Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Positive reviews are spot on. The unit churns through piles of photos 30 at a time, front and back, without fuss. The accuracy is good and the colors are pleasing. I use 600 DPI. Yes photos scanned one at a time on a flatbed with specialized software and post scan processing on Photoshop come out slightly better. However "slightly" is the key word here. The FF-640 scans are perfect for all but the most demanding applications and much more than good enough for family viewing online. If you have hundreds of old photos to scan for routine archiving and display this is the scanner you need. Occasionally there is a white line on the scan. This is dust that lands on the glass over the imager. Just wipe down the rollers and glass in the unit and it will be gone. Another reviewer recommended the Fujitsu. These are also excellent scanners. I have the Scansnap s1500, the prior model, and it is wonderful for documents. However it is not designed for photos and the rollers leave a crease in my pictures that shows up on the scan. This is not the case with the Epson.