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Epson Perfection 2480 Photo Flatbed Scanner |  | Brand: Epson
List Price: $149.99
Buy Refurbished: $73.20
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Rating:  15 reviews
Media: Electronics
Shipping Weight (lbs): 11
Dimensions (in): 19.5 x 15 x 6
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: B11B172011
Model: B11B172011
UPC: 010343850545
EAN: 0010343850545
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Crisp 2,400 x 4,800 dpi resolution, 48-bit color | | • | Built-in transparency adapter for 35mm slides and negatives | | • | 1-touch color restoration, Epson Easy Photo Fix technology | | • | ArcSoft PhotoImpression, ABBYY FineReader Sprint OCR software | | • | USB 1.1/2.0 interface, PC and Mac compatible |
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Product Description
With the Epson Perfection 2480 Photo, anyone can restore faded photos in just one click, for brilliant color reprints and enlargements. With 2400 x 4800 dpi resolution, remarkable results are easy to achieve. And, when used together with an Epson Stylus ink jet printer, it's the perfect solution for creating lasting memories.This fast, full-featured performer offers convenient, automatic scanning of special snapshots and important documents. The software package included makes every scan a snap. Exclusive Epson Easy Photo Fix ensures one-touch color restoration and dust removal, while Epson Smart Panel provides all the tools necessary to scan photos, text, or graphics with vivid results every time. And, with Hi-Speed USB 2.0, the Epson Perfection 2480 Photo speeds through every scan, so as not to delay one's creativity - whether it be creating a digital scrapbook or restoring photos from the family album.Compatible with both Windows and Macintosh, the Epson Perfection 2480 Photo provides the ideal fit for any home setting. Offering remarkable versatility and detail in one affordable solution, it's the perfect choice for bringing faded memories to life and sharing new ones with family and friends.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 15
 Excellent consumer-grade scanner September 3, 2004
zmagnet
62 out of 63 found this review helpful
I bought this scanner to scan and organize all of my paper photos. I'm very impressed with the quality of the scans, the colors are acurate and the detail is excellent as well. I also tried the negative adapter and it worked great.
The software that comes with the scanner is the best part. You can put a photo in the middle of the scanner, press the scan button on the scanner and it determines the orientation correctly (even if the photo is not perfectly straight). It's as close to "unattended" as you can get; you just have to swap the photos. I use it in combination with Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0 and use the "batch processing" feature to name and save all the scanned photos at once.
This job would be unmanageble on my old scanner, a CanoScan 620U.
I did have a problem with the first unit I bought being defective. I left it plugged in overnight and it was dead in the morning. I was happy enough with the results and low price to buy another one.
 Good scanner, but not for film. November 1, 2004
M. L. (Mass.)
39 out of 40 found this review helpful
This scanner was excellent for scanning pictures and images, but did poorly with 35mm negatives. The color was dull and had a brown tint to it. In comparison to the Canon Lide80, the film scan was terrible. This is a GREAT scanner if you do not wish to scan film.
Good for light use March 17, 2005
T. Milke (Ontario, NY United States)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
For a $100 scanner, I didn't expect high quality scans. What I did get out of it was a lot better than I expected. Most of the detail in photographs and documents came out pretty good. Hey, it does photos, slides, negatives, and works great with my Mac. That sold me right there. Not everything is perfect though.
When using the text "interpreter", it has a tendency to turn blemishes (fold lines, scratches) on the paper, into strange text, and unreadable ascii characters. It's not too much of a pain, as it's usually pretty easy to clean up with a text editor.
When doing negatives, it does not reliably scan all the images on the negative. I've had to scan some several times to get the image that I wanted.
This thing is also slow. We're talking slooow here. I haven't used that many scanners, but all the ones I've used have been lightning fast compared to this one. It took 3 and a half minutes just to do a simple document copy (scanner straight to printer).
There are times when a document or photo won't scan completely (the edges are cut off). I can solve this problem most of the time, by putting a colored sheet of paper behind whatever I'm scanning, and edit that part out in photoshop.
On the bright side, I've never had a problem doing slides. I can put three or four photos on the glass, and the scanner will turn them into seperate documents for each. Orientation doesn't matter either, just use the built in software to reorient the picture. (yes, it works on Macs too).
If you're just starting out, and need something inexpensive, for light work, this will satisfy your needs. If you are going to do a lot of scanning, then you'll probably want something speedier.
This isn't the greatest thing in the world, but it satisfies my needs.
High Quality Scans, But A Bit Slow June 20, 2005
Sam A. Mawn-Mahlau (Winchester, MA USA)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
First, on the most important topic: quality. This scanner produces phenomenal quality for the money. It's still a consumer grade scanner, but Epson simply delivers very good optical quality. I have scanned in 4x6 prints and used a scan to print an 8x10 that was perfectly acceptable - that is impressive.
Yes, the quality is noticably lower for scans of negatives, but that is always the case with flatbed scanners, and the only real alternative in the marketplace to spending upwards of a thousand dollars for a negative scanner is to have negatives scanned professionally. You should assume that the quality level for scanning negatives is high enough for use on the web, and for reproduction as 4x6 photographs, but your scans from prints will be better. You will find this flatbed competitive in quality with the lower end negative scanners, and can consider the negative scanning capability a nice throw-in for the price.
The interface is somewhat slow and tedious, in part because the "automatic" function really has limited use for me. I scan a variety of types of photographs and documents, and always end up making adjustments in "custom". It would be nice to be able to configure the software to go directly to "custom" (and would cut 30-45 seconds per scan), or to have "semi-automatic" pre-settings that would also cut time configuring the software for each individual scan. A lot of effort has gone into that automatic function, and for those who do not use the custom settings I suspect it is very valuable. For perfectionists (real or imagined) who want to make sure the scan gets all possible details and who want to carefully preview and adjust the images, the automatic function gets in the way.
There is a difference among scanners in quality, and spending more will almost always get you a higher quality scanner. But, for the money, it will be tough to beat this one.
 Good scans but defective CCD November 25, 2004
Sportynyc (New York, NY United States)
16 out of 18 found this review helpful
The unit I received appeared to have a defective CCD imaging system. The scan quality was pretty good, but every scan had 2 vertical red lines that went from top to bottom. Couldn't get rid of it no matter what I tried. Unfortunately, have to return to Amazon. Will probably try a different Epson model scanner next time around.
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