Directly afterwards installing the scanner, I was disappointed by the ArcSoft software that had been installed. It continued to generate a pop-up window that postulated that I put the text size for it’s windows, eventide though I’d never begun the software myself. Worse, the putting apparently did not save — the window kept re-appearing. What’s sad is that that software is not eventide something I wanted to install. It was not described in the physical documentation, was not documented in the electronic manual, and I had to comb through forums to observe away eventide *where* it had been installed. That’s an indication of poorly designed and poorly delivered software with total disregard for the user. Epson should at least have provided more information nearly it ahead it was installed, and in the manual hence that it could exist trouble-shot. It surely soured my have of their scanner, regardless of how good the equipment is. Including software that they proceed such poor track of is a mistake.

As well, the user maneuver is a broadly linked put of one-sentence blurts nearly the name of what window comes up when you button a button. It’s a long style from a amply descriptive document nearly the ways in which the scanner may exist used, the processes for doing so, and more importantly, the reasons for doing so. The sentences are hence short, it’s as if they don’t desire you to read the manual. I still have no idea how to produce a scan of multiple pages into a single file, eventide though several “out-take boxes” look to indicate it should happen. Why is central information in such a manual left to “out-take boxes”? Likewise selfsame disappointing.

Epson Perfection V30 Color Scanner…