But I found if you tilted the photos onto the end fit for a nicely.Ģ. It suggests that you have an inch of space between all of the photos. Sometimes depending on the size of the photos, a few more. This scanner allows you to scan in a roughly 4 photos at a time. I focused on People, pets, and “locations that have changed”.
Select photos that have meaning to you to scan in. If you’re anything like my family there are lots of pictures of scenery, landscape, pictures around the house, fluffy photos that may not be that interesting now that you look at them years later.
Make sure you sort through the photos in advance. Some tips for anyone who is planning on uploading their photos as well: Top Tips for Backing Up And Scanning Your Family Photosġ. So I hope that this helps save someone else who is looking for that section in the future.Īll in all, I really tested the scanner out, scanning in about 1000 photos/negatives. It actually launches “Epson Scan” to do the actual scanning in the background. Easy photo scan is a kind of “Overall” application that holds all the photos you scan in a temporary holding area and then you can do a batch upload all at once to your favorite Internet service. Not the standard “Epson” directory that I was using.
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1) Epson scan, the other 2) Easy Photo Scan. Easy photo scan is installed in a separate windows directory, Called “Epson software”.
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Basically, there are two separate software applications that get installed from the CD. Regardless of doing a search online, the Epson help sections were confusing (simply telling me to “click the Facebook button” which I couldn’t find) and I was unable to find exactly where I was allowed to upload photos directly to Facebook, Google Drive, or even Flickr. There were a few things that I found tricky with the setup though.Īs already mentioned, I was most looking for an option that would allow me to upload photos to the Internet to make sure that I would always have access to the photos in case anything ever happened to them physically.
There is no photo editing software built in. The software installs quickly and easily and includes a few different scanning applications. The scanner itself looks like most scanners. Software has many options that can take some time to get use to.No ability to upload “directly” to the cloud – Pictures are held first.Instructions are not detailed (even online).Removes scratches and dust in “ice mode”.Built in Photo Retouching – Doesn’t add a lot of time.Fast scanner with very good quality – no “warm up” time.Can scan negatives (and several sizes of negatives).Quick Review of the Espon V550 Photo Scanner It also contains a few special functions to remove dust and discoloration from your photos automatically. This scanner is capable of scanning not only your old print photos but “developing” scanned in negatives as well.
When I heard of the Epson V550 photo scanner, I was very interested to give it a review. If you are anything like me, something that has been on your bucket list for quite some time is getting all of those all cherished family photos uploaded to the internet cloud. When was the last time that you got film developed at the local store? Technology advances but that does not deal with all of the film prints that we have acquired up until this point. With the camera being a staple in all cell phones today, stand alone cameras, film and paper prints are pretty much ancient history for the average household. Want To Win an Epson Scanner Of Your Own? Scroll to the Bottom of this post and enter to win one thanks to Epson Canada and this blog.