Plustek Photo Scanner Ephoto Z300, Scans 4x6 Inch Photos in 2 Seconds, Auto Crop and Deskew with CCD Sensor, Supports Mac and PC

When I started to look for a photo scanner I was going to spend £400 plus on a multi-feed scanner, I'm glad I didn't. As it's very unlikely the very small photos from 40 - 90 years old would have been able to go in the auto feeder. That said this is a great piece of kit and works very well. you have to feed each photo but take's in the photo once the photo reaches a certain point and scans very quickly. I have scanned over 1500 photos over about 10 hours and this includes filing them etc. far quicker than an all-in-one lifting and placing each one. I already have four other scanners 2No A4 BW both sheetfed, 1no A4 single sheet colour and 1no A3/A4 multi feed/single sheet colour. Three are Brother, one HP. All are very good but none does this job as well as the Plustek Some reviews complain about the software but it does what it says on the tin its simple to use and once you get into the rhythm very easy. There is a limit of 50 photo for each batch but all you have to do is save this batch in a location of your choice and start again you can scan 1 or fifty it doesn't matter and save each time. The quality is fine and when you consider the age of some of the photos you are likely to scan and the cameras our ancestors used. This scanner brings out a good image sometimes better than the original. I am very pleased with it. One note, this scanner does not scan negatives for that you would need a Plustek OpticFilm 8200i SE which is about £300. It's been very good value for money especially when you consider the competition.

I bought this in place of an Epson V600 whcih I could never get working after 4 hours of dicking around. That was a flatbed photo scanner. This is a top-loader. This is a top-loader photo scanner which does docs as well. Set-up took <5 mins including downloading the drivers. So far it has been excellent. 300dip jpg wizzes through and 6oo dpi jgp a smidge longer. It does all normal formats though I haven't tested them. I did 60 photos in 25 mins including faff time, and have hundreds to go so am really glad. Does sizes A4 down to passport size. The feeder auto-centres when you feed in. Lots of functionality. The cost of getting the photos digitised was roughly £0.80p/photo so it definitely made sense to me to buy. Only a couple of whines - could be some documentation and the target directories could be easier to change. You need to wait for the scan process to finish before the next one can be done even though the photo has already come out of the bottom. Good thing is that the photos are grouped as you put them in but not saved so you can select them all and put them into a specific folder, but once saved to the folder you can't edit them again unless you re-scan or use another package. So far I am really impressed with how simple it was to set up and use - definitely intuitive. For smaller photos you can put them in two at a time to create a single image. The footprint is roughly A5 deep and high, and A4 wide so nowhere the footprint needed for a flatbed. Plus the ergonomics of an intuitive top-loader make it quick and easy to use - no dicking around with lids and having to place photos in a specific area. Doesn't do negatives though, but not an issue for me. So far a great buy - definitely reccommended!

