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Epson - Perfection V39 Advanced Flatbed Color Photo Scanner - Black
Average Customer Rating:
4
Rating breakdown 532 reviews
5 Stars
296
4 Stars
110
3 Stars
34
2 Stars
27
1 Star
65
78%of customers recommend this product.
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378 out of
487)
Customer Reviews for Epson - Perfection V39 Advanced Flatbed Color Photo Scanner - Black
Customer Rating
5
The Best!
on April 29, 2016
Posted by: Dave
from WI
Scans documents perfectly-which is the main reason I needed it. Excellent at photos too!Comes with easy to use software with several options-I just use the basic one for scanning and it worked great.For a quick scan it also has buttons on the front of the machine itself.
User Tips:
No power cord!-plugs in your computer's usb port like an external disk drive. (very cool)
Before first use just go to the Epson website and download the drivers with the scanner unplugged from the usb port. After download is complete just plug scanner in usb port- but wait nothing happens! Don't look for an on/off switch there isn't any. But don't sweat it ! It just takes a full minute or two for the scanner and computer to jive . After a minute or so the scanner's red light will come on and voila your ready to go!
User Tips:
No power cord!-plugs in your computer's usb port like an external disk drive. (very cool)
Before first use just go to the Epson website and download the drivers with the scanner unplugged from the usb port. After download is complete just plug scanner in usb port- but wait nothing happens! Don't look for an on/off switch there isn't any. But don't sweat it ! It just takes a full minute or two for the scanner and computer to jive . After a minute or so the scanner's red light will come on and voila your ready to go!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting epson.com
Customer Rating
4
on October 12, 2015
Posted by: receptionist
from Portland, OR
The scanner was pretty easy to set up and use right out of the box. The instructions were clear and it didn't take too much time to download the program to run it. I may not know all the tricks, but it does seem you have to click on the scanner icon every time you want to use it, a small inconvenience when doing multiple, single scans.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting epson.com
Customer Rating
5
Clean, Simple, and Quality
on October 31, 2015
Posted by: D Buffington
from Tampa, FL
Needed a scanner for health care office to input critical HR and patient care documents, images, etc.
Purchased the EpsonPerfection V39, a small footprint (flatbed) scanner. Great price, USB powered, OS X software and drivers included, and hi-res (4800 dpi). Clean, simple, and quality of the device. Thank you Epson!
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting epson.com
Customer Rating
3
Hardware great, software not so much
on August 2, 2016
Posted by: cartoonMike
from Bay Area, California
This is my third Epson Scanner and the hardware has evolved in the 20+ years I've been using them. The V39 is thin, sleek and operates very well, giving me excellent quality scans.
Then there's the epson software. On the Mac side, it's basically the same interface as the one I first used way back in the Mac OS 9 days. And it shows.
First off, the drivers for the scanner doesn't seem to recognize any of the buttons on the front of the Scanner. I assume they work in Windows, but Epson doesn't seem to really be invested in feature parity with the Mac.
The actual scanning software works okay, as long as you keep in mind that the software requires that you don't just click on a button -- you then have to move the mouse/cursor to have the software do what the button says. It's an additional step that makes the software seem like a quick knock-off so Epson can say it's Mac compatible. However, it's like having an game controller that requires you to hit enter after pressing any of its buttons. I first discovered this awkward need of the software after clicking on the Preview scan button and waiting minutes for the scanner to do something, only when I move the mouse cursor outside of the button's area did anything happen.
I tried to use Apple's own Image Capture app, but missed a number of features that the Epson Scanning software had, so I'm resigned to using this crippled interface in order to get better scans.
The scans are excellent, the settings sometimes gets "stuck" and I end up choosing the simple scan , doing a preview and then going back to the advanced settings and then they can be changed.
Overall, I'm quite pleased with the hardware -- scans are quick and the scanner is quiet. Pretty much state of the art, imho.
The software for the scanner, is sorely lacking and still as wonky and odd as it was back in the 90's. The best thing I can say about the scanning software provided by Epson is that it doesn't crash that much and is a great motivator to find a suitable 3rd party software to use instead.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting epson.com
Customer Rating
1
Epsom V39 scanner
on July 21, 2016
Posted by: VH
from Illinois
I really can't tell you how good this product is because I can not get it to work. The instructions/troubleshooting is terrible. I am using Windows 10 and don't know if that is the reason, but this scanner will not scan.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting epson.com
Customer Rating
4
EPson Scanner Does Its job
on April 30, 2016
Posted by: sbuddyharris
from Boca Raton, FL
The Epson Perfection V39 does its scanning with ease. The results are excellent and the transferring of the scan to photo programs is very user friendly.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting epson.com
Customer Rating
4
Good and Bad
on July 21, 2016
Posted by: lklavano
from Kennewick, WA
This scanner works with Windows 10. However, the buttons don't work. I have learned to work it from apps.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting epson.com
Customer Rating
5
Perfect for a low end scanner
on September 3, 2016
Posted by: Pathrider
from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
I did a great deal of research before purchasing this scanner and, after using it, I was not disappointed.
Epson has a solid reputation for its quality and performance and that was evident from the very first scan. The scan produced was actually better quality than the print I scanned from!
This scanner is compact and easy to use and set up. The use of a USB connection to power it also adds to the scanners simplicity. I use this to travel with to do scans so all of this is ideal.
This is an ideal scanner for someone on a budget or needing something that is portable and I would highly recommend it.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting epson.com