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