Hi Folks,
I hope your Holiday
Season is really shaping up for you both professionally and on the home front,
as well! It's an exciting time of the year, but it seems like the busiest time of year all-around, doesn't it?
Well, let me start
out by stating the obvious; we all live complex lives, between work, family,
and other additional business ventures that we may pursue in life. The end
result of this, regardless of the digital age that we live in, is paper. Lots
and lots of Paper. I often feel I could take 2 days per month from start of day
to end of day, just for the purpose of filing and keeping myself organized.
The fantastic
opportunity to test out the new Epson DS-530 Color Duplex Document Scanner came at an
ideal time, which is when I am at the point of literally using a shovel to move
paperwork into neat piles.
The Task: To make
some genuine progress in organizing a seemingly never-ending pile of receipts
(some of which are fragile strips of paper), contracts, voluminous project
management documentation, business cards from new business prospects, tax
documents, and many other such types of physical copies that I've accumulated
over just the past few months alone.
The Focus: Testing
out the Epson DS-530 Color Document Scanner, and reporting to you on the level
of ease or difficulty of Set-up, the speed and quality of various types of
required output (those of which I identified above), and then, examining and
sharing with you some of the additional bells and whistles that come along with
this newest offering from the folks at Epson.
Scanner Set-Up:
Just as I figured
from previous experience testing Epson products, Un-boxing and connecting your
new DS-530 is a snap. A few blinking lights and a few beeps and immediately you
are ready to get to work.
Scanner Speed and Quality:
I figured I'd start
with the "easy" part, which were a couple a hundred pages of
documentation I have across 6 different contractor agreements. I loaded up the
Automatic Document Feeder with its capacity of 50 sheets, set it to scan, and
in not even 2 minutes, perhaps it was about 90 seconds, the job completed! I was amazed at
the speed, and when I took a glance at the documentation, I noticed why: the
unit will scan 35 pages per minute (ppm) in grayscale, black, and color modes.
Further, I noticed
some of the remaining 150+ pages I had were dual-sided, with information on
both sides. With the DS-530, this is not a problem, as I watched the scanner
scan both sides in one pass! I know it is a high-powered duplex scanner, but
high powered might seriously be a slight understatement!
Some additional
items I needed to scan were partially laminated, such as high-end business
cards and some small placards, which had bulky sections. I was a little uneasy,
thinking it might get stuck. Sure enough, these units are engineered in a way
to avoid or prevent any jams! Before I knew it, I had these scanned in, as
well.
The item I left for
last, since I desperately did not want them getting chewed up or ripped, were
my business expense receipts, some of which were pretty mangled from wear, and
a few, I am ashamed to admit, went to the dry cleaners and were in a box there
for me to pick up when I picked up my dry cleaning. These took a beating, but
were still legible, so I took a chance. I was not aware until reading the
documentation that there was a slow speed as a mode when you had fragile
documents or papers. It treated the receipts with excellent care and the
scanned copies are now ready for tax time.
Additional features:
One of the best
features is that you can create searchable PDF files or you can make editable
files for Word and Excel. This was a handy feature, as I like to mark the
copies with what expense designation each item falls under, and it made it
super easy for me to do. Another great feature is the ability to scan to cloud
file hosting providers, such as Dropbox, Google Drive or Evernote. I am a
Dropbox person, and being able to organize our business files in our Dropbox
for Business account is priceless!
The Epson DS-530 Color Duplex Document Scanner seems to handle anything you can throw at it. No job is too large, too
small, or too delicate to be processed by this scanner. I was very impressed
with this scanner, and found it to be a great assistant in terms of helping me be
more productive. It has saved me an unimaginable amount of time, and when you are running a
business, if technology saves you enough time to get back to business, wouldn't
you place a value on that technology? What about if the time that the technology
gave back to you would come close to being of equal or more value vs. the price
value of that technology, just within a few short weeks or a couple of months?
That is the kind of productivity I am talking about here, and you should seriously consider one of these scanners for your business. I know that my 2017
will start out strong, with the confidence that I have a tool to handle in
minutes what it would take me hours to do. How much time is your Scanner saving
you?
Technical Specifications:
Main Features
Document scanner
Duplex
Legal
600 dpi x 600 dpi
up to 35 ppm (mono) / up to 35 ppm (color)
ADF ( 50 sheets )
up to 4000 scans per day
USB 3.0
The fast, efficient DS-530 color duplex document scanner is
the intelligent choice for business document management, offering world-class
performance at a significant value. Advanced paper feed technologies offer
added reliability, while auto document feeder saves time.
The Document Scanner That’s the Intelligent Choice for
Document Management
The fast, efficient DS-530 color duplex document scanner is
the intelligent choice for business document management, offering world-class
performance at a significant value. Featuring speeds up to 35 ppm/70 ipm1, this
powerful, compact performer includes TWAIN and ISIS® drivers for seamless
integration with existing document management systems. Quickly scan stacks of
pages to a PC, Mac® or online storage account2 like Dropbox® or SharePoint®.
