Perfection V39

Finally having to change my old flatbed scanner when the generic drivers I was relying on would no longer function, the real problem was finding one that would work with Windows 10. The Epson Perfection V39 fitted the bill.The new models rely on power from connection to the computer. Don’t try it with a hub, it doesn’t like it and will interfere with anything else you have there. Install the software and it’ll run with any of your graphics software. These flatbed scanners are physically thinner and lighter and really fast scans. I was doing double the number to the time I normally give. The lid can come off allowing easier scans from books.This doesn’t mean it’s totally perfect but this is down to the scanner software. As this is pretty common to the generic drivers I was using with my previous scanner, I’m voicing comments here in case any of the companies want to do a revision.The biggest problem is not seeing the DPI, that tells you the resolution of the scan in its main window. A4 default is 100DPI while 150DPI used to be the norm. You have to switch to another screen, via the highlighted blue line words to change the DPI and use the Custom command to keep it that way. I should point out that you a lot of control of the resolution which is good. Considering that there are only 5 commands there, it would have made sense to extend the main screen or give an option to widen as seen in other software.For its speed, this Epson flatbed scanner makes my old scanners look like slowpokes but that can be put down to upping USB speeds.

I needed a scanner which scans into whatever folder I tell it to and names the scan automatically and consecutively, so scan 1, scan 2, scan 3 etc etc. This does that. The last two scanners I bought didn't allow this and the software was a bit clunky and unforgiving.This scanner gives me the freedom to scan in bulk. Wonderful! Set up on a Mac was as simple as downloading the installation package and drivers, once i'd done that, the blue 'active' light came on and that was that. I was scanning. It's incredibly fast as well, response time between starting a scan and the scanner beginning is almost instant. This is a great piece of kit, with the added bonus of slotting straight into my Mac via USB, no power adapter or plug required.

Great quality product with good compatibility and speed. Stylish design and easy to set up and connect. Value for money.

I’ve owned an Epson 1240u scanner for years. It did the job, but I was constantly frustrated by Epson’s useless software update system. Epson don’t seem to understand that not everyone uses Windows, or that Mac users tend to update to the latest version of the operating system when it’s released. Every other major peripheral manufacturer manages to provide the minor updates needed for successive iterations of OSX. After years of frustration, I swore never to touch another Epson product.But the USB of my 1240 only intermittently connects and as the Canon reviews are less than stellar, I ended up with the V39. After downloading the disk image I tried to install the software from the Install Navi link. Four restarts and three reboots and I was still looking at a barely moving blue bar. My ADSL was fine, but Epson’s servers seemed to give up after a few minutes. Useless, as usual.Here’s what you have to do if you are running OS X 10.10.4 (Yosemite)-- Download the disk image from the link provided.-- DON’T click on ‘Install Navi’. Instead, scroll down (see attachment) and install the software from the Driver and Apps folders (no thanks to Epson for providing zero clues that these folders even exist. Duuh).-- Run (Epson’s) Software Update to install the other apps.Once you’ve done this you can use the Epson Scan software (which looks horrible on a 5K iMac), or go to System Preferences > Printers & Scanners and select the V39 from there. The other Apps (Document Capture, Epson Photo Scan, Copy Utility – see second image) are plug-ugly and very un-Mac like. Since they all crash or freeze, they’re not much use anyway. All of this grief could have been avoided if Epson had simply put the Mac software on the CD.The scanner itself is neatly designed, but noisier and slower than the ten-year old 1240 it was meant to be replacing. What’s worse is the scan quality -– how Epson can release a product that is markedly inferior in standard to one made years back defies understanding. Whites are blown, fine detail blurred – only by scanning in colour at 600 dpi, then converting into grayscale in Photoshop could I achieve b&w images approaching the ‘out of the box’ quality of my 1240.Epson need to:1) realise that Mac users won’t accept Dell-quality hardware and Windows 98-quality software.2) seriously rethink their Mac support before they lose an huge chunk of customers.After hours of grief and cursing getting the thing going, followed by disbelief at the eventual scans, this is going back to Amazon in today’s post. You have been warned.

This is for the Epson Perfection V39I bought this so I could scan my watercolour paintings as the one I had couldn't scan light colours and for me it works perfectly for what I want, I didn't find it too noisy and it was easy to intall and it downloaded and installed the latest drivers from the Epson website so it saved me the hassle of doing it myself. I only used professional mode and the default settings but I'm going to play about with them to see what they can do as tere is a lot to learn. It scans very quickly and is very light and compatable and just perfect for my needs.I saw two reviewers say about lines on 1200 dpi and I did once or twice see them but I just scaned again and they weren't there so I don't see anything faulty with it probably just a bad scan.

I'm an experience graphic designer used to working with drum scanners and A3 Heidelbergs in the past. I wasn't expecting much from this mere Epson Perfection V39 so I was pleasantly surprised that after all the scare stories I had read on here about drivers etc that I got it up running and scanning in ten minutes. Scanning was quite an intuitive exercise and the software is capable of producing an A4 scan in well under a minute! Quality is great and if you know how to use Photoshop that'll help you improve your image too

My partner loves it. She’s a watercolour artist, and this is just fantastic for scanning artwork.