Purchased this because I needed to archive tons of photos after my grandma passed. Love the enhancement feature and the option to name groups of photos prior to scanning. These are just for personal use and viewing so I'm only using the 600 dpi scanning. My only negative is the scanner does leave tiny scratch lines on the originals after passing through the plates despite cleaning frequently. Its not an issue for me since in most cases I'm throwing away the hard copy but for others this would be an issue.

Just bought the Epson FF-680W today. It loaded a few & displayed them. Thereafter I have gotten the message: Epson FF-680W quit unexpectedly. Click Reopen to open the application again. Click Report to see more detailed information and send a report to Apple.

this machine is very interesting and works well. it can give you exclamation mark for no good reason. It could do with a better explanation of how to us and the various buttons. You really should get lay people to check out the product and have their feed back ,not just what it seems engineers(with all due respect) I think you should make it possible to send the scanned photos to a storage device,cutting the steps of downloading to google drive.Many people do not know what google drive is? I certainly do not want to upload my photos to facebook ??

I thought the photos would never be saved and decided to try it anyway, all I have to say is “ Amazing “ they probably haven’t looked that good since they were first developed. All different sizes from 3x3-5x4 with no problem and with out using the sheet insert that came with it . I can’t wait to really start using it for the good photos.

I purchased this scanner the first week of January 2021. I have scanned a couple thousand photos from family albums already. Started out at 300 dpi but switched to 600 dpi. There is a difference especially if adjusting dark photos in Photoshop. I also have a Epson V600 that is great for slides and film. It would have taken me months to scan on the V600 what I have done in a couple of days this month. The hardest part is taking the photos out of the albums.

Digitizing family photos from last 30 years. This product just works. Waited a long time for the Epson version. 1200 dpi with enhancement takes some computer horsepower, be sure to match Epson OS version with your computer OS version for best results. Results are worth it and so easy for making digital (printed) albums. Thank you Epson.

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 would consider myself a “scanning enthusiast,” especially after taking the past few years to scan all of my family’s older photos and documents. Scanning the pictures from the 70s to the present was going to be a daunting task that I put off until I got the Epson FastFoto FF-680W Wireless High-speed Scanner System. The decades of memories, and years of work that it would have taken to scan each individual picture, was digitized in less than afternoon. This scanner is just completely amazing and blows every other scanner out of the water. Not only can it scan an entire packet of pictures in less than 30 seconds, it also scans the back, and enhances the photo to correct red eye, brightness, and restore color in faded photos. Any scanner that I’ve ever used has been so gigantic and bulky. They take over most of my work area and, when not in use, have to be stored elsewhere. One of the most wonderful things about the Epson FF-680W is how compact it is and is able to essentially fold up in itself. It only takes up about 1/3 of the space of a traditional scanner and doesn’t have to be tethered to your device. It also doesn’t push the document through the gears of the machine to scan an image; so if a jam does occur, you simply release the tray to gather your document and try again, without having to pull on the jam only making things worse. 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 found this product in the closet at home which was bought by Otto and found this product help settle to save and organize most of my photos and documents. It is really save my time to find & review all concerned historical records. It is great to have it ! !

Bought it this week and have already scanned over 100 pictures. Not bad but it does come with issues. First, if there is old tape or glue on the back of a picture, it jams. The back has to be scrapped clean and pristine. Secondly, it will not scan Polaroids. Too thick. An entire generation used Polaroid cameras so there are millions of those out there, fading and rotting. I have a flatbed scanner for those but many don't have that option.