Lacking that, the quick start guide should give more specific instructions, rather than leaving you to fend for yourself. Ideally both should both be built into the installation program itself. The quick start guide also tells you to calibrate before scanning, saying only that the instructions are in a User Guide on disc.īoth of these extra steps are more than a little annoying. However Epson also includes a note saying to go to its Web site to download the latest version of the driver, without telling you how to find it, and without mentioning the Driver Update utility that can do it for you. Setup was mostly standard, involving installing the drivers and other software and then connecting the supplied USB cable, which provides power as well as a data connection. SetupFor my tests, I installed the DS-30 on a Windows Vista system. If you need the best possible portability, that gives the DS-30 the edge. As a point of comparison, the Editors' Choice Canon imageFormula P-150 Scan-tini ($295 direct, 4 stars), with duplexing and an ADF, is nearly twice as big and weighs three times as much. The DS-30 measures just 1.4 by 10.9 by 2.0 inches (HWD), giving it a smaller footprint than a one-foot ruler, and it weighs 11.2 ounces.
The advantages of leaving out duplexing and an ADF boil down to small size, low weight, and low price. Whether you need that particular convenience or not, if your scanning needs are light duty enough so you can do without an automatic document feeder (ADF) and duplex (two-sided) scanning, the DS-30 is worth considering.
The one important difference between it and similar portables from five and more years ago is a scan utility with options to send scanned files to the cloud. In most ways, the Epson WorkForce DS-30 portable scanner ($179.99 direct) is simply one more variation on an old standard: a no-frills, portable scanner limited to manual feeding and simplex (one-sided) scans.
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