Customer Ratings & Reviews

I was skeptical and then as I started using it I was shocked and amazed. Runs great, scans great, and easy to use. I've now scanned over 3,000 old family photos and it's still running fantastically. This will benefit our family into the future. AND I may start a small business scanning pics for others someday!

This is a really neat photo and document scanner. Easy to use and fast. Love it! I would recommend this to a friend.

The Scanning hardware is excellent. Both photos and documents look great, and the speed that is can crank through stacks of photos is impressive. Love that aspect of this scanner... when I can get it to connect and scan. I am constantly plagued with connection issues over USB. Have tried different cables, and even different computers, still have connections issues at least half the attempts to scan. The software is no help diagnosing the issue. I see an orange exclamation point on the scanner, but the software doesn't give any indication of what the issue is. No troubleshooting, no error logs, nada. The software shows the scanner is connected, yet I keep getting the exclamation point. Beyond frustrating. Never had any issues at all with my Fujitsu Scanners. After this experience, will probably be switching back to them.

Works well. We're happy to get all our pictures digitized finally!

This photo scanner is fast and pictures come back to life or to their original as much as possible. It is expensive but worth it.

Recently bought this item to scan numerous photos that I have stored in closet. I have not had a chance yet to scan the oldest photos with off sizes but those that I did scan were in good condition and were very easy to scan with auto feeder. Scanning to computer and categorizing them has been a fairly simple process. I am hoping the the rest of photos are as easy to scan.

This is perfect for scanning patient ids and pertinent information.

This is the first high-speed photo scanner I have had. Needless to say there is no comparison of how much faster this will scan your photo collection compared to the traditional all-in-one copier/scanner. Installation of the scanner software was straight forward and easy to do. Note that instructions are to install the scanner software before the scanner is connected to the computer. The scanner can be connected via USB or wirelessly. I chose to connect via USB. The design of the scanner itself is quite nice with flip out trays and the scanner footprint is fairly small. The build quality seems nice. As many as 36 photos can be scanned at a time. One has the option to store both a scan of the original photo and an automatically enhanced version of the photo. The Epson FastFoto software also allows one to manually edit a photo with fairly standard tools to crop, rotate, enhance, etc... I scanned 850 photos and only had two jams to unclear. I think this was either two photos sticking together or a bend in the photo. I was very pleased with the speed and efficiency of this scanner. Generally, I'd say the scan quality was very acceptable and in most cases the enhanced photo was improved from the original. I did get an occasional pop up window that reminded me to routinely clean the scanner for best results. I could find no information in the documents included with the scanner, but did find a video online showing how to clean the scanner. It seemed pretty logical and easy for one to do with the provided cleaning cloth. The scanner also comes with a plastic, carrier sheet for any individual items that may be more fragile or old and in need of added protection during scanning. I also got a message (yellow triangle symbol) in the FastFoto software that said adding more files may degrade the performance and for best results to save them to a different folder. My current folder had 1700 photos in it. Aside from this message I felt the software was easy to understand and use. It has the ability to share photos via email, Facebook, Google Drive and Dropbox. Bottom line, if you have a lot of photos boxed away that you need to bring into the digital age this is the way to go. The speed at which the FastFoto scans pictures is just phenomenal. The price is somewhat higher than I'd like to see, but it's an item that could be shared by multiple family members to make this cost more reasonable.

Right out of the box the Epson FastFoto FF-680W Wireless High-speed Photo and Document Scanning System is easy to install and set up using the instructions on the “start here” page which also includes where to download and install the drivers needed along with steps to connect to the wireless network, which my laptop easily found and paired by using the wi-fi connect button. A usb cord is provided in case of no wi-fi connection, or user preference. I am amazed by the speed it takes to scan photos at the different resolution levels which range from 300 dpi (takes 1 sec), 600 dpi (3 sec) and 1200 dpi (10 sec). This scanner has a setting for panoramic and instant photos which are great for Polaroid pictures and can scan up to 36 photos at a time depending on sizes and thickness. I did not have any scanner feed issues or jams and everything would scan smoothly each time. I save receipts and lots of older photos that I want to save and enhance digitally onto google Onedrive and use with Dropbox so this Epson FastFoto scanner is perfect and ideal for my needs! The carrier sheet that is included is best used for protecting wrinkled, fragile, older and valuable pictures and documents. I like that Epson included a downloadable pdf format user manual that can can be printed (120 pages) to get more information and details of Epson FastFoto scanner and advanced settings. Although I miss having a physical installation cd disc, i think it’s easier having just a link to follow that has everything needed for downloading so the scanner can update itself. Despite having auto rotation checked in advanced settings, when editing a few scanned pictures, I still had to rotate them twice to get the positions upright, but other than that I absolutely love how much better looking, brighter with higher clarity and improved image quality resulting from every scan from this product! This is a review for the Epson FastFoto FF-680W Wireless High-speed Photo and Document Scanner System that I received free of charge to do a beta test and review.”

