Epson DS-530 Document Scanner: 35ppm, TWAIN & ISIS Drivers

BIG DEAL!!I came from a ScanNap fi-5110EOX2 a Fujitsu and I loved it! It was a work horse for more than 10 years. Finally got tired of 'duck taping' the software and spending time to get it to run on Win 10. Wish they would just through out a driver to keep up with the OS, but then they would get you to buy a new unit. So my reference for this review is Fujitsu standard of quality.Epson DS-530 was my choice after much research. It was this unit or the Fujitsu FI-7030 Desktop Scanner at $700. Both have TWAIN drivers and I wanted to go paperless with OneNote! (and future proof it a bit) I went with Epson due to it being half the price, but has gotten some really good reviews. This model is their newest and a bit of an upgrade to the DS-520. I don't need or want the WiFi option, so the DS-530 seemed perfect with all of the features of the Fujitsu.First Impression:WOW, it is super-fast compared to my 10yr old Fujitsu and the software compatibility is Great! I decided to do a clean install of Windows 10, since I had originally did the free upgrade from win 7. Glad I did for many reasons, but wanted to make sure I started fresh and bypass any conflicts due to tweaking OS for unsupported Fujitsu. So far it is running great and really happy with purchase. Someone reviewed it and commented that the slider for the paper holders moved like butter, and they were right. It is easy to load scanner with paper, then move the guides tight on the paper with just one hand. will follow up with any issues I encounter or cool features I discover along the way. If you don't see an update, then the Scanner is perfect and working so well you forget about it as it becomes seamless to your work process.Update 12/26/16Scanning crazy amounts of paperwork, mixing in receipts, and weird shaped papers. So far not a single miss-feed, double feed, or issues with not scanning anything I through at. WHAT I REALLY LIKE is the Document Capture Pro software. It is a great tool for feeding scanned documents to different software systems. I love OneNote, Capture Pro makes it easy to scan directly into the software and organizing it later. Still a 5 Star product.Update 3/18/17Still Rock solid, even after 'I' screwed up a Bios update. I need to redo the update, but the Scanner is still working, even with my goof. Still really happy with unit. Keep lid closed when not using, and hope this will keep it in good condition for the long haul.Update 5/1/17Still rock solid, but the updated version of Document Scanner Pro is not great. I uninstalled and reinstalled vs. 1.17.12 as I liked how it looked better than the new version. Epson hasn't released any update on what has changed and all of their online 'help' guides are still showing 1.17.12, and not the updated version 2.00.01. Easy change and calling tech support with questions was high quality on top of getting back to preferred software. still 5 stars.Update 9/19/2018 - Work Horse, no issues. Only 'thing' is that the software wants to update to a completely new version. Good, but no instructions or guides on how to use the new version of the software. I uninstalled new and went back to the old version. Still, not an issue and they might have better training on the new version of the software that does more. Still like old software so decline monthly prompting to update.

I very much wanted the Fujitsu fi-7130 or fi-7160, but the cost was prohibitive. In stepped Epson with an affordable (1/5th'ish the cost of a new scanner) solution. I will one day have my Office Space moment with my Samsung all-in-one #@$^ing pos printer, but for now my Epson DS-530 has stayed the execution; a job I thought only Fujitsu could do. Most folks may not consider this a fair price at over $300, but after using that flippin' Samsung for 2 years I willingly coughed up the clams.Set up was a breeze, even though I did Exactly what the instructions told me Not to do (plugged it in to the USB before installing the Epson drivers). I uninstalled the Windows driver and started over, this time following instructions, and voila! Fujitsu still has the upper hand in software with their ScandAll Pro program; however, again, price left an incredibly large gap.I've been able to scan credit cards, checks, driver's licenses, duplex, images, etc . . . with no issues. The image stitching feature is highly useful for checks and cards - it puts the front and back images together into one document or image, and allows the user to determine side-by-side or top and bottom. Scan profiles can be set up so users don't have to constantly change settings.Users will be able to email directly from the scanner, though the document cannot be altered, nor can the email body be modified, after scanning. A pre-written body and subject can be set up in the profile, though, to skip repetitive typing. The email address book will pull from Outlook, I think. I may have had to export my contacts from Outlook and import them to Document Capture Pro. Either way, it was easy.Scan profiles can be set up to save the scans into certain folders and with names of the user's (or admin's) choosing. Date, date and time, and iterative numbers up to 5 digits in length can be appended to the file name. There's a barcode character option as well as OCR recognition for those who have scans with information in the same place every time. Mine are all over the place so I don't get to play with those options.Receipts and other thin paper is simple to scan. There's a button on the scanner that gets pushed that slows the scan speed down. Push it again to speed things up.Speed is great - I get nice looking scans at 300 dpi and it's quick. I use Adobe Acrobat 9 Standard and thus far it integrates nicely with the DS-530.All-in-all I'm happy with it and I am only more critical of the software because I used to use ScandAll Pro, which is a quite well-written bit of software which has more features than the average user will ever need. I'm no power user, but I do dig tweaking settings and making life easier with features like skip blank pages, auto skew, hole punch fill in, edge fill in, etc . . . and ScandAll Pro is like a playground to me.20180813: Update: I'm still pleased with this scanner. I have the occasional hiccup where I have to turn it off then back on. I haven't had to restart my computer to fix issues, only the machine, so that's a big bonus. It's truckin' right along. For half the price I have a scanner that works just as well as the Fujitsu scanner I wanted. The only regret I have is not purchasing the wi-fi model to free up a USB port. Again, it's a minor issue for our home office as we can easily hop onto each others' computers.I did get to experiment with the OCR recognition and have to admit it needs some help. I have a document that has a job number typed in the same area each time and none of the OCR settings are able to read it correctly. The field is alpha numeric and I think that trips up the OCR. It works a little bit better on a different document that has only numbers, but definitely not well enough to call it reliable. Perhaps in a future update. Fortunately it is possible to review and retype the results and save that as the file name. The process is a bit clunky, but it gets the job done.I also found the auto-rotate feature and that's been a time saver. I also have a one-button default scan profile that works for the majority of my scans; however, if I go to the taskbar and right-click on the scanner I can use one of my other scan profiles. That is to say - using other scan options is quite easy and convenient.All-in-all, after ~4 months use, I'm satisfied with my purchase, and I would make the same choice if I had a "do-over."