Epson DS-530 II Color Duplex Document Scanner Review pcmag.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from pcmag.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Epson’s $549 DS-730N Network Color Document Scanner is a capable document scanner for busy small-to-midsize offices. It s reasonably fast and reasonably accurate, and its three-year warranty makes its low price an even better value but it doesn t quite stand up to the Fujitsu ScanSnap iX1600 ($495), our Editors Choice for small-office scanners, which has Wi-Fi, impressive OCR accuracy, a higher duty cycle rating, and a touch-screen control panel. There s nothing wrong with the DS-730N, but with such fierce competition, there are few situations where we d recommend it over its peers.
Big Bang for Your Buck
Measuring 8.5 by 11.7 by 7.9 inches (HWD) and weighing 7.9 pounds with its trays closed, the DS-730N is about average in size and girth for a scanner in this class. As with most desktop document models, when its input and output trays extended and in service, its size nearly triples, so make sure you ve got enough desk space.
Printing Programs
Free utility from EPSON for using scanners and accessing the control panel of the EPSON Scan Utility for launching scanning apps: Epson Event Manager Utility is an often necessary application to have installed on your PC if you would like to take advantage of the main features of your Epson product.
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Samsung printer management software with advanced features, fax and scanning support for businesses: Samsung Easy Printer Manager is official printer software designed for usage with Samsung devices that can be used to monitor, setup and keep track of printers connected to a network.
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Epson’s WorkForce Pro WF-3820 Wireless All-in-One Printer ($149.99), the smallest of the WorkForce Pro line-up, is an entry-level business-oriented multifunction printer (print, copy, scan, and fax) designed primarily for small offices and home offices. It has good features for the price; it prints well and is reasonably fast. Like most lower-end inkjet AIOs, though, this one is a bit expensive to use, as it s not compatible with Epson s EcoTank bulk ink. That s the primary reason it falls just short of earning our Editors’ Choice nod. Otherwise, it’s a fine little AIO and well-suited for printing about 100 to 200 pages per month.