Decided after many years that I needed to take control of my photo collection (about 5000 pictures pre-digital camera era) and hoped that this would be the device to allow me to do that... Initial thoughts on unpacking were: - good design - solid build - simple physical setup Installing the software (for a Mac) was a simple case of visiting the website and downloading the latest version, double clicking and then installing - what could go wrong? Running the calibration was also straight forwards - select from the menu and follow the prompts. The application, as has been pointed out in other reviews, is not the best and provides almost no standard features we have come to expect from a modern application: - opens in one of two modes, either a fixed size window or full screen. There is no option to resize... - opens on the primary screen only. I have a multi monitor setup for my Mac and had to set one of the large monitors as "main display" and then reopen the software to get in on the screen. Once installed and visible on the right screen the actual software use is straight forwards, configure the filename default, set the folder location and the resolution and you are good to go. The scanning resolution can be set to either 300dpi or 600dpi only - no additional options. This is acceptable for home use, but not for any "serious" requirements. The software has a set of simple controls for image quality and picture restoration. Again, they are suitable for home use (archiving, sharing, TV display) but I would recommend using an alternative product to correct the image if quality is paramount. Scanning is very simple, and in the case of 300dpi, almost ridiculously fast. Drop the photograph into the scanner feed location and 2-3 seconds later it appears on the screen ready for editing. All image are scanned to a staging area to allow them to be corrected and then saved - but you are limited to 60 images before you MUST save them which prevents you from scanning large number in a continuous run. I can only assume this is due to software limitation and the lack of correct memory management. It is also worth pointing out that the scanner can ONLY be used by the provided software - it does not appear as a selectable device other applications. HOWEVER... I have returned my scanner due to hardware(?) issues causing a "lockup" / "freeze" at random intervals through the scanning process. As a result I cannot comment in depth on the additional features of the software or the results it may be possible to achieve with some practice and mastery of all of the features - but my initial impressions (once you get past the limitations) were quite good. I really wanted to like this device: - it is simple to use - it is relatively inexpensive for what you get - it is fast (even without an automatic document feeder - see the Epson devices but be prepared to pay a premium) - it produces reasonable images which are more than suitable for home use ...but the annoying hardware glitch has spoiled the overall experience for me. Overall the quality and end-to-end workflow is, for a relatively inexpensive bulk scanner, quite good - and I would recommend this product for anybody with a large photograph collection looking for a cheap alternative to a professional scanning service. Hopefully you will get one that works correctly - by the number of reviews on here there are a lot of people who have - but the bottom line from me is that the product is good at what it does (when it works) but is let down somewhat by the software that supports it.

Simple, rápido y efectivo. Hace lo que dice. Que no es poco.

I started a project decades ago scanning in old photos with a flatbed scanner, and it took forever. At some point life took over, and I ran out of time to finish the project. The old flatbed scanner was outdated and no longer compatible with my laptop, so I took the plunge and shelled out for this, which is worth EVERY penny. It comes with a CD, but I easily found the software online and downloaded it, and it worked perfectly with my laptop. It is VERY FAST and easy -- automatically detects proper cropping or orientation if you drop the picture in crooked or sideways, and it's easy with a couple clicks to change orientation on the computer before you save the files. The scan quality is perfect, and the file size is small enough that they uploaded to my photo site WAY faster than new digital photos from a camera or phone. I was able to quickly finish my scanning project after all these years and organize the old photos to be given to those pictured one day when I'm gone.

This little photo scanner works really well. It is easy to use and scans pictures fast (a few seconds per pic). It shipped very quickly. You can set the "prefix name" of pictures so if you are scanning from a trip or something you can set the initial name of the pictures and it will add a counter on the end so you don't have duplicate names. The scan resolution is 600dpi and it isn't perfect but the quality is decent and honestly absolutely worth it to get rid of the boxes of pictures we inherited from family. The scanner comes with a CD which is useless to most computers these days but the software can be downloaded from the Plustek website (last updated Apr 2021) and it has some nice features for cropping and optimizing image quality of the scanned images along with setting the scan location so pictures can be saved to cloud storage right away. Note a 600dpi 4x6 picture is between 5 and 13 MB (depending on colour and complexity of photo) Overall, extremely happy with this purchase, well worth the $ compared to an Epson Foto which is over twice the price!

