Features:

  • Fast: 35 ppm/70 ipm scan speeds; Color and duplex - scans both sides in just one pass.
  • Reliable: 3-Year warranty with free next business day replacement.
  • Robust: 4000-Sheet daily duty cycle and 50-page Automatic Document Feeder. Document Sizes- Paper size Minimum- 2 inch x 2 inch. Paper size Maximum- 8.5 inch x 240
  • Seamless Integration: Compatible with your software - comes with both TWAIN and ISIS drivers.
  • Network Capable: Turn DS-530 into a secure networked workgroup scanner using the optional Epson Network Interface Unit.
Surprise for the price

After using a Fujitsu Fi 6130, I was skeptical about this scanner because of its price point. But don’t be fooled it’s a power house and I am really happy with it. I had one particular issue with my Fujitsu but that is a thing of the past with this scanner. It handles more scans than the Jujitsu and even thou some reviewers say that it is slow in connecting to the supplied software, it is true but really not that slow. The program supplied is powerful and I like that I can make profiles for different types of scans. The only one con is that while scanning long pages over legal size the scanner automatically goes into slow scan mode. I wish there was a bypass for this. I can understand the slow scan mode for register receipts and delicate originals but there should be a speed option.

Easy to install and use

I purchased this mainly because of the excellent reviews and the fact it has a FULL 3 year warranty with next day replacement included. I installed the software and it pretty much works out of the box. I have not used any of the specialty software like OCR. I just want to easily scan. What I particularly love is that I am not able to scan long skinny receipts with no issues at all. I use the slow mode for feeding and it feeds flawlessly with a great image. So far this is great for me.

Great Update to a good line of scanners

We've purchased several scanners over the years including the predecessor Epson models, Fujitsu ScanSnap, and Xerox DocuMate. This is an awesome scanner with super-fast feedthrough. Quick setup, and good TWAIN integration. Glad we chose this for our new primary scanner.

Nice, Very nice.

I gotta give this very high marks for price/performance. I've used different brand scanners over the years, from flatbed, to handheld to desktop. This was easy to set up. Although I had to download the set of programs, that went well. The actual capture software is fairly easy to use, but not in the league of Fujitsu. I would say quite serviceable once you get used to it. The actual scanning process is a sight to behold speedwise. Claims it can scan 35 pages per minute - but hold on; it can actually double that as scanning double sidded doesn't slow down the unit. Wow! This is up there with scanners that cost a lot more. I bought the non wifi version as I only need this attached to my computer and not in an office environment. Besides from what I read the wireless module can be buggy and is definitely slower. I may just have to order another one for the heck of it.

WORKHORSE

This is a great little scanner & doesn't take up too much space on my desk. Using it to organize many years of tax & personal documents for us & mom. Yawn. Then I thought: what about organizing all my craft dies, stamps, DSP. Oh am I brilliant or what??? I am thinking now about how I can organize my craft supplies to scan & retrieve all my stuff quickly on any device thru Evernote. I have 2 extra tall bakers racks full of old files I can scan too. Oh happy day! My shredder is going to get fat eating all this paper. LOL. Oh, I almost forgot my genealogy documents, now they’ll have a home too.

Wish I had purchased one of these a long time ago!

I am impressed with the speed and quality of the scans. To get rid of all the paper receipts for tax files, I am now scanning them directly into Quicken. It is quick and easy to do and eliminates the need to file all of the paper. I highly recommend this scanner.

Fujitsu convert!

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 12/26/16 Scanning 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 3/18/17 Still 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 5/1/17 Still 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.

Great little scanner.

This little guy is doing a great job. It has taken me a bit to switch from a Fujitsu to an Epson. The software is just simply different, not better or worse. I truly like that I can set how many dpis I desire, and that it can take a stack of papers, no problem. I am very, very happy with this scanner.

This machine is awesome. Takes the stress out of going (and staying) ...

This machine is awesome. Takes the stress out of going (and staying) paperless! I've had it for a few months blow, and I love it. It just works, every time.

There's hardly anything it won't swallow.

Some people call me crazy, but I keep tons of old documents, bills, receipts, and other paper junk, 99.9% of which I will probably never need to go back to. But if I only knew, which pages constitute that 0.01% I will eventually need... Anyway, came the time, when I decided to digitize my archives. This little machine ate literally piles and piles of old papers in all possible conditions ranging from nice and smooth to badly wrinkled, torn and otherwise mutilated. There is hardly anything it won't swallow. Sometimes, if the page was badly torn, I'd patch it up with a bit of scotch tape, but most it ate right up. Yes, it jams every now and then (not surprised, given the quality of material I fed through it, I'm actually impressed on how rarely it happens), but unjamming it is a very easy task, and even if whatever got jammed wrinkled - it will scan in on the second pass. The software is *almost* flexible enough for every task. At the time I purchased the scanner (April 2018) it was much less flexible, but improved greatly with a recent update. It is now allowing for lots more options in automatic file naming, which was one of my major complaints. One annoying thing - when launching "document capture pro" it will sometime take a long time to connect to the scanner. Sort of a workaround is to close and re-open it, if it waits too long. Usually connects right away on the second go. So far I scanned over 14000 sheets, some of them full two sided pages, some were as small as a cash register receipts. It takes pages in almost any size. Won't take an old cash register receipt that is 1.5 inch wide, but will take the 1.7+ inch ones easily. Fortunately almost nobody uses these old narrow receipts these days. The nice thing is that it takes pages of any length (took a bit to figure it out, because you need to set the page size to "auto (long paper)", which is only available under advanced options, when using Document Capture Pro). But when set up right - it will gladly accept those big box electronics store receipts, where they print all their terms, conditions, warranties, and whatnot making them 4-5 feet long. It will scan at reduced speed, when long paper option is on though, so don't abuse it if you don't need it. All in all, I'm very happy with this device. Yes, there are a few minor glitches here and there (mostly in software, actually, so I'm hoping for eventual improvements), but there isn't a thing that is made perfect. So giving it a 5 star rating for a very high pro/con ratio.

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