Epson - ES-65WR Wireless Mobile Color Document Receipt Scanner - Black

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• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  Ultra-portable w/HQ scans+decent software package!

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  PROs: - About the size of a large stapler--easily packs away in a trade show bag, briefcase or backpack and doesn't need much room on a desk, shelf, or table when not in use - Rechargeable--leave your cables behind for that long trip; auto-off also saves battery capacity while the LCD readout makes it easy to tell how much juice is left - Works with your tablet/PC via USB, wirelessly over your existing WiFi network, or scan from it via WiFi direct using its own SSID (there is also an Epson Android and iOS app for even more wireless scanning options) - ScanSmart Accounting Edition provides its own fairly user-friendly receipt manager application that saves a scan/image by creation date w/ a series of even more editable fields (retrieved reasonably successfully via OCR from the receipt/document itself) that give additional data for transaction date, vendor, currency, bill amount, tip, tax, totals, tax categorization, totally customizable classifiers and sub-classifiers (e.g. "Business" - Meals" or "Business - Travel"), and pay method--along with filters for whether the receipt has been reviewed or exported to your finance program of choice (QuickBooks, TurboTax, or Quicken)…WHEW! - ScanSmart interface also has wide array of scan actions that include simple image/file save, e-mail attachment, save to Google Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, or Evernote, image printing, and OCR’d editable exports to MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint - There is a key included for Nuance Power PDF to add additional scanning/workflow options (though my own copy of Acrobat Pro instantly recognized the scanner for PDF capture/creation) - Yes, you can simply “scan and go,” but there are multiple setting options for auto-configs, or manual for B&W, color, DPI settings from 75 all the way up to 1200, automatic feeding mode, document size, and corrections for paper rotation, feeding skew, and a host of advanced options for removing the background images, text enhancement, brightness, contrast, gamma, various image filters, and more adjustments for filling in ragged/blank scan edges and even removing signs of hole punches - Scanning is brisk—4-5 seconds per sheet whether in B&W or color—and results were clear and appeared free of smudges, digital noise, or scan lines CONS: - The recessed mini USB port has small teeth protruding out of the walls to help achieve an ultra-secure grip on the cable. While this makes desktop use via USB far less prone to accidental cord removal as you wave the scanner around, the side tolerances with the included cable are so tight that it took me more than 5 minutes of nearly plastic-cracking force to finally get the cable seated...hopefully things will get easier down the road, but for the moment, it makes hookup for charging or WiFi configuration on different networks far more difficult than it needs to be - Not really Epson’s fault given that the unit has no keyboard or large display, but be aware that this scanner can operate remotely on another WiFi network (i.e. scanning your receipts at the kitchen table to a PC that’s in the office on the other side of the house) only if the network is completely unprotected or needs just an SSID and key/passphrase. If your work, guest, or home network also has a login page, there is no way to authenticate to the page itself so you can only use the scanner via USB or wireless direct when you’re within range - Obviously you benefit from Epson’s included license for Nuance Power PDF if you need a way to create or OCR editable PDFs using the scanner; but with so many other “scan actions” available (see PROs above), it would have been nice for that large screen of options to also include a simple “Save to Acrobat,” especially given Adobe's prominence when it comes to all things PDFs (but that could just be me) - It’s a nice, reasonably solid feeling unit--but it also has a relatively easy-to-activate push-button for scanning and wide-open slits (RE: dirt and dust accumulation) on both sides for the document feeders/rollers—would it have been THAT hard to include a simple vinyl cover just to provide a little protection when packed or on the go? - The document feeder rollers were sometimes a bit hit or miss in how well they grabbed/held the paper prior to hitting the scan button. What was maddening is that I could hear them reassuringly engage and seemingly “grab” the paper at the point of resistance, but at least 30%-40% of the time I would still need to give the paper a little extra push to get it started through the feeder mechanism because the paper would just sit there after the rollers were endlessly spinning - Don’t let its small size fool you…you still need enough clearance to both feed the papers in at the front and let them settle/feed out the back-end one at a time; I actually had to clear off a substantial amount of desk space to actually operate the thing (see my review image)! - Sadly, there are still a few specialized items in the box (a specially cut/printed optical calibration card and what looks like a thin strip of Tyvek material for cleaning) you will have to figure out where to store and then remember WAY later where you put them because you're going to need them again at some point Summary review: The thing about a non-photo scanner like this is that it’s usually just as much, if often not more, about the software than it is the hardware given that the intended use case is relatively specialized—document and receipt scanning and management. So does the hardware pass muster? I can say that it definitely delivers on what Epson purports it to: ultra-portable, reasonably quick, high quality color and black-and-white scans for papers and receipts. On the software side, you also get a pretty powerful alternative to Adobe’s pro version of Acrobat, and the included scanning utilities provide integration with many popular cloud- and client-based productivity and file-management applications and a healthy dose of scanning/image quality options to suit your needs. No, I wouldn’t use this scanner to digitize boxes and boxes of cherished family photos (though at 600 DPI optical, you can get some pretty detailed/massively large files onto your computer to work with, if that’s what you’re after). But that’s not what this unit is for either—heck, you can’t even scan a book open-faced as it’s limited to single, sheet-feed scanning only. But what you do get fills its specific niche quite well, especially if you have scanning needs while you travel, have limited desk/shelf space, or simply find yourself wanting to scan papers and receipts without needing being tethered to a PC to do it. For those of you who care, the interface is limited to USB 2.0 or wireless b/g/n (no ac)…however, in practice, I did not notice any significant lag in rendering a color or black-and-white scan back at my client PC, even with larger paper sizes. USB, WiFi, and WiFi direct connect options definitely increase flexibility of usage scenarios. Nevertheless, Bluetooth would have been a welcome connectivity alternative if only because using WiFi direct means you have to temporarily change WiFi network access points on your client (and therefore lose all other network/Internet access) while you’re using the scanner…but those are otherwise small nits to pick on an otherwise very solid unit. Seems to be a good buy for the money—at least out of the gate!

