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Epson FastFoto FF 640 High Speed Photo Scanning System with Auto Photo Feeder

Last Updated: November 25, 2018 (Refresh Now)
8.4
SCORE
/10
Total Reviews
255
Old Reviews
14
Unverified
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Review Analysis - 138 recent, verified reviews

Detailed Mode
Scan Quality
 72
scan, scanning, scans, scanned, photos
+94%
-6%
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" ...  Fabulous photo Scanner! ... Allows you to create folders while scanning.  ...  "
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" ...  I scanned 5082 pictures on the first day.  ...  "
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" ...  Perfect scanner for the tasks ahead - scanning thousands of pictures  ...  "
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" ...  I had more than a thousand pictures to scan for my family and this scanner allowed me to scan much quicker than on a flatbed. ... I highly recommend it for anyone with a large scanning job.  ...  "
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" ...  Comes with several different applications that you can try out and see which one you like first before scanning all your photos. ... I was going to have my photos professionally scanned but it was going to be much more to get them scanned at 600 DPI which this scanner does.  ...  "
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" ...  The best thing out there for scanning photos. ... I just finished scanning over 30,000 photos at 600 dpi.  ...  "
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" ...  I got this to scan a huge number of family photos. ... If you have a lot of photos to scan this is the scanner to use!  ...  "
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" ...  My piles of old photos were scanned at blazing speed !  ...  "
Picture Quality
 41
scanner, scan, scanning, scanned, scans
+88%
-12%
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" ...  I was going to have my photos professionally scanned but it was going to be much more to get them scanned at 600 DPI which this scanner does.  ...  "
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" ...  The best thing out there for scanning photos. ... I just finished scanning over 30,000 photos at 600 dpi. ... It fed everything from small school photos to 8 by 10's reliably. ... If you have a lot of photos to scan this is easy and much cheaper than sending them out.  ...  "
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" ...  My piles of old photos were scanned at blazing speed !  ...  "
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" ...  Sometimes white line appears on photo so have to go back and clean photo and scanner.  ...  "
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" ...  Does well with restoring old photos.  ...  "
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" ...  You do need to clean the insides regularly to prevent some streaks in photos.  ...  "
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" ...  - dpi setting, I prefer the 300 dpi, IMHO the 600 dpi setting blurs the pictures. ... - Don't set any enhancements, use a 3rd party software to enhance the pictures  ...  "
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" ...  Just on the picture files.  ...  "
Overall performance
 23
job, easy to use, speed, amazingly, photos
+100%
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" ...  it orks great and very fast.  ...  "
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" ...  My piles of old photos were scanned at blazing speed !  ...  "
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" ...  Very fast compared to other scanners.  ...  "
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" ...  Amazingly fast, great quality.  ...  "
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" ...  The 600 DPI mode is pretty fast too.  ...  "
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" ...  Speeds things up a lot.  ...  "
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" ...  very fast, also with 600dpi.  ...  "
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" ...  Easy to use and does a great job.  ...  "
Ease of Use
 20
easy, software, fast, software is simple, intuitive
+100%
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" ...  easy to be used and installed.  ...  "
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" ...  Easy to use.  ...  "
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" ...  It is really fast and easy to use.  ...  "
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" ...  Included software is simple and transparent to use, with easy to decipher settings.  ...  "
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" ...  The software is simple and easy to use. ... It's intuitive.  ...  "
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" ...  The settings are easy to understand.  ...  "
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" ...  easy to install and easy to use.  ...  "
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" ...  Easy to use and does a great job.  ...  "
Camera
 18
pictures, family, scan, preserve, fast
+89%
-11%
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" ...  I got this to scan a huge number of family photos.  ...  "
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" ...  I bought this for an upcoming project to scan all of the family photos from a time before digital cameras.  ...  "
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" ...  Does well with restoring old photos.  ...  "
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" ...  You can set it to copy the back of photos as well which is nice as many of my photos had notes and dates on the back.  ...  "
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" ...  I purchased this to begin digitizing old photos.  ...  "
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" ...  I would have liked the ability to save photos as TIF - granted not an issue for most people but would have been nice to have.  ...  "
