| Epson Perfection 2580 Photo Scanner | 
 enlarge | Buy New: $179.85
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (based on 14 reviews)
Category: CE
Publisher: Epson
Studio: Epson
Brand: Epson
Label: Epson
Media: Electronics
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Shipping Weight (lbs): 10
Dimensions (in): 19.8 x 15 x 6.1
MPN: B11B172091
Model: B11B172091
UPC: 010343850576
EAN: 0010343850576
ASIN: B0002NR4Y0
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 2,400 dpi optical resolution | | • | 48-bit color, 16-bit grayscale | | • | Integrated 35mm film loader | | • | Epson Easy Photo Fix for 1-touch color restoration | | • | USB 2.0 interface, PC and Mac compatible |
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Product Description
A flatbed scanner with an Auto Film Loader for 35mm negatives / 2400 x 4800 max. dpi / One-Touch Color Restoration / PC & Mac / USB 2.0 Maximum Resolution - 12,800 x 12,800 dpi with software interpolation Color Depth - 48-bit internal/external Greyscale Depth - 16-bit internal/external Optical Density - 3.2 Dmax Scaling (zoom) - 50% to 200% (1% step) USB 2.0 Interface (backwards compatible with USB 1.1) Supports PC and Macintosh Computer Systems Unit Dimensions - 10.83 (w) x 16.5 (d) x 3.4 (h) Unit Weight - 6.6 lbs.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...
 Excellent for Prints and Slides December 8, 2007
I use this to produce quality images of 300dpi - 600dpi for use in professional print media. One neat feature of this scanner is you can enlarge a small photo by several percent and it still looks great! The quality is excellent.
It can only scan one slide at a time however. Other scanners usually can scan up to 4 slides at a time.
Experienced no disappointments in my usage of it.
Works well along side of Adobe Photoshop software.
I have loved it for almost 2 years now! December 4, 2007
I bought this scanner to scan old 35mm negatives and it works beautifully. Yes it is slow but that is the beauty of the automatic feeder. I simply load the negative, go do something else for 5 minutes, then return and I have 4 nice digital scans. I then do some routine photo enhancing in MS PictureIt and I end up with digital photos that are better than my original prints! My routine is to start the next automatic negative scan while editing the digital photos that were just completed so I am never really waiting on the scanner anyway.
I really love it!
 Epson is nice but won't last long September 19, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I got this scanner for Christmas last year. It was refurbished and only cost $80. Besides the price, I liked the negative feeder feature- a strip of 6 35mm negs can be fed in and the little motor whirrs and pulls in the strip to do one at a time. Pretty slick- Look Ma, no hands! I set it up and began scanning with no problem. Then, after 4 months and 500 6 frame film strips, the feeder belts began to slip. The clicking sound was the tip off and scans 3 through 6 came out chopped up. As other reviewers have said, EPSON IS NO HELP. I finally located a parts store, but the they only sold the whole lid for over $100.
Also, as other reviewers have said- Epsons are cheaply built.
On my own, I found that there is a user adjustable mechanism to re-tension the belts. I've taken it to it's max setting, then past that with masking tape spacers.
I am upset that Epson doesn't allow an obviously wear prone part to be sold. The belts stretch, duh!
I guess they want me to buy another, double-duh!
I am satisfied with the quality of the scans and the ease of software, although I wish it allowed .RAW files to be created.
Recommendation- get a better scanner to start out, if you can afford it.
I'm underwhelmed with the Epson 2580 December 29, 2005
13 out of 18 found this review helpful
I run a graphics studio, and use a scanner several times a day for photos, printed material, even small items such as jewelry that require some depth of field from the scanner. Because we have so much dedicated software that runs native in OS9, we're holding out on the Big Upgrade to OSX as long as we can. Last year I researched a new scanner to buy while we still had a choice of OS9 driver scanners, finally selecting an HP Scanjet 4400c. This was a joy to use, with friendly software, all the options we required, and good scans. Then it started producing banded images, and to make a long story short, this is a defect of some HP scanners, there is no fix, and HP goes out of its way not to help. So here we were in Dec 2005, frantically looking for a new scanner with Mac OS9 drivers.
