Epson Perfection 1650 Photo

Easy to use, does and good job scanning slides and prints.

Colors on negatives are sometimes way off.

Good scan quality, hardware well designed

Software is clumsy in manual scan mode

Simple one button automated scanning or full control manual

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May be a good machine .

Not compatible with an XP even with the Epson download

Well, I got eight years out of this before Epson stopped supporting it for Mac OS upgrades. The latest drivers don't work with Snow Leopard, tech support doesn't know if they will ever upgrade the software (which looked its age), and I refuse to use...

This scanner, and possibly other Epson(tm) products will not work in CS3. Epson needs to update their drivers; a problem which they refuse accept responsibility for. It works perfectly for anything pre-CS3, but if you plan on upgrading at some point,...

The Epson 1650 yielded satisfactory results while it lasted. However, it recently began making noise like gears being stripped and promptly gave up the ghost. I've been wondering how far I could throw the thing. I'll try H.P. next time.

As someone who only recently got around to upgrading to XP Pro SP2, I discovered that I needed to upgrade the software for my 1650. No problem. Epson has a new v5.71A TWAIN driver and NewSoft, for a mere $ 9.95, has an upgraded downloadable version...