Epson FastFoto FF-680W

Epson FastFoto FF-680W

It's slower at photo scanning than the FastFoto FF-640, but it's far more versatile, because it is much better at document scanning, which means you'll still have plenty of use for it once you've scanned through all your shoeboxes of old snaps.

Good company, initial impressions okay

I bought the FF-680W to replace an Epson Workforce DS-410 that had an internal part break. I initially bought another brand scanner that is highly rated, but found it was too picky about what I could scan. My DS-410 would scan just about anything, including folded documents, with no problems.

Great photo scanner/editor

This is a great photo scanner, even will do thick pictures (need to change settings) just read the instructions. The auto enhancement feature works well but I like to do extra touch ups in light room. Make sure to clean and blow out the unit per instructions.

Great scanner and extremely easy to use.

This scanner saved our family a lot of money by allowing us to convert old family photos by ourselves as compared to paying thousands of dollars to one of the online companies. The scanner, even on the lowest resolution, produces great copies and extremely fast and its very easy.

Review of the Epson FastFoto FF-680W

Let's face it. The process of digitizing photos is mind-numbingly slow: the laying of each photo on the scanner and waiting the agonizing minutes for each to be scanned, then saving each photo.

Looking for a scanner that gives you the best possible quality scans of your old photos at the fastest possible speed The Epson FastFoto FF-680W promises to be one of the fastest scanners on the market. Here's why the Epson FastFoto FF-680W is a great choice for your home or office.

This Scanner Rocks!

I had high Hope's for this scanner and I was not disappointed. I cannot recommend this scanner enough. Easy setup (on my iMac) and simple operation. I scanned 1400 family photos this weekend. I have thousands more to go and look forward to finishing a project that I had been sitting on for years.

Excellent piece of kit

Blooming expensive I have to say but it does exactly what it says on the tin and is the only thing I could find that does scan boxes of stills. Quality is very good

Fast but the quality is poorer than a 1990's Scanner

I purchased this scanner after many glowing reviews for the sole purpose of scanning and archiving my prints. Even on the best quality scan settings the output from the scanner introduces artifacts that make areas of the photo look grainy or blotchy.

Very good but not perfect.

If you have a lot of photos to scan, and I do mean a LOT, then I can recommend this scanner. It can do an amazingly fast job, but it's not without some issues. The scanner sensor area can get contaminated from the photos sliding past it, so it's important to inspect the scans say every 50-100 photos to make sure there are no lines on them, or clean the sensor area frequently, which is thankfully very easy. Dark areas of the photos can appear quite noisy or grainy compared to the results from my old Canon flatbed scanner. The automatic photo enhancement functions get it wrong a lot. Results can be too bright, missing obvious red eyes or applying red eye fixes to the skin surrounding the eyes, leaving obvious dark spots where there should be none. Auto rotation causes more problems than it fixes but rotating the photos afterwards is very easy. Fortunately when applying any auto enhancements the scanner can be set to produce an unaltered copy too so you can select which photo version you ...