Advanced paper feed technologies such as Dynamic Skew Correction and Ultrasonic
Double Feed Detection offer added reliability, while a 50-page Auto Document
Feeder saves time. Additional features include Double Feed Detection Skip, Slow
Speed Mode and programmable jobs.
Fast scan speeds, from a leader in image capturing technology
— up to 35 ppm/70 ipm1; one-pass duplex scanning
Seamless compatibility with document management systems —
includes TWAIN and ISIS drivers for easy integration with existing software
Scan directly to online storage accounts2 — intuitively scan
to Dropbox, Evernote®, FileBound and Google Drive™ with Epson Document Capture
software
World-class performance and reliability — three sets of
rollers for Dynamic Skew Correction, plus Ultrasonic Double Feed Detection to
prevent missing pages
Easily scan stacks of documents — robust design with 50-page
Auto Document Feeder (ADF)
Designed for dependability — enhanced features include Slow
Speed Mode, programmable jobs and a daily duty cycle of up to 4,000 sheets3
Generate searchable and editable files — scan to editable
Word and Excel® files or searchable PDF files; OCR software included
Intelligent color and image adjustments — auto crop, blank
page and background removal with Epson Image Processing Technology
Versatile paper handling — scan stacks of business and ID
cards, single sheets and extra-long pages up to 240"
Send scans to any computer on your network — optional
Network Interface Unit available for workgroup sharing
Scan and organize important documents with the included
software
Scan documents to email, an FTP server, online storage
account2 or any folder on your PC. The scanner also includes TWAIN and ISIS
drivers for seamless compatibility with popular document management systems.
And, it includes OCR software for creating searchable PDFs or scanning into
editable formats like Word and Excel files.
Scan directly to online storage accounts including Dropbox,
SharePoint, FileBound and more
Scan directly to your designated hard drive or easily upload
documents to Dropbox, SharePoint, FileBound, Google Drive, Evernote and more.
Just install the included software on a PC or Mac and users can scan, save and
organize data.
Advanced scanning features
Auto Document Size Detection — up to 8.5" x 14"
Scan extra-long documents up to 8.5" x 215"
(8.5" x 240" at 200 dpi)
Text enhancement for Color, Black-and-White and Grayscale —
for improved OCR accuracy
Auto Image Type Detection
Dynamic Skew Correction
Remove punch holes and blank pages from scanned images
Epson advanced sensor and paper feed technology
Custom-designed to handle important documents — from
business cards and plastic IDs to extra-long documents, the scanner
incorporates DSC (Dynamic Skew Correction) and a sophisticated multi-roller
paper feed design. It automatically corrects the angle at which the paper
enters the scanner to prevent jams. The Ultrasonic sensor allows Double Feed
Detection to help avoid misfeeds. And, Auto Document Size Detection makes it
easy to scan multiple sizes in a single stack. Additional features include:
Automatic Feeding Mode: Scan originals of different sizes,
in any order, into one PDF
Double Feed Detection Skip (DFDS) button: Easily resume
scanning jobs after a feeding error occurs
Slow Speed Mode button: Scan crumpled or fragile documents
at a slower speed to reduce misfeeds or prevent tears
Accommodates oversized and fragile documents
Optional carrier (sold separately) sheets allow you to scan
oversized (A3), folded, irregular, wrinkled or fragile documents and receipts,
as well as magazine clippings. Carrier sheets can be scanned successively or
mixed in with regular paper documents — the scanner will automatically detect
the carrier sheet.
Certified by leading solution providers
Select Epson scanners are certified to be compatible with
over 70 top-tier Independent Software Vendors (ISV) for easy integration with
document management systems. The included TWAIN and ISIS drivers also allow for
compatibility with your document management software of choice.
1 Based on letter-sized scans at 300 dpi in Black-and-White,
Grayscale or Color Mode.
2 With Epson Document Capture software installed on the
connected Windows PC or Mac.
3 Daily duty cycle is the highest recommended number of
scanned sheets per day. For best results, run at or below the recommended
usage. Calculations based on a scanning speed of 35 ppm and an assumed daily
use time.
4 For convenient and reasonable recycling options, visit
www.epson.com/recycle
5 SmartWay is an innovative partnership of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency that reduces greenhouse gases and other air
pollutants and improves fuel efficiency
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Happy Holidays!
Have a Great Week, and Happy Rent-to-Owning !
Regards,
Rob Eisenstein
HomeRun Homes - Rent to Own Homes, since 2002
"Located at the Corner of Technology and Real Estate"
Rent to Own Homes and Real Estate Blog for HomeRun Homes: http://blogging.lease2buy.com
HomeRun Homes Websites: http://www.lease2buy.com and http://www.homerunhomes.com
