Bought this along with an ES-60W scanner to arvhive boxes of old photos and I'm so glad I did. This machine is absolutrly amazing and fast. It scans both sides of the photo if it detects information, otherwise it skips the backside. It came with a carrier sheet to use with frayed, odd sized, turn clippings and etc.. I highly recommend this scanner to anyone wishing to scan lots of photos. It has saved me many, many days of work due the speed and capability. The only complaint, is that I wish you could change the file path and name descrioption from the scan button screen, rather than selecting Done andventering the settings option. I would also, suggest getting the ES-60W scanner for scanning photos to thick (Poloroid) or too small to feed through the FastFoto scanner. You'll thank me for it. I have over 6000 photos to archive.

This is a great scanner. I am using it to scan all my old paper photos from the days of using a film camera. The software that goes with it is great and easy to use, although it could be a bit more intuitive. But once you scan a few batches of pics you easily get the hang of it. I am pleased with the quality of the scans.

I purchased the FF-680W to expand the capabilities of my forensic investigation and engineering practice, replacing an 8-yr old DS-560 (this was a workhorse). I needed improved photo scanning capabilities and the 680 aptly meets those demands. The file management abilities of "Document Management Pro" that came with the DS-560 spoiled me. I was able to have several custom quick scan tabs that allowed a quick scan with documents scanned with detailed settings and stored at select locations (i.e. documents, checks, photos). I attempted to create customized actions in the Epson ScanSmart that came with the 680 and learned that similar customized actions are no longer available. Hence, additional steps are needed to store documents at your select locations after changing the settings for the nature of instrument saved.

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!!

I have been scanning many old family pictures for a few years now. Started with a Canon LiDE 220 flatbed and that worked well until I was faced with a mountain of pictures still to do. Scanning on a flatbed can be quite tedious and I tired of the labour. I did some research and decided on the Epson FF-680W, mostly because of all the promises and that it is wireless. Ordered it through Amazon and it was here in days. Because I wanted to preserve all these old family pictures, many precious, dating back to the early 1900's, I was prepared to pay for the best scanner the market had. This is the One folks. It has only been 6 weeks and I have knocked off scanning as many pictures in that time as I did with the flatbed in a couple of years. Mostly because of the long, tedious time with the flatbed when you lose interest and months go by. Now, this is not to say the FF-680W is perfect. I still use the flatbed for scanning some hard card photos, newspaper clippings and some quirky items that the roll through Epson cannot handle. But, the Epson has never damaged anything to date. In fact, it seems it can't, no matter how delicate the original is. All in all I have come away from this with a great appreciation for the Epson FF-680W scanner. I just received in the mail today a custom made dustcover my Mum made at my request. Thanks Mum and thanks Epson. Keep up the good work.

I want to love this scanner, but it has given me nothing but trouble. It doesn't work well at all. I get going on scanning pics and ultimately soon after I begin it will stop working and give me a code "bummer"?!?!? I have no idea what this means, I have googled and find NOTHING on this.

Bought this a few months ago and thought I would need years to scan all our family photos from the 1950s. Thousands of photos, with small writing on the backsides. TWO DAYS COMPLETED! The auto correction to make old faded photos look good again works perfectly. We are 10000000000% happy with this purchase. Epson did an awesome job with this device.

Did my analysis, read the reviews and then ordered this scanner so I could get started scanning all our old photos. Followed the instructions and when I selected my Mac OSX 15.x from the driver download page I was informed that Epson hasn’t finished the driver software that is compatible with the latest OSX. Now the scanner is sitting on my desk and I’m now checking their website every few days to see if it’s available. I’m considering sending it back and looking for a scanner that works with the latest operating system.

I bought this to scan and share old family photos. Had to get help downloading the correct software but it was a breeze once I was pointed in the right direction. Just using it for the first time but it is suiper fast scanning and the test photos are beautiful.

I bought this scanner recently so I could start preserving my old photographs. I cannot believe how quickly the scanner works! I was able to scan over 100 photos in a very short amount of time. It would have taken me days with old old printer/scanner. I would recommend this photo scanner to anyone who has a large number of print photos that they are looking to scan.