Color:White Media:Electronics Autographed:No Memorabilia:No Shipping Weight (lbs):14 Dimensions (in):18 x 25.8 x 6.2 nv:Scanner Type:Flatbed Scanner Type:Sheetfed Scanner Element:Color Epson MatrixCCDTM line sensor Optical Resolution:600 x 600 DPI Optical Resolution:1200 x 2400 DPI Maximum Document Size:8.5 x 14 (Sheetfed) Maximum Document Size:8.5" x 11.7" (Flatbed) Color Depth:48-bit Power Source:AC Adapter
Product Description Get superior image quality and enhanced productivity from the Epson WorkForce GT-1500 color document imaging scanner. With 1200 x 2400 dpi resolution, it delivers amazing quality, so you can capture every detail. Use the high-capacity Automatic Document Feeder to quickly scan a variety of sizes up to 8.5 x 14. The GT-1500 speeds through scans up to 20 pages per minute. With innovative ReadyScan LED technology, there's no warmup time required. Best of all, this earth-friendly LED technology does not include any mercury, and it reduces power consumption. It also includes a powerful software package. ABBYY FineReader Sprint Plus OCR allows you to create editable text from scans, while ScanSoft PaperPort makes it easy to organize all your documents. Use Epson Scan to create multi-page PDFs, or to copy or send scans as e-mail attachments.
One-touch scanning Versatile scan sizes ? 5.9 x 5.9 to 8.5 x 14 ReadyScan LED technology - no warmup needed Earth-friendly LED technology ? no mercury Effective Pixels - 10,200 x 14,040 (1200 dpi) 6 buttons - Power, Start, Copy, E-Mail, PDF and Cancel Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Windows Requirements - Intel Pentium II 450 MHz with 128MB of RAM (512MB of RAM for XP Professional x64 and Windows Vista) and 215MB of free hard drive space. Additional Windows Requirements - Microsoft) Windows 2000 Professional, XP Home Edition, XP Professional, XP Professional x64, Vista (USB 2.0 Host Driver by Microsoft is required) Macintosh Requirements - OS X 10.3.x - 10.5.x, PowerPC G3 400 MHz or Intel-based CPU with 128MB RAM or higher and 200MB of free hard drive space W x D x H - 18.5? (470 mm) x 12.5? (318 mm) x 4.8? (121 mm) Weight - 8.6 lbs. (3.9 kg) One-year limited manufacturer warranty in the U.S. and Canada
Customer Reviews:
Easy, accurate, and functionalDecember 2, 2008 We have been using this unit in the office for a couple of months now and have had no problems whatsoever.
The ABBYY Software is the best I have ever used for OCR and PDFs and conversion of one to the other. The ADF has worked flawlessly.
Having only had it for a couple of months, I can't comment on the long-term quality of the hardware, but so far we have had no problems and the software has worked well with it.
Great scanner, terrible supportDecember 2, 2008 1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This scanner uses LEDs as a light source and so has zero warm-up time. The paper feeding system is very fast and and handles irregular sheets and ragged corners with no trouble. The scanner itself beats the HP 5550C I've been using.
Epson's scanner interface is not to my taste but has presets for office and graphic professional scanning needs. What keeps it from getting highest marks is the abysmal customer service.
I couldn't get the twain driver to work under Windows Vista. The WIA driver did work, but doesn't support acquisition from the sheet feeder (which defeats the whole purpose of buying this scanner). Lack of sheet feeder support is a crippling blow to the usability of Paperport (which I have used for years). Epson should not be bundling software that their own product does not support.
I spent hours on the phone with three levels of Epson's technical support to no avail. They tried to pawn me off on Nuance to get Paperport support (Nuance's policy is that software bundled with hardware is supported by the manufacturer of the hardware!)
One of the technicians I spoke to did not even know that twain and WIA were different drivers. How can they possibly address my problem when they have such poor background in the product?
The answer of course, is that Epson's support is provided by a call center in India or some such place and the support people are reading canned responses off a computer screen.
The level two technicians knew nothing more that the level one technicians. After a lengthy conversation with a level three technician I was promised a resolution and a return phone call, which as you might guess, never happened.
In the end, I was left to my own devices and discovered a workaround. Scan using the Epson interface (which does support the document feeder) and set its destination directory to the main Paperport directory.
Then open Paperport and manage your documents from there. Not as good as scanning directly from within Paperport, but it gets the job done.