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  Posted 7 years ago by WyldeBlue

• Rated 5 out of 5 stars

  Great scanner

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  I was very excited to get this scanner this thing is awesome! I have never owned an actual scanner and I really need one For one, it is portable! I don't have to sit in one place and scan. I can take it with me! And since I’m a mom in on the go all the time It is really compact, as you can see in the photo, the whole packaging is no wider than my laptop and when you do unpackage it - it is so small! Don't let that throw you off though because this thing can scan super quick and looks really good! I really wanted this to be able to scan all of the recipes I have collected over the years and finally put them in one place but I hate sitting at my scanner to do it. This comes with the USB charger cable, connects to my WiFi and can scan into a variety of places like Google Drive, Evernote, OneNote, etc. This is EXACTLY what I wanted! It also has an app so buy any mean if you got get your laptop as long as you down loaded the app your good to go and you can scan anywhere Now I can scan in what I want, from where I want and get rid of all the shoe boxes of recipes - or actually use them! Being so compact, it is easy to store and easy to take with me Now that I have told you all the wounderful things I love i love about this I will also say that I did have to figure a few things out. The set-up and installation of the drivers was a little long hard for me because my wi-Fi was being super slow and the program took a little longer to load that I expect it. But I’m glad it come in with the whole program and the cable and all the instructions What Took me but suprise was it scans through pretty quick. The software allows you to see the images and remove pages and re-scan though, so after a couple tries, I was moving right along! It does scan full color and it even has software to help with separating receipts and stuff, which I did play around with and it’s very easy you just need to get the hang of once your done it put your data in a speed sheet like what more could you want I actually even showed my mom and family members and they were so excited they are willing to buy it but I do feel like this scanner is more for like small business or your house hold if you are looking to buy one and you have like a we’ll expand business I feel like you will probably need the bigger once that Espon have but buy all mean I’m very pleased with how great this scanner it’s and how it going to change my whole life from all of my documents. This is a review for the Epson WorkForce ES-65WR Wireless Portable Documereceived free of charge to do a beta test and review

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  Posted 6 years ago by Valleyc

• Rated 3 out of 5 stars

  Light, portable, fast at a cost

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  The Epson WorkForce ES-65WR Wireless Portable Document Scanner is certainly fast, small and light. It is fully mobile with a built in battery and the ability to connect via USB or wireless to a PC or Mac or to an iOS or Android device. On a computer the Epson Scansmart Accounting Edition software makes it easy to scan anything up to 8.5” wide and 72” long and save in various formats such as JPG, PDF or Microsoft Office formats like .docx and .pptx. You can also send them directly to online services like Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive and Evernote. There is also a built in receipt manager that uses optical character recognition (OCR) to identify key aspects so that the data can be exported to other applications like Quickbooks, Quicken, Turbotax and a basic CSV file. This is convenient if you have a lot of receipts to file for taxes or business. For the mobile app it is basic scan in PDF or JPG and it saves the files to the device. It also gives some settings options such as cleaning, calibration and power off timers. Nuance Power PDF Standard is also included and provides a decent alternative to Adobe. It has pretty much all the same functions as Adobe, such as OCR, editing, signatures and forms. The application has a very similar layout as most Office applications so it is easy to use. With all that said though, I found this little scanner a little frustrating at times. It is quick, but at a cost. The default setting for scan is 200 dpi which is good to clear black/white text. However, if the characters are complex or you want image clarity, you have to increase the dpi settings. If you change only the resolution, it will give a “Reduce the resolution” error till you realize that the default Document size of “Auto Detect (Long Page)” has to be changed to get the better resolution. This of course then makes the scanner slower, but still reasonable. With it at the lower resolution and being fast I also found the majority of my scans would come out crooked. No matter how much I tried to get them in there straight, one edge always seemed to be off. I think a simple pop-out edge piece would have helped that a lot. When inserting a document, there is a sensor that detects you have inserted a document which turns the page feeder ever so slightly to grab the document. However, if you aren’t moving at the speed it wants you to, it will not grab it, taking a couple tries, especially if you realized it grabbed one corner before the other. With small flimsy paper receipts this became a game of “is it grabbing it now.” As for the software, the OCR was fair, but really makes you question what it was trying to make out, especially if images are involved, like the logo on many receipts. The receipt manager attempts to find the name of the company, but logos and websites throw it off everytime. It does manage to grab the total, tax and payment method fairly well. However, the rest is manually entered or if you wanted to itemize the receipt, you have to use a different format. Bottom line, if you need something that is easily packed in a briefcase and doesn’t need to be connected to a PC for simple scanning, this is a decent option. However, if you want straighter scans I’d look for something with at least a folding document guide.

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  Posted 7 years ago by DavidJr