Epson Perfection 2480 Limited Edition Photo Flatbed Scanner with Feeder (B11B172171)

From the Manufacturer
Quickly scan stacks of business cards or 4-by-6-inch photos. With the Epson Perfection 2480 Limited Edition, it's easy to scan and organize important documents and snapshots, as well as slides and negatives. The 2,400 x 4,800 dpi resolution offers consistently brilliant results, and the included Multi-Photo/Business Card Feeder makes scanning and organizing all your business cards and 4-by-6-inch photos a snap!

User-friendly software means anyone can work more efficiently and still achieve remarkable results. In fact, the Epson Perfection 2480 Limited Edition even includes Epson Easy Photo Fix for one-touch color restoration of faded photos, slides, and negatives. And, this powerful performer speeds through every task, thanks to Hi-Speed USB 2.0.

What's in the Box
Epson Perfection 2480 Limited Edition scanner, business card and photo feeder, film adapter, software bundle with drivers and utilities, power cable and AC adapter, USB cable, setup poster, user's guide, warranty and registration information

Product Description:
The Epson Perfection 2480 Limited Edition Scanner has 48-bit color 2400x4800 dpi resolution using Epsons innovative ColorTrue technology to deliver outstanding quality when scanning everything from slides photos or film strips to transparencies graphics or text. 6 line CCD USB 2.0.

Average customer rating:

Surprisingly Good!

Love Epson scanners

scan a bunch of photos with little effort

Better than the HP 5500C!

Awesome for scanning many photos

Epson Perfection 2480 Limited Edition Photo Flatbed Scanner with Feeder (B11B172171)

Manufacturer: Epson
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

Scanners | Office Electronics | Categories | Electronics | Flatbed | Handheld | Sheet-Fed | Slide & Photo
All Accessories | Printer Accessories | Accessories & Supplies | Categories | Electronics
Feeders | Printer Accessories | Accessories & Supplies | Categories | Electronics
Office Electronics | Refurbished & Used | Special Features | Electronics Features | Electronics
Accessories:

Belkin F3U134-10 USB Extension Cable (10-Feet)

Canon 1029A004 Photo Paper Pro for BJC-8200 (8.5"x11", 15 Sheets )

Acoustic Research Spikemaster SM-BG8 8 Outlet Block, Standard Protection Surge Protector (White)

APC BE350U 350VA Back-ups Es

Epson Premium Glossy Photo Paper (S041667, 8.5x11, 50 Sheets)

Product Features:

Up to 2,400 x 4,800 dpi resolution, 48-bit color

Scan and organize stacks of business cards or photos up to 4 by 6 inches

Built-in film strip and slide adapter and photo/business card feeder

Easy 4-button operation to scan, copy, email, and start

USB 2.0 interface; PC and Mac compatible

ASIN: B0006TVTGE

Product Description

Quickly scan stacks of business cards or 4" x 6" photos. With the Epson Perfection 2480 Limited Edition, it's easy to scan and organize important documents and snapshots, as well as slides and negatives. 2400 x 4800 dpi resolution offers consistently brilliant results. And, the included Multi Photo/Business Card Feeder makes scanning and organizing all your business cards and 4" x 6" photos a snap!User-friendly software means anyone can work more efficiently and still achieve remarkable results. In fact, the Epson Perfection 2480 Limited Edition even includes Epson Easy Photo Fix for one-touch color restoration of faded photos, slides and negatives. And, this powerful performer speeds through every task thanks to Hi-Speed USB 2.0.

Customer Reviews:

Surprisingly Good!.......2007-06-16

I've scanned a ton of photos already. I put them in the feeder and it actually does what it's supposed to! No problems yet. I have Win Vista so I had to download the update - but worked great. I was really hesitant to buy this cuz of the price, but it's great and definately worth it.

Love Epson scanners.......2007-01-22

I've upgraded over the years and have always bought Epson. I helped folks out with Canon and HP scanners and always come away feeling the Epson was a faster and more user friendly device for less money.

scan a bunch of photos with little effort.......2006-07-01

I have many photos and would like to scan them, but do not want to do one at a time on a flatbed scanner. So a while ago, I learned about (and purchased) the HP 5500c Scanjet Scanner. HP's product was junk, the "auto crop" feature was more like auto slop. The resulting image that HP produced included an area around the photo including a bunch of the scanner's mechanisms visible along with the desired image. totally useless. Reading the amazon customre reviews for the HP 5500c Scanjet Scanner product, I learned that others found the Epson product to be the real deal. I found a seller, purchased the item and it arrived this week. I tried it out and had no trouble. Thank you Epson. Shame on you, HP, for aparently not even trying to get your product right before you push it out the door -- and for not doing anything once the problem was reported again and again by your customers. The epson product is the right choice.

Note - scanning does take some time, maybe 30-45 seconds per photo. So no matter what you do, if you've got 1000's of photos to scan, it is going to require some effort. Once I start on my collection, I will most likely hit the project 24 photos at a time, as time allows, rather than try to bang out hundreds at a time.

Epson, you rock.

Better than the HP 5500C!.......2005-10-28

I own the HP 5500C and it's been a pain since day one. It jams on nearly every photo. So far I haven't had a single jam from the EPSON. It's mechanism is more solid than the HP and it autodetects and crops the photos correctly unlike the HP. I've owned/used nearly every major brand of scanner out there. The only drawback is that even in automatic mode the scanner prescans the photo and the scans are slower than the HP...but that's the price you pay for having them cropped correctly. Since this item isn't made anymore I would get the new EPSON 3590 and order the photo feeder as an accessory. This gives you automatic film feeding as well as automatic photo feeding. The downside is that they want as much for the photo feeder as they do the scanner.....so buy both. I would give this 5 stars if is scanned a little faster and if it was packaged with the automatic film feeder as well. The included film/slide adapter does do well though.

Awesome for scanning many photos.......2005-10-18

The purpose of buying this product for me was to take advantage of the multi photo scanning ability - in particular I was focused on the photo feeder mechanism which most reviewers said worked pretty well. You must, of course, make sure the photos are clean and the feeder will get tripped up if the photos are bent at all, but this is pretty par for the course as far as feeders go. The feeder works pretty well.

What has gone way beyond my expectations are some cool features on the flatbead scanner. First of all, you can set the scanner for an auto mode and it will automatically detect the kind of document you are scanning and set the save settings accordingly. You can also set these manually, but I have found that unnecessary and love having the ability to scan in random documents (photo, to text, black and white, color) one after the other without messing with anything.

ALSO - this is the coolest - I placed multiple photos on the flatbead scanner and let it go on its auto settings and it AUTOMATICALLY saved each photo as a separate document and cropped the saved images perfectly. I can't tell you how much time this saves me. No more cropping and saving and resizing.

I am very happy with this scanner for my need to scan in and save lots of old photos!!

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