Buy Epson Perfection 3490 Photo ScannerEpson Perfection 3490 Photo Scanner Product Description:
- 3200 x6400 DPI Resolution - Great for reprints and enlargements
- 3.2 Dmax for amazing clarity and color
- One-touch color restoration with Epson Easy Photo Fix
- Four convenient buttons-scan,copy,e-mail and PDF
- Included film holders to scan slides and negatives
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Perfection 3490 Photo scanner
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73 of 74 people found the following review helpful.
Dont Be Fooled By The Price
By Aryn M. Linnane
I purchased this scanner for two purposes. Firstly I wanted to scan old decaying family photos and archive them on the computer. Secondly I wanted to digitally archive home office paperwork to save space. I have to say this product does both of these functions flawlessly.This scanner has more than enough resolution for scanning prints. Keep in mind that nearly all prints have less than 300dpi (dots per inch). So if you are scanning prints or text it is really pointless to have a more expensive higher resolution scanner.On the front of the scanner there is a PDF button, copy button, and email button. The copy button worked fantastic in conjunction with my Dell laser printer for quick sharp copies. The PDF button simply puts the image into a PDF file that allow you to continue scanning into the same PDF document. I have not used the email button.Overall you a fantastic scanner for the money.
25 of 25 people found the following review helpful.
Great Scanner for the Price
By C. Biswas
At under $100, this scanner was a great buy for me. I wanted to scan my slides and negatives and needed to replace my old HP Photosmart Slide scanner (2400 DPI) which uses a SCSI card with ISA slot and is not possible to use with my new computer.The delivery from Amazon was fast and I was impressed with the looks - solid and smooth. The Epson scan software was nice too with all the standard histogram and curves controls. Unfortunately, the Photo Impression software was not up to mark, as it crashed a couple of times and then I discarded it. I never used the Bizcard tool.However, I soon realised it will never replace a standard slide scanner. The scans of Slides at 3200 DPI produce JPEG files of size only 700 KB. It must be doing a lot of compression, as my 5 MegaPixel camera produces 2MB JPEG images. There is no option of getting an uncompressed scan. Also it auto detects the slide frames and that crops the frames sometimes. But there is no option of selecting the frames myself, which the HP software had. Scans are noisy and the scanner takes much longer time than the HP, which used to take about 1 min per frame, and this takes 4 min per scan at full resolution.I gave 3 stars as although it takes good scans, there is a lot more data that can be extracted from the slides to get a great scan (not the ultimate scan that can be extracted from a Nikon Slide Scanner). But at this price not much more can be expected from the hardware, although some improvements can be expected from the software.
34 of 36 people found the following review helpful.Great product!
By Mike
For the price you pay for the Epson Perfection 3490, you acheive great results. It's capable of produce very fine quality digital images, and it's quick enough for me. The included software makes it very easy to auto scan with preset options, or allows you to decide all the options and get exactly the kind of image you need. Great buy!
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