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Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review

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Under the wave of digitalization, remote and decentralized office mode has gradually become a new fashion of office mode, electronic storage of various documents has become a common phenomenon, scanner as the main equipment to realize electronic storage of documents, plays an important role in daily office. Among them, efficient and convenient scanners are increasingly popular. Especially in the fields of finance and legal affairs, high-speed scanners are convenient for electronic transfer of documents at any time, making it easy to meet various office needs. Epson's ES-C320W A4 compact U-shaped high-speed scanner has the characteristics of compact size, high-speed scanning, diverse support for paper, and powerful image processing functions, which can greatly help office workers improve work efficiency and become an indispensable weapon in the workplace.

Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review

In terms of working footprint, the ES-C320W adopts a compact U-shaped scan feed design, which requires very small working space, which is very suitable for office environments with limited space, such as small and medium-sized enterprises and SOHO users. In terms of efficiency, the speed of ES-C320W can reach 30ppm/60ipm double-sided scanning, even if the office space is small and cramped, you can also get the high-speed work efficiency brought by ES-C320W; In terms of scanning content, ES-C320W has two ways of U-shaped paper feeding and straight channel feeding, U-shaped paper feeding is suitable for batch scanning needs of ordinary office documents, and the straight channel can scan special media such as cards, passports, and brochures. In terms of image processing, equipped with Epson's professional image processing function, damaged file images can also be optimized to obtain perfect electronic images; In terms of scanner connection, the ES-C320W supports Wi-Fi wireless scanning function, which can be connected wirelessly through wireless devices, making scanning easier and more convenient.

With such a small and compact scanner, let's see its comprehensive strength through actual experience.

Compact U-shaped design for limited office space

Company finance, legal and other work often have a large number of documents, contracts, application forms, bills, etc. electronic requirements, in order to conduct online review, confirmation, storage, etc., these documents are important and confidential, in the public area scanning will have the risk of information leakage, at this time financial and legal personnel are in great need of a document scanner that can be placed on a personal desk, easy to use and efficient.

Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review
Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review

The ES-C320W features a compact U-feed design with a vertically oriented scan feed. Its unique and ingenious design makes it occupy only 296*238mm of the desktop area during the scanning process, which is only 2/3 of the ordinary high-speed scanner, which is very suitable for small and medium-sized enterprises and SOHO people with limited desk space. At the same time, ES-C320W inherits Epson's concept of focusing on detail design, and has a special cable collection tray, which can arrange cables in an orderly manner and make the desk neat and orderly.

High-speed scanning makes work easier

For busy workers who often work overtime, efficiency is another important need for scanners. If you need to work overtime to scan because the scanning speed is not enough, it is simply a "nightmare" for the staff.

Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review
Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review

With the Epson ES-C320W scanner, you won't be bothered by this problem. It is a double-sided high-speed double-sided scanner that can reach a speed of 30 pages per minute and acquire 60 images at the same time; With such high efficiency, it supports both ordinary office documents (using U-channel scanning) and special media scanning (using straight channel scanning), and supports a maximum paper thickness of 40-209g/㎡. Meet the complex scanning needs of the office while increasing efficiency.

Powerful processing power Images are clearly visible

Documents that need to be scanned during work may have creases, damage, uneven edges or binding holes, etc., and if the scanned electronic document has missing images and does not meet the archiving requirements, how to solve the situation? The software handling function of the ES-C320W can process damaged originals into complete, clean, and clear electronic documents. At the same time, electronic document data files can be minimized by reducing the amount of redundant information in the image. Next, we will use the ES-C320W scanner to scan the damaged paper to see how well it is imaged.

Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review
Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review

As you can see from the scanned preview, the colors match the original file, and the font is clearly visible without any raw edges.

Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review

In addition, considering that the ES-C320W scanner can also scan documents with broken corners, we used 10 sheets of double-sided colored paper with broken corners, folded corners and stains for the scan test.

Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review

The ES-C320W's ADF Autofeeder can place 20 pages of documents at a time, and place the document originals on the ADF Autofeeder for batch scanning.

Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review

After the document processing of the ES-C320W scanner, we get a preview of the 20-page scan.

Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review
Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review

After you save a document, you can view a scan of it.

Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review
Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review
Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review

From the actual experience, it can be seen that the ES-C320W scanner still shows its accurate scanning ability and powerful image processing ability in the face of this damaged and contaminated paper, which restores the original appearance of the document for us and obtains a complete electronic image, which is also far ahead in the industry.

WIFI connection is more convenient to use

The ES-C320W's powerful scanning & image processing capabilities are unquestionable. In addition, in order to further improve office efficiency and facilitate users to manage scanned documents on the mobile terminal, ES-C320W also supports Wi-Fi scanning, allowing users to choose the appropriate scanning method in different scenarios, such as obtaining clear images through the Wi-Fi scanning function in the company's office environment.

Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review

The Wi-Fi scanning function allows mobile devices such as mobile phones to connect with the ES-C320W through Wi-Fi, and users can download the Epson Smart Panel in the app store for scanning operations. Epson Smart Panel is an easy-to-use app that makes it easy to set up and operate the scanner. Below we demonstrate how to connect the ES-C320W scanner using the Epson Smart Panel and explain which connection method should be used in different scenarios.

Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review

The first step is to turn on the WPS button on the wireless router until the indicator is solid.

Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review

In the second step, turn on the power of the ES-C320W scanner and press and hold the connection key until the WIFI light flashes white. At this point, the connection of the wireless router to the ES-C320W scanner is complete.

Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review
Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review

Step 3: Open the Epson Smart Panel application, select the [Connect to products already on WiFi] option, you can see the ES-C320W scanner, select the ES-C320W scanner, and then press the connect button according to the prompts to successfully connect.

Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review
Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review
Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review
Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review
Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review

There are two connection methods for Wi-Fi scanning, one is that mobile electronic devices are directly connected to the ES-C320W through Wi-Fi; The other is that the ES-C320W is connected to the wireless router. The advantage of the former direct connection is that you do not have to connect to the public network when traveling for business, so as to avoid the leakage of important files. Especially for people working in finance, legal affairs and other fields, the documents they come into contact with are more sensitive, so it is very necessary to bring a scanner when scanning documents outside; The latter is a company office environment that allows remote control of the ES-C320W scanner via a mobile phone connected to a wireless router.

Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review

Ultra-low energy consumption, energy saving and environmental protection

Adhering to Epson's business philosophy of environmental protection, the ES-C320W scanner uses about 30% recycled plastic on the body, and it has good energy-saving performance under the two connection methods of WIFI and USB, suitable for long-term use.

Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review

With WIFI connection, the ES-C320W scanner consumes about 11 watts in active mode, the ES-C320W scanner consumes about 3.7 watts in ready mode, the ES-C320W scanner consumes about 1.4 watts in sleep mode, and the ES-C320W scanner consumes about 0.1 watts in off mode.

With USB connection, the ES-C320W scanner consumes about 10 watts in active mode, the ES-C320W scanner consumes about 3.3 watts in ready mode, the ES-C320W scanner consumes about 1.0 watts in sleep mode, and the ES-C320W scanner consumes about 0.1 watts in off mode.

Lean, easy to use, strong strength

As a desktop office "artifact", the ES-C320W scanner is very powerful overall. Next, we will use the Epson Smart Panel application to actually experience how to use the ES-C320W scanner.

Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review

The Epson Smart Panel app has a simple front page and a card-like design at the bottom, so you can easily swipe to select the action you want.

Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review

We first scan the ES-C320W's "Read First" page. It is regular paper, its size is A4 size, and it is double-sided.

Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review

Select the parameters in the scan settings, if you don't know what the file size you need to scan, then select Auto on it, in this scan we select the image form to color, the resolution is standard, the scanning side is double-sided, skip the blank page, auto rotate, ADF auto feed mode, the image format is PDF, start scanning!

Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review
Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review
Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review

After the scan is completed, the image is processed, and the scanned image is previewed.

Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review
Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review
Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review

Finally, save the file to your phone to complete a full scan.

Desktop office artifact Epson ES-C320W scanner review

Epilogue:

The power of the ES-C320W A4 compact U-shaped high-speed scanner is that it not only has a space-saving U-shaped design, dual feeding method, powerful image processing capabilities, intelligent image processing software and other highlights, but also can realize its full potential in desktop office. And for office workers who need to scan documents frequently, or have electronic requirements for confidential documents, ES-C320W has good efficiency and confidentiality, which can meet the office needs of professionals such as finance and legal affairs, and is the best choice for users.

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