★★★★★ ★★★★★ 5 out of 5 stars. Robygirl71 · 7 days ago Best one ever!!! I received this 2 weeks ago.Im more than happy with the product.Great size,easy set up,fits in small area.Fast,easy to use.Great photos and perfect documents.Ive had other brands in the past.This meets every detail and offers great customer service.Came with a few sheets of paper.Thats the only dwn.fall.For price more paper should have been offered “This is a review for the Epson FastFoto FF-680W Wireless High-speed Photo and Document Scanner System that I received free of charge to do a beta test and review.”

So like many people out there, I have hundreds, if not thousands, of pictures from back in the pre-iPhone days. Yeah, it's great to pull out the pile and flip through them, but I've wanted to get them all scanned, sorted and uploaded to my photo database. I had even considered sending them all out to be professionally scanned...well, the Epson FastFoto FF-680W Wireless Scanner just made my want a reality. We do have an Epson All-In-One printer in the home office, and it's been a workhorse for years. When the chance to try out the Epson FF-680W came along, I couldn't pass it up. When the box arrived, the first impression was, the box seemed small, so how small is the scanner? Upon unboxing, I realized...this think is pretty darn small, in fact it fits nicely right on my office desk with no issues. It's about a foot wide and about half that in height and depth. OK, hopefully this little package can pack a big punch! The scanner ships with a 2-piece power cord, a USB printer cable, microfiber cloth for cleaning photos, a carrier sheet (Epson recommends replacing after 500 scans) and directions. Pretty straight forward. Before connecting the scanner you will need to go to the Epson,com website to download the drivers for this particular unit. It took a total of 5 minutes to get online and download the appropriate software...it's an installer process and it walks you through from start to finish. Restart your computer to finish the install and it's time to connect the unit. There is an Epson app that can be customized to create folders, sub-folders, naming convention, dates, etc. when scanning photos. It's really easy to use and super convenient. The scanner is wireless or it can also be connected with the included USB cable. For my initial usage, I did set it up with the USB cable and have since started running it on WiFi. It seems to be about the same speed in either configuration on my network. Now for the fun stuff! I pulled together a stack of 25 3x5" photos from a family vacation from the 90s and loaded them into the scanner's adjustable feeder on the top of the unit. Using the Epson app, I created a sub-folder named after the destination, dated the photos and hit the "GO" button on the scanner. Within SECONDS, all 25 photos we quietly scanned and the photos were deposited in the adjustable catch tray! I honestly thought that it wasn't set up properly and just ran all the photos without doing anything...I was wrong...within a few more seconds, BAM, all the images appeared in the folder that was created before scanning. Not only the original scanned image but I had selected to make a copy and enhance it as part of the process. So literally within a minute this little machine scanned 25 photos and created 50 images...including the enhanced versions. Incredible! You can do some editing with the Epson app, like rotating, enhancing, red-eye correction (which is done automatically anyway) and restore to original. Since I'm familiar with editing in "Photos", I decided to upload all the images into photos to do some additional editing....however, this was not necessary...as the images created within the Epson system were already good enough for 95% of the population in terms of the quality. I'm now in the process of compiling all of my old photos into the proper years, events, sizes, etc. and plan on seeing if I can get 500 done in a day! Overall this is an incredibly easy to use scanner that is faster than I ever expected. After processing close to 300 photos, it's yet to have any issues like jams, skipped photos, etc. It simply works and I would recommend to anyone looking to save their memories to digital format.

