The Epson WorkForce ES-500WR Wireless Document Scanner—Accounting Edition ($499.99), is a light-to-medium-duty sheet-feed desktop document scanner appropriate for use in small offices and work groups. It's a variation on the WorkForce ES-500W, packing in Epson's upgraded scanning and document-processing utility, ScanSmart, and the ScanSmart Accounting Edition bookkeeping-friendly add-on. If your business requires the recurring manual entry of financial data, the ES-500WR will be an attractive alternative to our Editors' Choice among entry-level document scanners, the Brother ADS-2700W. Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks The biggest difference between the ES-500WR and the ES-500W is in the Accounting Edition software, so there aren't a ton of hardware updates here. Like the ES-500W, it measures 6.6 by 11.6 by 6.9 inches (HWD) with its trays closed and weighs 8.1 pounds. That's slightly bigger and 2.5 pounds heavier than the Brother ADS-2700W, close in size to and 2.1 pounds lighter th...
The Epson WorkForce ES-500WR delivers fast and accurate scans paired with a robust software package that will appeal to data-crunching offices.
Fast and accurate OCR; Robust software bundle; Versatile connectivity options
Accounting Edition software only compatible with QuickBooks and Excel