This is a review for the Epson DS-770 II Color Duplex Document Scanner that I received free of charge to do a beta test and review. The scanner arrived in perfect shape despite the box being extremely battered in transit. The Styrofoam took most of the damage and little pieces went everywhere. Unpacking the scanner was very straightforward. It comes with a power cord, adapter, and USB cable. The “Start Here” guide was very basic with not a lot of words or detailed pictures. The first step was to remove all packing materials and tape. Next, plug the cord into the adapter and turn the machine on. Then you are supposed to install the software. I visited the link provided for my scanner and it kept taking me to “page not found”, so I eventually did a basic search of the model number and found the drivers for my scanner. I followed the on-screen prompts which led me to plugging the USB port into the computer and following the rest of the setup automatically. The whole machine setup was very straightforward and easy.
After the software is installed, the scanner is ready to use. Although at this point, I had to go back to the support page and download the user manual because the display is not labeled, it’s just buttons with characters. The scanner has an output tray and extension which fold out very easily but also fold back in to make the scanner much more compact. There is also a paper guide so you can choose the width of the material that you’re scanning. Basically, at this point, you can load in your media and start scanning. It can handle multiple pages at once and it scans very fast. I was not happy with the standard DPI default, so I found the Epson Scan 2 App and was able to change the settings from there. You can choose single/double sided, image type (color, grayscale, black & white), the resolution, the format, file name, and what folder the documents go into. There are a ton of advanced settings as well, including adjusting the brightness, contrast, gamma, and more. I also like that you can do a preview scan and see what adjustments need to be made before making it a document. I also like that it brings up the folder that has the document in it automatically, so you aren’t searching for your freshly scanned files.
I think the scanner does a good job at scanning most things. For basic office documents, this scanner is very nice. There are a lot of things this scanner says you shouldn’t scan though, like photos, artwork, or anything wrinkled. Things are easily jammed if they are even slightly wrinkled, but it is very easy to take them back out by opening up the front cover and just removing them.
The quality of the scan improves with the resolution and the quality on general documents is crisp and clear. The quality on colored documents is not as crisp or as nice quality as the originals, but very nice quality for general office documents.
All in all, this is a nice scanner for basic office documents! It wasn’t overly difficult to set up, it’s a good size, it’s fast, and it works well!