I have only scanned a few photos. I watched all the same reviews you probably did and image quality is excellent. However like many others, connecting this scanner to your existing wireless network is needlessly complicated. WPS was never a great implementation for many and many routers no longer even support. We have Unifi system which does not. I wanted a WiFi connection as tethering with USB cable (USB 2... really?) was not practical due to space issues. So I went through the Epson instructions for network connection, many, many times. I used the network scanning application, pushed WiFi buttons... and the scanner just never appeared in ANY list on my iMac. So frustrating. Save yourself some time and just use your phone to setup. 1. get the phone app. I used Epson FastFoto for iPhone. I assume Android will be same. 2. Take a picture of the label on the back of the scanner so that you can have the password for the 'SSID-Direct' network 3. Follow the instructions on the app. You will need to go to your phone network settings and you will see the network being broadcast by the scanner. Enter your password. 4. Once you have connected to your scanner's broadcast SSID network, you will then see your home network. App will ask you to enter the password for your home network. 5. Once you enter that, your scanner will then connect to your home network. 6. Go to your iMac or PC and run setup again. Now you will see your scanner listed and just click on it. Follow the instructions. You are all set. I would change to 5 star once Epson addresses the network connection and eliminates WPS as a method.

So far I am not impressed. The directions for setup up were far from great. One page that left a lot of information or critical steps out. Once set up, it was easy to use but then getting back into the program is confusing. You have to reinstall it every time.

This wont scan Polaroid pictures or pictures that are think from any backing. Other than that issue with a few pictures. I love this scanner. I have had thousands of pictures to scan for years and didnt want to spend the money. I have scanned about 3/4 of my pictures in one afternoon. I would definitely spend the money on this scanner again!!

The Epson FastFoto FF-680W Wireless High-speed Photo and Document Scanner is an very nice scanner! I really like the fast scanning abilities, the quality of scans, and very easy setup of the scanner. I was really impressed with the extremely easy setup and setup of the scanner. The provided instructions are very easy to follow and very intuitive. Instructions also provide driver links to Epsom’s website. I always configure computer hardware with the latest drivers from manufacturers websites for less problems and best performance and compatibility. The scanner is easy to operate. You can load multiple documents or photos and press the scan button to do the whole job. It scans very fast. Very nice when you have lots of documents or photos to scan. It saves a lot of time. It comes with some nice editing and correction software to fix the scratches or red eye in photos. Also if you need to rotate some images to the proper orientation or to crop them. The only issue I ran into was some very old photos I had were curved a little and jammed in scanner during scan. I had no problem straightening them out a little and re running the scan. I seen on other reviews that some people had scanner path marks added to their photos. I did not experience this issue with my photos. They came back out with no added marks. I really enjoy using this scanner. It will get me off my seat and finally get all my photos digitized and also scan all my receipts so they will be preserved if ever needed for warranty repairs or returns. This is a review for the Epson FastFoto FF-680W Wireless High-speed Photo and Document Scanner System that I received free of charge to do a beta test and review.

I bought this scanner 2 weeks ago and WOW is it fast and easy to use. I use the highest resolution 1,200 DPI and my pictures come out great. I am scanning thousands of family pictures and I love the feature that gives you 2 pictures - one original and one adjusted by the machine, which is generally better than the original picture. I have scanned 2,000 pictures so far (1,000 yesterday), and no problems with dust showing on the pictures at all. What a huge advance over flat bed scanners!!!!! I am super pleased! Paul Herr

If I could leave less than one star I would. This scanner is literally the worst in existence. I have to scan photos one by one and often it “jams” and I have to check my computer to see which photos scan, and if you use Microsoft, it will absolutely not show up in order. I have had to sort through thousands of photos when this scanner … you know, doesn’t scan. One by one. One by one. It brags it can take 30 photos at a time. Let me tell you. It. Does. Not.

I was looking for a good scanner for months. It was more than I wanted to spend, but worth it to get these high quality digital copies of my old photos. It will detect if there is writing on the back of the pictures and scan that too. It lets you compare the original photos with the fixed up ones. Only thing I would change is I wish it could scan documents too.

Right out of the box this product has easy to follow instructions on the "start here" paper to download and install drivers, also helpful instructions on how to connect to the wireless network, which my laptop easily found and paired with by using the wi-fi connect button located on the scanner. A usb cord is provided just in case there is no wi-fi, or user preference. I am amazed by the speed the scanner takes to scan photos, documents and the resolution levels which range from 300 dpi (takes 1 sec.), 600 dpi (takes 3 sec) and 1200 dpi (takes 10 sec). This Wireless High-speed Scanning System has a setting for panoramic and instant photos, which are great for Polaroids, and can scan up to 36 photos at a time depending on size and thickness. The scanner feed functioned properly every time and had no jam or scanning feed issues. I save receipts and lots of old photos that I am wanting to save digitally onto google Onedrive and can be uploaded to Dropbox as well as enhance when scanning, so this Epson FastFoto Scanner System is perfect and ideal for my needs! The provided carrier sheet included is best when used for protecting wrinkled, fragile, old and valuable pictures & documents. I like that Epson included a downloadable pdf format user manual that can be printed too (120 pages long) to get more information and details of Epson FastFoto scanner and advanced settings. Although I miss having physical installation cd discs, I think it's easier having the link to download everything the scanner needs and can set itself up.Despite having the auto rotation checked in advanced settings, when editing scanned pictures, I still had to click the rotate twice to get pictures positioned upright, but other than that I love how much better looking, brighter with higher clarity and image quality resulting from every scan! This is a review for the Epson FastFoto FF-680W Wireless High-speed Photo and Document Scanner System that I received free of charge to do a beta test and review.”

The actual scanning is easy, efficient and very satisfactory. However after 6 months of no problems the scanner has taken control of photo editing permissions. Permissions can be changed one picture at a time in Windows Properties, but this defeats the benefit of being able to scan many pictures if you then have to go in and reset the properties of each one.

I purchased this several months ago and it has been superb for use with paper documents. It does not handle photos well if they have any kind of additional sticker attached to the back which thicken them, otherwise it has worked seamlessly. Super-fast and reliable!