Speed: All I can say is that it makes short work of what had been a tedious task in the past. Text Formats: The ability to scan docs as editable PDFs, MS Word (using incorporated OCR) and even Excel files formats. You see a screen like this: If you want to change any of the scanning options, click Settings. Mac: Open the Applications folder and select Epson FastFoto. Windows (other versions): Click or Start, and select All Programs or Programs. Document capability goes up to Legal size, with folded A3s fitting into the carrier sheet and scanned front and back in one pass. Windows 8.x: Navigate to the Apps screen and select Epson FastFoto. For fragile images (including tear sheets and creased or bent snaps) a carrier sheet is included, and while still fast, it makes for a one-up scan. Print Size and Material: The unit can scan Polaroids, panoramic format (one scan, up to 36 inches long), prints up to 8 x 10 inches. An easy “auto-load” and backup system can send images as you scan them to Dropbox and Google Drive. Size: It’s not a desktop hog, coming in at about 11.7 x 6.7 x 6.9 inches.Ĭonnectivity: The FF-680W connects via USB (SuperSpeed USB 3.0) and wirelessly via a network. Epson FastFoto FF-680W Overview SafeTouch Technology provides harmless scanning up to 8.5 wide and includes Polaroid photos and panoramas. The scans can be automatically placed into named file folders, so you can scan and organize documents in one shot. While impressive, there’s another bonus for working pros-the ability to scan up to 100 sheets of paper (45 pages per minute, letter-sized) that I immediately put to work on a huge stack of model and minor releases from past shoots (never throw them away!) and old business receipts and tax forms that fill my filing cabinet. Images can be scanned in 24-bit up to 600 or 1,200dpi (the latter being interpolated,) in TIFF, or 300 dpi for sharing in JPEG. Why is the FF-680W so fast, you might ask? It works with print “stacks” (36 at a time, 4 x 6-inch landscape, about 1 second each scan in 300 dpi JPEG) rather than individual or ganged images on a flatbed, a type of batch scanning that works in surprisingly rapid and smooth fashion. So many, in fact, that while I have attempted to scan them on a flatbed to share with family members in the past, it was such tedious work that I never got the job completed.Įnter the FF-680W ($599), claimed by Epson to be the “world’s fastest personal photo scanner.” Perhaps like many photographers, I have a good many snapshots and Polaroids from my old film days, plus albums filled with family photos made by my parents and grandparents that stretch back to the 1920’s.
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