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" ...  Would recommend this for your photos.  ...  "
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" ...  Has been working nicely to help organise my photos  ...  "
Price
 17
well worth, money, worth every penny, scanner, worth the price
+94%
-6%
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" ...  Worth the price!  ...  "
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" ...  Worth every penny.  ...  "
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" ...  Priced right too.  ...  "
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" ...  I almost didn't buy this because of the cost - but after using the scanner I can tell you it is well worth the price. ... Now that I have used the scanner - I think it is more than fairly priced.  ...  "
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" ...  This is a great product but is a little pricey but the speed and the quality makes it worth the cost.  ...  "
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" ...  It is well worth the money and you will not be disappointed.  ...  "
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" ...  Worth every penny!  ...  "
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" ...  I'd have given it 5 stars if the price were a bit more reasonable.  ...  "
Software Platform
 14
epson, scan, retry, times, simple
+57%
-43%
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" ...  Software has an "enhanced" mode which is surprisingly good.  ...  "
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" ...  Great software, easily to use.  ...  "
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" ...  I like the Epson software better.  ...  "
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" ...  It is possible, though not as convenient to scan to TIFF by using the other software.  ...  "
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" ...  The auto-enhancement software is impressive ... I found the software intended for the Mac OS substandard in many ways, while allowing for quick, simple automation.  ...  "
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" ...  The software program is also easy to use.  ...  "
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" ...  Fast, does what it says, simple software  ...  "
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" ...  Easy setup and intuitive software interface.  ...  "
Cleaning
 13
clean, scanner, streaks, lines, cleaning
+92%
-8%
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" ...  Keep it clean.  ...  "
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" ...  After a few batches you have to clean scanner. ... Less possibility of damaging original photo and probably less cleaning required.  ...  "
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" ...  You need to clean it once in a while when streaks appear on the scanned prints, but that only takes a minute or two.  ...  "
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" ...  You do need to clean the insides regularly to prevent some streaks in photos.  ...  "
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" ...  - Keep the scanner glass and rollers clean  ...  "
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" ...  I did get some streaks on photo's scanned but I did not see any residue streaks on the photos themselves. ... If you use the software there is a selection that minimizes the streaks and it works pretty good.  ...  "
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" ...  Usually cleaning it and restarting takes care of this. ... As in clean every 20 photos or so and you have to scrub hard.  ...  "
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" ...  Works good, to avoid dust lines you should give each photo a quick wipe before loading.  ...  "
Print Quality
 12
photos, streaks, scans, scanner, scanned
+100%
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" ...  The best thing out there for scanning photos.  ...  "
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" ...  Your 4x6 prints WILL have some curve to them .  ...  "
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" ...  You can set it to copy the back of photos as well which is nice as many of my photos had notes and dates on the back.  ...  "
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" ...  Interestingly, the streaks seem to depend on what photo paper you are putting in.  ...  "
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" ...  Works GREAT and will even take 8X10 prints!  ...  "
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" ...  This is especially true when glossy prints stick together as they do pretty often.  ...  "
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" ...  I scanned at 600dpi and the results were just fine for normal family photo type printing.  ...  "
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" ...  Guessing like many others--I have boxes of old negatives and prints.  ...  "
Marketplace
 12
photo, works as advertised, thanks, original, exactly
+83%
-17%
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" ...  I could not wait for it to come out in Britain and bought it from USA. ... Does back of photo too.  ...  "
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" ...  You can set it to copy the back of photos as well which is nice as many of my photos had notes and dates on the back.  ...  "
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" ...  I have needed this for the last 30 years - Thanks  ...  "
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" ...  thanks for all, that made this possible.  ...  "
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" ...  - works as advertised  ...  "
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" ...  Has been working nicely to help organise my photos  ...  "
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" ...  works as advertised  ...  "
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" ...  It all comes down to what you are going to do with the images.  ...  "

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