If you are looking for a way to quickly scan pictures then the FF-680W is the absolute best on the market. I've owned other scanners and have tried to make them work with scanning the thousands of prints we have and they all are an absolute waste of time. The 680W can scan one pic per second and offers multiple enhancement options built into the software. It is so fast! Just load the pics (about 50 or so) into the scanner, pick your enhancements you would like to make and then they are scanned in less than a minute. No more postponing scanning the boxes of pictures we have. It is so simple to use and even my kids have been able to help out. Epson has surpassed what I would have expected in a photo scanner. Once the pictures are scanned, you have the option to edit them as you need. You can choose color restoration, red-eye reduction and capture notes on the back of pics on the scan in. Small footprint scanner fits easily on my desk. Also handles most paper sizes for great quality scanning. This is a review for the Epson FastFoto FF-680W Wireless High-speed Photo and Document Scanner System that I received free of charge to do a beta test and review.

Does both sides at the same time with automatic enhancement! This is a great device. It is small and compact. It is wireless, so I can put it in my bedroom where my photos are and scan to my computer downstairs. Downloading software was a pain but once I got it up and running everything worked perfectly. The downloading file must be huge because it kept erroring out and I had to restart it several times. It would be helpful if a disk was included. I was very happy to see that notes or captions written on the back of photos are automatically scanned. The quality of the scans are remarkable. It gives you 2 versions of each scan: the first one is exactly like the original and also an improved version so you can choose which one you like better. You can scan hundreds of photos in an hour. This is a also great for receipts and business expenses for your taxes. You can keep everything much more organized if you have it scanned. This will come in very handy to scan all of our family photos that are in albums so we can digitalize them. I am also going to use it for old documents that can be OCR'd into new articles and posts for my business. This is a lot faster than our old flatbed scanner! Overall, this is a great scanner and does exactly what it says it will do. It will save you a lot of time and effort. Downloading the software is the only problem I had, otherwise this is a remarkable machine and worth every penny. This is a review for the Epson FastFoto FF-680W Wireless High-speed Photo and Document Scanner System that I received free of charge to do a beta test and review.

The Epson FastFoto FF-680W has been a game-changer in digitizing my family’s extensive photo collection. Its rapid scanning speed allowed me to process thousands of photos, from standard prints to panoramic shots, in just a few sittings. The intuitive software offers automatic enhancements that effectively revive faded images, making the process even more efficient. However, I did encounter occasional jams when scanning thicker Polaroid pictures. Despite this minor issue, the FF-680W has proven to be an invaluable tool for preserving our cherished memories.

I’ve been using the Epson FastFoto FF-680W to scan old family photos, and it’s been really solid. It’s fast, easy to set up, and I like that it captures both the front and back—especially helpful for saving notes or dates written on the back. The image cleanup is a nice bonus for older, faded photos. It is a bit pricey, but if you have a big stack to go through, it definitely saves a ton of time.

