Epson Workforce ES-50 Ultra Portable A4 Document Scanner USB 3.0, 200-1200dpi, 5.5 seconds per page, Scan to Cloud or e-mail, Searchable PDF

I bought this after I saw that a colleague used one: I travel frequently and need to scan lots of documents. Previously I packed a lightweight flatbed scanner, but this one is so much better.It's well built, but compact and light. Installed really easily, scans fast and loads straight into an editing program. And the editing program is so simple to use - (here's your scan - do you want to add pages - where do you want to send them?) just the controls you need and seems to default immediately to the best options. Scans by default to pdf. Haven't looked for or tried other formats.Highly recommended.

Mostly this is a great scanner. It's small, works well, runs off the USB port and the software is good at picking up a date if there is one printed on the document.I have two gripes.Firstly the power cable has to be plugged in on the right, which is annoying for me as I'm right-handed, want the scanner on my right to feed documents, and my PC is under my desk on my left., and it's not really long enough to tuck out of the way.Secondly I wish the software could be a bit more flexible about setting the default name - I'd like just the date it displays. It also is a little annoying it always opens a window on the folder it's just saved the document into, and that the software window closes when I've saved a document. I'd like it to stay open ready to scan the next one, though I suspect that when I've caught up my scanning that will be less of an annoyance.But if you want to scan documents this is a great bit of kit. Far better than using my old flat-bed printer/scanner/copier to take scans.

I was unsure how simple to use this would be but can quite honestly say it is so simple, sets up quickly and the scans are so quick with good output. You can scan as a separate sheet or for multiple images in one pdf would recommend

I purchased the ES-580W and it's a lovely looking device, and smaller than I thought it would be. I’ve actually put it on the front room next to a vase as I like looking at it. I often go to court to defend my data protection rights and this process generates a lot of paperwork. I've been using the Canon imageFormula P-150 for many years but I had so many issues with double-feeds that I have to feed each page in one by one. It did a good job though. So, the main criteria for this scanner was that it needed to have the technology to prevent double-feeds. I also liked the idea of scanning directly to USB without having to use my PC.I had it up and running within minutes and I was scanning to USB. I was a bit concerned at first because it started beeping every time I pressed a button on the screen and that would have done my head in but fortunately there’s an option to set the sound to zero. I’ve also figured out how to set my user settings – 600dpi, colour, PDF, single document, duplex. When I get any post now, all I need to do is turn it on, scan the letter to USB and shred it. It took about 10 minutes to scan a 30 page document and I think it is the saving to USB process that is slows it down. It’s not an issue though for someone who is used to scanning page by page. My mission now is to scan in everything stored in my three drawer metal filing cabinet.My only niggle so far is that the touch screen is a bit sensitive and therefore, difficult to scroll. For example, when I try to scroll down the menu I often select an option by mistake. This is not a big issue though as I’ve now saved my settings.

I never managed to get this to work with my desktop.

This is a great scanner. I've only had it a short while but so far I've been very happy with it. I love how compact it is. Much better than my old flatbed scanner. The software is a little clunky and it took me a little while to get the WiFi connectivity set up correctly, but now I've got over those bumps in the road, I'm very happy with it. I just hope the software (including the mobile app) keeps working 🤞.

You get portability and its fairly easy to get working with linux with no drivers. If you want something simple to scan A4 documents, photos or ID its fine. However, if you your scanning pencil drawings it really does not pick up on subtle shadings at all, images looked washed out even at the highest settings. I was able to get better quality scans from an old cheap flatbed from 10 years ago. Same goes for scanning colour art posters, for some reason everything is quite grainy / rough on output despite the original artwork being slick / sharp poster stock. Over downsides is its not USB C which makes no sense in 2023 and you constantly need to clean the scanner after every few scans dew to line streaks appearing on images. Would not recommend if your want high quality scans, overall disappointed with the output.

Picked this up for £85 on sale having decided a scanner with paper feed was much preferable to a 'wand' type which I think was the right decision.Software comes on CD but better to d/l more up-to-date from Epson, including the usual firmware update for the scanner.Scan time is just a few seconds and you can adjust resolution, set to B&W only etc. which is what I did for scanning letters. The OCR works well to create searchable PDFs, however the Epson s/w shows its age with an interface that is quite basic.Slightly annoying that the scanner uses micro-USB connection, I'd have preferred a USB-C but there's a lead in the box. I found that the scanner works OK connected to a USB hub to reduce plugging in/out to laptop.I think this would be ideal for a home user or very light office use to save having to file paperwork.