Disappointed, should have lasted longer

I bought this unit plus the network (ethernet) interface back in December 2013. It worked well on our Mac network until March 2018, when all of a sudden it would not scan no matter what we tried to do to fix it.

Requires an Epson Printer to make direct copies

Beware! The copy to printer function in Document Capture Pro only works with an Epson Printer. If you do not have an Epson printer you will not be able to print copies of a document using Document Capture Pro without saving it to your computer first.

Scans well 1200 dpi flatbed two sided adf

Will not make copies direct to a printer except an Epson

Works great

We got this scanner to replace a 8+ year old three-in-one machine that was slow and had a finicky paper feeder. This scanner works extremely well - picture quality is fabulous, even on hand-written notes that were taken on yellow legal pads. It is very fast and also quiet.

Broken and not collected for replacement

This arrived with the USB port not working, we are still awaiting for collection from 11th November 2016, so that a replacement can be ordered. Maybe this will get some notice.

Epson WorkForce DS-6500 Review

The Epson WorkForce DS-6500($849.00 at Amazon) offers something that most document scanners in its price range and below don't. Along with the automatic document feeder (ADF) that you would expect, it adds a slightly larger than letter-size flatbed so you can also scan bound pages or other originals that won't fit through the ADF. If you need the flatbed, that's enough to put the DS-6500 on your radar. It may even be enough to put it on your short list. In many ways, the DS-6500 is one step up from the Editors' Choice Canon imageFormula DR-2020U, another document scanner that also offers a flatbed. The DS-6500 is designed for slightly more heavy-duty scanning, however, with double the paper capacity for the ADF, at 100 sheets, and a faster rated speed. Both scanners can duplex, scanning both sides of a page at the same time, but the DS-6500's rating is five pages per minute (ppm) faster, at 25 ppm and 50 images per minute (ipm) for duplex (two-sided) scans. Basics, Setup, and So...

The Epson WorkForce DS-6500 document scanner includes a letter-size flatbed to let you scan originals that won't fit through the 100-sheet automatic document feeder.

Both letter-size flatbed and automatic document feeder; Duplex (two-sided) scanning

When scanning to searchable PDF format; the added step of recognizing text adds significantly to the total time