't install any of the disc's software. I downloaded the driver from the Epson website.
I've done over a thousand scans with this scanner and had one crash (my fault - tried to cancel in the middle of a scan in Paint Shop Pro). My old scanner crashed every 20 or so scans. Photos look as good as I hoped, noticeably better than my Visioneer 6100, and I can scan at higher resolution for enlargements. Magazine scans are very good, but need to be shrunk to look sharp (I'd say anything more than 50% is too big for good quality). I use them as desktop wallpaper, anyway (at 1600 x 1200 pixels after shrinking, an 8x10 inch scan looks very good after some editing). I still haven't used the slide/film attachment, so no comment on that. I wish I could say it's better than current competing scanners, but I haven't used any of them.
 INCREDIBLE! SCANS MORE THAN 35 MM and FILM SLIDES!! June 25, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Sort of a long review, but I think YOU WILL find it informative. I'm too excited to not share it.
Where do I begin on how much I love this scanner? I had an Epson Stylus RX620 all-in-one, and the other day, it went out on me. I have no idea why because it was barely used. I think the refurbished part is suspect.
Because I loved the transparency/negative film scanning feature, I did some research here (thanks, folks for your input!) and decided that I REALLY wanted another Epson. I truly prefer Epson. I've been blessed to have made lots of money with my Epson TOYS! I saw that I could get just a scanner (without the printer, which I think is why the previous all-in-one version bit the dust), I decided to get it just as a stand-alone office tool.
Someone else lamented how they wished these could scan more than just 35 MM film negatives, and I am here to tell you: YOU CAN!!!
I am excited to hopefully turn the disappointment from that reviewer around!! AS with my previous Epson, I toyed around with the film/slide holder template, and slipped some of my "go with me to the grave because they mean that much to me" negatives in to scan. The way that I did that was to position the 110 size negative (read that again!) in in place of the 35 MM negative. It takes a little bit of patience in the overall process, but you CAN do it. YOU CAN GET YOUR MONEY'S WORTH.
35 MM negatives and slides can be firmly secured in the template holder. Handle this holder carefully, and DO NOT USE MUCH FORCE TO SNAP/UNSNAP IT WHEN YOU UTILIZE IT. Other negatives or non-standard media will have to be placed within the 35 MM scanning field. Rule of thumb: if that's where 35 MM negatives are scanned, virtually anything can be scanned. The light that passes over the negative is just within a certain parameter, and the template holder is your guide. You'll also want to keep a lint-free, ultra soft cloth handy so you can wipe off fingerprints from the glass when you change media. A cotton t-shirt is what I use. You can also GENTLY wipe off your negatives and media. I DO ----NOT----RECOMMEND USING ANY WINDOW CLEANER BEFORE OR DURING YOUR FILM/SLIDE SCANNING PROJECTS! Doing so creates the risk of the warm glass and solvents DAMAGING your media. DO NOT USE GLASS CLEANERS! Moisten the t-shirt enough to dampen it if you need to, and use GENTLE strokes on the glass. DRY WIPE NEGATIVES/MEDIA. (Sorry for the heavy emphasis in all caps, but I don't want you to ruin your stuff. Handle every aspect of your scanning with care, and you will see the reward in your finished product and effort. Truly worth it.)
Last night, I was ambitious to work with my rare ViewMaster slides, (yes! the round catridges that you put in a plastic toy viewer and see the "mini" 3D images), and guess what? I have each and every picture in amazing quality. Brilliant color! Bear in mind, the ViewMaster slides are smaller than an XD card, about the size of a Clorets piece of gum. I again lined up the picture inside the 35mm strip zone, and toyed with the scanning functions (I scanned the ViewMaster slides at 4800 dpi, under the POSITIVE COLOR FILM option. It takes a few minutes to scan them, but, if you WANT your pictures, a few minutes is still better than not having them at all. (For photo negatives, you must select NEGATIVE COLOR FILM.)
The technique that works best for me is: I place the photo media (negative or slide that is non-standard for this scanner to be scanned) inside the plastic 35MM negative film holder area template.
Next, I do a preview scan to see where the photo is so I can frame (pre-crop) it to be scanned. FRAME YOUR PICTURE, small as it is in this preview, AS BEST YOUR CAN SO YOUR ZOOM PREVIEW WILL LINE UP. Otherwise, it will appear off-center. Another trick I discovered through the process! I then do a ZOOM scan (you'll see a ZOOM button in your Epson software page when you acquire an image) and that takes about 30 seconds. Remember, it is adjusting the ZOOM camera lens FOR YOU. When the enlarged image displays, I then frame it as I want it scanned, and I proceed by selecting the SCAN button. It took my project an average of 2 minutes per scan, but I got MORE than I bargained for after about 2 hours of work on all the scans. I made some adjustments with BRIGHTNESS and CONTRAST before scanning. I selected COLOR RESTORATION (for the color ViewMaster reels) and got to see the image before I scanned.
My experiment with a few extra minutes of my time turned out to bring me a great night of joy just watching movies and scanning pictures I never thought I could see other than the little toy ViewMaster. My 110 sized negatives are of my late father, and I've been terrified of sending them off to be developed only to have them lost. I NOW HAVE THEM SCANNED AND VIEWABLE.
These two scanning projects alone were well worth me shelling out $89.00 for. If my scanner died now? Who cares. I've got my money's worth already, thank the Lord. (NOTE: I am running the software on Windows VISTA laptop, and it runs smoothly for me.) I'm adding some images to this review in hopes to demonstrate what I have accomplished with this scanner. I TRULY hope that my experiment will help others find unexpected joy by scanning in (basically post-developing negatives in your own home) their cherished photos and perhaps, like me, my (KISS) ViewMaster reels (released in 1979) that I have had since I was a kid, now a rare collectors' item. I'm 36 years old, but I felt like I was 7 all over again when I saw these images again. I am truly blown away, yet again, with a fine Epson product.
If anyone is able or needs to contact me through Amazon's forum here, I will be happy to respond back and offer whatever tips and help I can. The process is a tad-bit structured, but, it is, to say the least, a great way to spend an evening. It could very well be a nice family project to do.
There's a certain magic about making the impossible happen, and all ages can enjoy the fun!
Copy old photos June 13, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great scanner. Simple software- scans 3 or 4 photos a time. The machine senses the number of photos, though you have to get the hang of how to position the pictures on the glass. It determines if they are color or b&w, and each appears as a separate file. Very cool and much quicker than single scanning. The image quality is very good, even at standard settings, and often the images are clearer on the computer than on the original. If you need really high resolution, the scanner can do that too, but it takes a while. I've not tried to do negatives or slides.
 Would have been OK with clean glass... April 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Thanks to Amazon's shipping efficiency, I got my scanner faster than expected. Only to find out sooner that the glass was dirty inside (spots of iridescence and cloudiness). Not something you would want from a scanner supposed to give you a sharp rendition of the stuff you put on.
I agree the scanning is fast, and it works well with Leopard.
I also agree with previous comments on the poor choice of power and usb ports location.
As for the software... Well, I wasn't impressed (for a Mac user, there was a "classic feel" to it), but didn't take the time to look into it.
We'll see how the return process goes...
Great Scanner for MAC user. March 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had been using an out-of-date scanner & wanted a simple scanner for family photos that worked on MAC Leopard.
This scanner works well. The sale/delivery was top notch & the price reasonable.
Very satisfied.....
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