- Blazing-fast and [mostly] error-free picture scanning, even with cupped photos (<2 sec @ 600 dpi); full 8.5' x 11" documents took <1 second! - Auto-correct software generally did a decent job for unattended image enhancement with only a few snaps looking worse than the originals; true photophiles will probably just want the unaltered image - Wireless scanning to PC or direct to Google/Dropbox worked flawlessly and was actually a godsend not to have to snake one more USB cable around the desktop - 2-sided scanning for notes/labels on the back of the pictures was a brilliant inclusion, especially at this price and at this speed - Small desktop footprint...folds up to about the size of a large loaf of Pepperidge Farm bread - Included OCR integration with popular Office programs/Evernote quickly created editable documents from scanned papers CONs - Epson Event Manager (installed during driver installation) would NOT SHUT UP when the scanner was on--every 3-5 minutes I was getting an annoying task-bar pop-up (and default Windows notification sound) that the scanner was ready to load images. Yeah, I could turn off the notifications in the OS itself (there is no option to do so in the task-bar interface itself)...but even so, interrogating the scanner every few minutes just to announce to the user it's still ready??? - I noticed a few large "scanning bands" running horizontally across some of the images after only 20 or so scans new, straight out of the box...there's a cleaning cloth in the box, but stopping every 20-50 prints is simply something you'll need to figure into your battle rhythm as you use this scanner, especially for LARGE photo collections - The unit unfolds like a Transformer--document feed and output trays extend the footprint to more than a foot tall and 21" deep from back to front--just be aware of the additional clearance you'll need around the unit if you have a smallish/cluttered desk - Not sure what value the 1200 dpi setting is as the software simply interpolates the missing pixels anyway...this might create a false sense that you're getting ultra-high resolution but there's nothing more the hardware can do with the original images than 600 dpi...and anyone wanting to blow up/manipulate images at higher resolutions like that probably has the serious image editing software to do so already (just a hunch). A simple hardware toggle/button (fast/600 dpi, super-fast/300 dpi) would have been a more welcome inclusion Wow...if you have a huge collection of pictures sitting in albums or boxes, or bucket-loads of receipts/papers you need to digitize, this is definitely the device for you (if your pockets are deep enough!). Software installation went painlessly and wireless setup was a breeze, though rather than get up and run across the house to press the WPS button on my router, I opted for the 1-time USB connection (using the included USB 3.0 cable--nice!) from my PC just to get moving in a hurry. I was up and scanning in less than 5 minutes even with the software download and installation--no joke! The instructions tell you to limit yourself to about 35 or so photos at a time; I scanned in batches of 50 using very old, cupped photos from storage, and this thing just kept spitting them out at mach 3! The scanning software gives you options for auto-naming/grouping/tagging photos by year, season, event, etc....a nice usability touch for digitizing large chunks of your life at a time. The image auto-correct options were okay most of the time, and in several instances the resultant photos actually turned out VERY nice, though the program seemed to have a few burps with red-eye reduction on just a few of my prints. I did notice some dithering in most of my very dark images and a bit of blue-push was fairly common across all my photos using auto-enhance/correct. But, you can opt to have both the original AND corrected/enhanced photos saved automatically during scanning--another nice usability feature that gives you freedom to choose what image you want to save/share. All said, the software auto-correct settings will probably serve most users well who are looking to put gobs of pix up in Dropbox or on their Facebook wall (for example) or simply ensure their images are readily available for sharing in the digital age...if that's you, you'll get pretty great results with this scanner and the speed at which you arrive at those results simply can't be touched outside of sending your prints away to someone else to scan for you. But if you're serious about archiving your precious memories forever, you'll probably want to a) digitize the originals as-is and adjust them by hand later, and b) take time to scan only a handful of snaps at a time, clean the glass and rollers, then rinse and repeat. It will still be faster than a flatbed scanner, but don't think you can just throw several stacks of 300 pictures at a time unattended at this scanner and not have a lot of photos turn out with scan lines and light patches...no, you'll need to be a bit more careful and deliberate if you deeply care about how your images turn out (remember, this thing is more about speed than absolute perfection in image quality). Yeah, on the surface, it's a a bit spendy for a specialty scanner that primarily targets those of us still holding on to years of old "analog" photos. But there's something very satisfying and exciting about setting an inch-high stack of photos in the feeder and seeing all the digital files appear on your screen less than a minute later. And once you've plowed through 20 years of photo albums in about 18 minutes (HA!), you've still got an incredibly capable and wondrously quick 2-sided document scanner/receipt manager to carry you through...all in all, a worthy indulgence.

My first try at connecting the Epson scanner didnt go smoothly. I first tried connecting through a usb cord which may have been my problem. I uninstalled the software then reinstalled and went the wifi route and everthing went great. I was up and running in no time. I am starting a new scrapbook project with my husbands army photos and the Epson FastFotoFF-680W Wireless High-speed Photo and Document Scanner System is perfect for scanning and uploading his pictures. I have scanned about every size photo there is and none got stuck. The software is going to be a huge timesaver. I'm including an example of a photo taken in 1982 that has aged over the years plus the version the software enhanced in just seconds. Scanning his documents were just as easy. I am very impressed and excited to get on with the rest of the projects I have been putting off for years. I would recommend this scanner to anyone looking for a high quality product. You won't be disappointed. This is a review for the Epson FastFoto FF-680W Wireless High-speed Photo and Document Scanner System that I received free of charge to do a beta test and review.

I just bought this scanner so can't speak to it's durability, but I can say that it was very easy to set up on my wifi. I was scanning photos within 45 minutes, and I'm not the fastest at these things. I was able to process a large number of photos which would have taken 3 or 4 times longer on our flatbed scanner. I love how this scanner's software saves the scans into subfolders based on information you enter before the scan. Over all, I am very pleased with this machine. Kind of pricey, but worth it to me considering the number of pictures I have to digitize.

The unit is compact and easy to use. The scanned items are excellent reproductions. Easy editing and a pack of photos goes through quickly and neatly. Highly recommend this scanner.

I am using this scanning system to save 5 generation of photos sitting in one of my bedrooms!! It took me an afternoon attempting to hook it to wifi. I finally gave up and plugged it in and it worked fine. FastFoto could be improved for categorizing, but once you get your categories made in FastFoto, it works pretty well. I like the ability to label photos and documents. Over-all it is excellent and worth the price!