Plustek Photo Scanner Ephoto Z300, Scans 4x6 Inch Photos in 2 Seconds, Auto Crop and Deskew with CCD Sensor, Supports Mac and PC

Ah, the Plustek Photo Scanner Ephoto Z300—a device that promises to digitize your old family photos faster than your nan can say, “Back in my day, we didn’t have scanners!”Let’s start with the speed. This thing scans a 4x6-inch photo in just two seconds! That means you can finally tackle that shoebox full of old holiday snaps without dedicating an entire weekend to it. It’s so fast that if you blink, you might miss the scan happening.Now, onto the ease of use. No complicated settings, no fiddly trays—just feed your photo in, and boom, it’s digitized. Even your tech-averse relatives could use it without calling you for help every five minutes.But let’s talk quality. At 300dpi, it’s decent for everyday use, but if you’re expecting museum-level restoration, you might want to temper your expectations. It’s not going to turn your grainy 90s holiday photos into ultra-HD masterpieces, but hey, it gets the job done.And the design? It’s sleek, compact, and doesn’t look like it was designed in the 80s. It won’t take up half your desk, which is a win in itself.Final Verdict: If you want a fast, hassle-free way to digitize your old photos, the Plustek Ephoto Z300 is a solid choice. It’s not the highest-resolution scanner out there, but it’s quick, reliable, and grandparent-friendly. Just don’t expect it to magically fix your questionable fashion choices from the early 2000s.Would I recommend it? Absolutely—especially if you enjoy watching your old photos fly through the scanner at lightning speed.

I bought this in place of an Epson V600 whcih I could never get working after 4 hours of dicking around. That was a flatbed photo scanner. This is a top-loader.This is a top-loader photo scanner which does docs as well. Set-up took <5 mins including downloading the drivers. So far it has been excellent. 300dip jpg wizzes through and 6oo dpi jgp a smidge longer. It does all normal formats though I haven't tested them. I did 60 photos in 25 mins including faff time, and have hundreds to go so am really glad. Does sizes A4 down to passport size. The feeder auto-centres when you feed in. Lots of functionality. The cost of getting the photos digitised was roughly £0.80p/photo so it definitely made sense to me to buy.Only a couple of whines - could be some documentation and the target directories could be easier to change. You need to wait for the scan process to finish before the next one can be done even though the photo has already come out of the bottom.Good thing is that the photos are grouped as you put them in but not saved so you can select them all and put them into a specific folder, but once saved to the folder you can't edit them again unless you re-scan or use another package. So far I am really impressed with how simple it was to set up and use - definitely intuitive. For smaller photos you can put them in two at a time to create a single image.The footprint is roughly A5 deep and high, and A4 wide so nowhere the footprint needed for a flatbed. Plus the ergonomics of an intuitive top-loader make it quick and easy to use - no dicking around with lids and having to place photos in a specific area. Doesn't do negatives though, but not an issue for me.So far a great buy - definitely reccommended!

There are not many options for scanners to quickly reduce the number of stored photographs and photograph albums. Flatbed scanners are too slow. Having reviewed the options I settled on the Plustek ephoto Z300 and I am pleased that I did. It was a pleasant surprise to receive a helpful email from the vendor before I received the printer ( using Amazon Prime too!). Setup was easy. I did not have a cd drive on my laptop to install the supplied software. I could only find drivers on line so I use an old PC and copied the CD onto a USB stick. On loading this onto my laptop I was informed of a newer software version on line. This quickly downloaded and installed. I then installed and calibrated the printer and was scanning within 10 minutes. The unit has a nice small footprint and is quiet in operation. The bundled software is easy to use. I chose a location in my cloud, changed the scan dpi to 600 and quickly scanned the contents of one photo album. The software does permit rotation and editing. Bearing in mind that we could not do this when the photos were taken and printed and the fact that the cameras in my youth that I could afford were pretty basic I am very happy with simply scanning and not adjusting - I have about 50 albums to scan! The results are fine , memories are safely preserved and space in my house is recovered. The scans are quick, 300 dpi is very quick, 600 dpi takes a little longer. Feeding the photos is very easy. I have a flatbed scanner but chose this for speed and ease of use for scanning many photos and it is a good choice. I have also scanned documents with it. They are also quick and with good results. In short an excellent scanner for the price to do exactly the job that I wanted it to complete