Rating: 
Summary: Quite Satisfied
Review: After reading countless reviews of Epson's and others, I bought the 1670 scanner, but made sure to download the latest driver (for Windows XP)before I even began the installation. Thus everything went very smoothly, and I was scanning almost immediately. It's true that the on-line instructions are not the best, but a little study time will make most things clear.
Some fifty year old color slides were readily scanned and produced fine enlargements for e-mailing or printing. With the current rebate, this is a very good value, and I'm quite satisfied. May I never need tech support!
Rating:
Summary: Quite Satisfied
Review: After reading countless reviews of Epson's and others, I bought the 1670 scanner, but made sure to download the latest driver (for Windows XP)before I even began the installation. Thus everything went very smoothly, and I was scanning almost immediately. It's true that the on-line instructions are not the best, but a little study time will make most things clear.
Some fifty year old color slides were readily scanned and produced fine enlargements for e-mailing or printing. With the current rebate, this is a very good value, and I'm quite satisfied. May I never need tech support!
Rating: 
Summary: Not ready for regular use
Review: During the first week of use, the pad under the document cover came unglued and starting falling every time you opened the cover. Bundled software is adequate, but not a home run. Other than a setup poster, no hard copy documentation. Probaly usable, but not for the scanning neophyte, and the suspect quality control evidenced by the dissassembling document speaks for itself....
Rating:
Summary: Very disapointing userinterface
Review: I bought this unit to scan old photos and slides. The software that drives the scanner is not intuitive to say the least. It has a fully automated mode to pick the best results for the user, but it "remembers" the settings from the previous manual operation. The "professional" mode does not let you control the size of file you create. Stay away unless you want a cheap product
Rating:
Summary: Very disapointing userinterface
Review: I bought this unit to scan old photos and slides. The software that drives the scanner is not intuitive to say the least. It has a fully automated mode to pick the best results for the user, but it "remembers" the settings from the previous manual operation. The "professional" mode does not let you control the size of file you create. Stay away unless you want a cheap product
Rating:
Summary: Very disapointing userinterface
Review: I do PR and marketing for a small hospital and have ended up scanning a lot more than I would have thought. I've used the 1670 for a couple of months now. It was easy to set up and quick to use; it scans quickly; the color is great. The OCR software that came with it works GREAT. The scanning software seems easy to use, altho I admit I use Photoshop for making any changes to photos or graphics, so I can't comment on whether the photo manipulation software works well. one of 2 quibbles: the scans all come out 1 or 2 degrees tilted, even if I've lined up the original against the side of the glass; is this normal for scanners? (...) . 2nd quibble: I sent in my rebate coupon the day I received the scanner, but I haven't received my rebate yet.
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Summary: Works fine for me
Review: I do PR and marketing for a small hospital and have ended up scanning a lot more than I would have thought. I've used the 1670 for a couple of months now. It was easy to set up and quick to use; it scans quickly; the color is great. The OCR software that came with it works GREAT. The scanning software seems easy to use, altho I admit I use Photoshop for making any changes to photos or graphics, so I can't comment on whether the photo manipulation software works well. one of 2 quibbles: the scans all come out 1 or 2 degrees tilted, even if I've lined up the original against the side of the glass; is this normal for scanners? (...) . 2nd quibble: I sent in my rebate coupon the day I received the scanner, but I haven't received my rebate yet.
Rating:
Summary: perfection, almost
Review: I got an Epson 3170 first which kept on crashing on my eMac. There was an issue with drivers that Epson didn't cover on their DownLoads web site. I took it back and got the 1670 at the Apple Store. It's not as good as the 3170 but it doesn't crash and since the return of the 3170, Epson now has updated drivers for Mac's.
I have hundreds of slides I'd like to burn to cd and the 1670 will do 2 at a time, in comparison to the 3170, which is 4. This may take me into the next life to get done, so I'm going to try showing the slides in the screen and taking digital pictures that way.
This scanner is relatively fast and easy to use. The buttons on the front, I never use them. Open the scanned images from Photoshop, or the editing software that comes with it (PhotoImpression), and work from there.
It's kind of noisy, the sound it makes reminds me of an old juke-box making a selection.
I'm a little dissapointed that I took the 3170 back but I'm sure this scanner is more than I'll need and what it does is more than adequate. You can't go wrong. The rebate helped, too.
Rating:
Summary: Nice Scanner For Home Use
Review: I got an Epson 3170 first which kept on crashing on my eMac. There was an issue with drivers that Epson didn't cover on their DownLoads web site. I took it back and got the 1670 at the Apple Store. It's not as good as the 3170 but it doesn't crash and since the return of the 3170, Epson now has updated drivers for Mac's.
I have hundreds of slides I'd like to burn to cd and the 1670 will do 2 at a time, in comparison to the 3170, which is 4. This may take me into the next life to get done, so I'm going to try showing the slides in the screen and taking digital pictures that way.
This scanner is relatively fast and easy to use. The buttons on the front, I never use them. Open the scanned images from Photoshop, or the editing software that comes with it (PhotoImpression), and work from there.
It's kind of noisy, the sound it makes reminds me of an old juke-box making a selection.
I'm a little dissapointed that I took the 3170 back but I'm sure this scanner is more than I'll need and what it does is more than adequate. You can't go wrong. The rebate helped, too.
Rating:
Summary: very disappointed
Review: i was looking for a scanner to fix old pictures with, scratches, tears ect... and this says it restores fotos quickly, i wasn't too impressed with the software, the higher the resolution you scan at, the longer it takes (which i knew) and the software freezes. i really wanted to just punch something using this. there is a warm up period with this scanner. for a 130 bucks, i really expecetd a little better. maybe it's me. i would pass this one by if i were you. and the instructions could be a whole lot better. i bought it on friday, and it's going back sunday. maybe my next one will last longer.
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