Der Scanner ist sehr gut; speziell für den Preis. Ich habe mit der Weile einige hundert Fotos verschiedenster Formate und auch diverse Dokumente damit eingescannt. Die Qualität ist gut. Klar es ist kein Premium Gerät und mit einem Profiscanner könnte man wahrscheinlich mehr aus den Bildern rausholen. Aber dann liegt der Preis auch ganz schnell bei etlichen Hundert Euro. Das Gerät ist einfach zu bedienen und man kann mit der mitgelieferten Software die Bilder scannen und auch gleich bearbeiten. Die Auflösung lässt sich zwischen 300 und 600dpi umschalten. Bei 600 dpi geht diue Geschwindigkeit runter und das Ergebnis ist nicht so viel besser, dass die zusätzliche Zeit gerechtfertigt ist. Es lassen sich immer nur 50 Bilder einscannen. Dann muss einmal gespeichert werden. Aber damit kann ich leben. Generell ist die mitgelieferte Software recht einfach und intuitiv zu bedienen. Sie kommt nicht an gute Photobearbeitungssoftware ran, aber dafür ist sie ja auch nicht gemacht. Nachbearbeiten mit anderen Programmen geht immer. Aber die Ergebnisse sind recht gut. Ich habe recht alte Bilder aus den 70er und 80er Jahren gescannt und die Farben sind Teils schon stark verblichen. Mit der Funktion "Weißabgleich" kann man mit einem Klick die Farben wieder herstellen. Das Ergebnis kann sich sehen lassen. Auch hier gibt es bestimmt bessere Programme, aber man muss sich halt auch immer FRagen, was man mit den Bildern vorhat. Wenn man "nur" alte Aufnahmen sichern möchte kann man schnell und einfach große Mengen digitalisieren. Auch Dokumente kann man schnell und mit guter Qualität sichern. Bei allem hilft der automatische Einzug. Man muss zwar die Bilder einzeln einlegen und warten bis sie durch sind, aber das erleihtert die Arbeit deutlich im Vergleich zu einem Flachbettscanner wo man immer alles einzeln auflegen muss. Fazit: In der Preisklasse ein sehr gutes Gerät. Kann ich empfehlen.

Dovendo scannerizzare foto di famiglia in grande quantità erano anni che cercavo qualcosa di più veloce rispetto ad uno scanner piano dove devi mettere la foto, lanciare la scannerizzazione, alzare coperchio, togliere la foto ed inserirne un'altra etc etc........capite bene che scannerizzare così 1500 foto viene male!!! Mi sono imbattuto in questo scanner di un marchio Plustek che non è certo l'ultimo arrivato e di cui avevo già uno scanner per negativi e diapositive che funzionava molto bene. Appena l'ho visto ho subito fatto ricerche sul sito per capire le sue caratteristiche e per quello che dovevo fare io (scannerizzare 1500/2000 foto a 300 dpi) era perfetto. L'ho quindi acquistato e si è rivelato molto meglio di quello che pensavo....oltre ogni aspettativa. La scannerizzazione a 300 dpi è velocissima e in una serrimana ho già scannerizzato 800 foto. Oltre a questa velocità mi ha piacevolmente stupito anche il software di cattura perché consente molte funzioni di miglioramento della foto. Proprio quello che cercavo. È tutte queste funzionalità sono sempre molto intuitive e automatiche. Cercavo proprio questo. Non sto dicendo che sia lo scanner migliore del mondo ma è un ottimo mix tra qualità e velocità. Non volevo perdere mezz'ora a foto per correggerla.......volevo proprio qualcosa che sistemasse la foto al volo rendendola più che discreta. Pensate a foto del 1920 o 1930 o anche foto di solo 40 anni fa tutte ingiallite e virare. Perdere 30 minuti a foto........avrei finito fra 20 anni!!!! Con questo attrezzo in una sola settimana come dicevo ne ho fatte 800 e tutte corrette al volo e con ottimi risultati. Ho provato anche la scannerizzazione a 600 dpi giusto per provarla e funziona sicuramente bene ma a 600 la scannerizzazione diventa molto più lenta....cosa peraltro dichiarata anche nelle specifiche. Esegue scannerizzazione solo a 300 e 600 dpi e nella maggior parte delle volte è più che sufficiente. In soldoni un grandissimo strumento che mi sta salvando da un lavoro infinito. Unica nota negativa: avrei voluto che applicasse in automatico i miglioramenti software a tutte le foto e invece sono costretto a selezionare una alla volta ad applicargli le correzioni. Poco male......è una operazione molto veloce. Per me quindi consigliatissimo. Roberto.