After asking around amongst my contacts in the graphics and design community, the consensus was that Canon has nice scanners and provides the best software, and that Epson has the worst software, although their scanners are fine. The Canon LiDE 20, 30, or 50 all ran in OS9 , but no store had any stock; they'd been cleaned out months back. All the recent Canons (LiDE 25, 35, 60) only ran under OSX. grrr. Finally, and getting desperate, I tracked down an Epson Perfection 2580 (basically a repackaged 2480), which comes with OS9 drivers, and bought it on the spot, which happened to be Nanaimo BC.
After installing the software and removing enough packing material to insulate a doghouse, I fired it up using the Epson Smart Panel software, and was able to eventually save an image file to a folder on the desktop. Gone is the useful ability I had with the HP to Import directly into Photoshop (I've trolled the net for hours trying to locate an Epson 2480/2580 Photoshop Import plug-in; I might add that I was astonished to find NO reference to Photoshop on Epson's site - did they have a falling-out with Adobe perhaps?). SO I have to save a scan to the Epson desktop folder, and then open that file from within Photoshop, which is tedious and time-wasting. I've also tried just running Epson Scan (which is supposed to simply produce a bare-bones scan), but can't find any way to set resolution, adjust viewing area, change the scan type and so on with this method. The same applies to the "Professional Mode" of the Epson Smart Panel software, although I CAN make some of these adjustments in "Automatic Mode".
What can I say? This software really IS awful, and I'd love to have half an hour alone with whoever designed or approved it, to point this out. It's too bad that Seiko/Epson makes a mechanically decent device, and then cripples users with clumsy, ill-conceived software.
Eventually we'll be forced to upgrade, at which point we'll probably abandon Apple (the Mac OS experience bears little resemblance to its once friendly and open architecture), giving us a wide range of options in software and hardware, and another opportunity to try a Canon scanner.
Bottom line? Nice-looking scans (eventually) of color photos and grayscale images, nice package, front buttons are recessed enough so they're not being accidentally pressed (like the protruding HP buttons) and launching unwanted software, and all the required cables and attachments are included (incredibly, some scanner makers still don't include everything needed to use all the features). The OCR software is a demo, but most bundled software is diluted these days. On the down side, this is a real screecher (the HP was almost silent by comparison) - everyone in the office knows when I'm making a scan! But the real hassle, is NOT having a Photoshop Import plug-in (what were they thinking???), and this tortuous software that takes most of the fun out of scanning. An import plug-in might at least by-pass some of these obstacles. I haven't had a chance to try scanning any 3D objects on the scanner glass so I can't comment on the depth of field this scanner offers. I'll have to gird my loins and face the Epson Smart Panel again I guess...
 What a Great Scanner December 28, 2005
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I was scanning in 35mm with my HP 5530 which HP so notabable disctontinued 2 weeks after my purchase. Worked great until I ran across a project with my Aunt who handed me well over 2000+ negatives. It wasn't something I really wanted to do, but 30+ years of negatives was exciting. Some big memories have emerged.
After a few nights of messing around with the HP and trying to locate an additional plastic mount the last few months and finding out I couldn't even purchase it from HP, well, I knew this little project was going to take me a "very long time".
I ran across the Epson here on Amazon and Santa got it for me for Christmas. I have to admit, this low profile scanner with the 35mm feed is really "cool". And it gets almost every picture perfect!!!! The autofeed and software are great. Then again, I use JASC Paint Shop Pro to flip and rotate as needed. I'll scan in 4 pictures, reload the scanner with another set of 35mm film, start scanning, hit update thumbnails in JASC, and correct the pic's while the next batch is scanning.
I am almost on picture 500 tonight!!!
Only problem I encountered was a piece of tape got caught in the transfer mech that was attached to the film from the lab but I was able to get it cleaned out and I was back on my way.
I had no problems installing the software or hardware. Make sure you read the instructions and you should have no problems.
GREAT PRODECT EPSON...I THOUGHT I WOULD NEVER PURCHASE SOMETHING LIKE THIS FROM YOU.
You have a new fan.
dave
I just wanted to write an update on my review that I did on December 27.
I have scanned over 2000+ pictures from 35mm film and this thing just keeps on clicking along.
Tricks I learned are to keep the glass cleaned. Use Sparkle!! Spray it on a piece of soft paper towel to clean the glass of dust.
I mentioned before that I used the HP 5530. That scanner is really nice but the software was horrible. I rescanned all of my girlfriends Alaska pictures with the Epson and re-posted them on my website.
To see the quality of this scanner, visit www.davevogt.net, look at Buzz's page, her Alaska pictures and you can see the results of the 35mm scans.
GREAT JOB EPSON!!!!
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