A convincing, keenly priced sheet-fed document scanner, but it's not the best

The Canon and Fujitsu scanners have stiff competition indeed from this handy little Epson. Robust but ruthlessly effective, it's reasonably fast and comes with powerful software. The standard DS-510, in particular, is very good value for money for serious businesses who have lots of paperwork to convert to a digital format.

Epson lists the Epson WorkForce DS-510($753.99 at Amazon) on its website under workgroup scanners, and, indeed, it offers enough capability for a small office or workgroup. However, the low price and small size make it a strong candidate for a personal desktop scanner as well. More important, its fast speed, 50-sheet automatic document feeder (ADF), and bundled software make it a good fit for either role. It doesn't offer quite enough to replace the Canon imageFormula DR-C125 as Editors' Choice, but it comes in a close second. Both of these scanners do an excellent job for optical character recognition (OCR) and document management, and they both offer similar raw scan speeds, with Epson rating the DS-510 at 26 pages per minute (ppm) and 52 images per minute (ipm)—with one image on each side of a page. The Canon DR-C125 is a little faster at text recognition and it does a better job with business cards, but it also costs more. Setup and SoftwareAt a compact 6.1 by 11.7 by 6.0 in...

The Epson WorkForce DS-510 document scanner offers a 50-sheet automatic document feeder, fast scans, duplex (two-sided) scanning, and a capable scan utility.

Automatic document feeder; Duplex (two-sided) scanning; Excellent text recognition and document management

Did not do well with recognizing text on business cards in our tests

This scanner scanned an entire tall lateral file worth of files without a hiccup. It is quiet and dependable and folds up in a really compact package. Great buy!

This is an extremely powerful but compact scanner. Purchased primarily for multi sheet capability. Full marks Epson on this machine

It was originally suggested that I purchase this or the DS-560 when I bought my DS-40 and I didn't want to spend the money. The little one is great for a page or two here and there, but the sales associate was absolutely correct.

this was a replacement to a flatbead Epson...this one is MUCH faster!!

Yes, I would and did recommend the scanner. To my knowledge, 4 more people have purchased this scanner on my recommendation. Please include software equal to the excellence of the scanner.

Job made much easier by this product; Easy to organize documents I wish to archive

Hardware is excellent...software supplied with it is primitive; not user friendly

Great product! Easy to set up and super fast!

I hadused ScanSnap for 4 years, and was convinced to buy this scanner when I started my business from home last summer. I am now on my THIRD replacement scanner from Epson and each one has lasted for a MAX 3 months before giving marked up scans. I am NOT hard on my equipment and take care of it.