Epson ES-500WR scanner | Our honest review

Epson ES-500WR Datasheet Explained

Paper up to 8.27 in x 11.69 in, can be digitized on the Epson ES-500WR.

The Epson ES-500WR can achieve an optical resolution 600.

A scanner like this, is scanning with a CCD sensor.

This scanner transfers data through SuperSpeed USB 3.0 and WiFi.

You can reach scanning speeds of 35 Pages per minute in simplex mode.

The duplex mode achieves 70 Images every minute in duplex for this scanner.

Scanning 4000 pages is what the manufacturers claims to this scanners daily Recommended volume.

When analyzing the image processing framework you will understand that the Epson ES-500WR driver works on Twain.

You should expect the rollers to be able to scan about 600.000 office documents.

Specs for paper handling

To prevent double feeding, this equipment uses an Overlap detection (Ultrasonic sensor) for proper Multifeed Detection.

If you are wondering what the ADF size is, well we can tell you that it is around 50.

This Epson ES-500WR scanner, will scan a maximum Sheet thickness of 10 lb. to 59 lb..

Documents up to 240 in in length, can be processed by the Epson ES-500WR.

Epson ES-500WR accesories unboxing

The dimmension this device ocupies on your table is 11.3 x 3.5 x 2.6 inches.

The Epson ES-500WR is weighing about 8.1 lbs. This weight doesn’t include any parts that can be fitted to the equipment.

Regarding the included software, the Epson ES-500WR has the Epson ScanSmart Accounting Edition, Nuance Power PDF, Nuance PDF Converter for Mac, NewSoft Presto! BizCard.

Features for Productivity

For mixed size documents, I usually set maximum size and let the Automatic Cropping do its job.

I like the Automatic Rotation of Images for documents that are not homogenous when it comes to orientation. A mix of portrait and landscape documents will be handled by the Automatic Rotation of Images mode.

It’s often a good thing to have color pages identified automatically. A Epson ES-500WR scanner will let you use this function easily.

When was the last time you had to remove blank pages manually? The Epson ES-500WR will do this automatically, when you use the Blank document removal function.

Thinking of using the Dual stream scanning function? Go ahead, as it is standard on the Epson ES-500WR.

Quality of images

I have seen the Background Cleaning setting improve with every update of the driver, and it is the same case with the Epson ES-500WR scanner.

Have you tried using the Document Edge Cleanup for images? If it works correctly for pictures, then keep it enabled on the Epson ES-500WR permanently.

When you have bad quality paper going through the Epson ES-500WR, just keep the Skew Reduction box active and you should have perfectly alligned pages.

When was the last time you had Correct Punched Holes turned off? Personally, I can’t remember when that was.

I really like using Streaks Detection on text documents, but the Epson ES-500WR doesn’t feature it.

Extra Features

Can you use the Epson ES-500WR to scan really old documents? It should work if you enable the Feed Paper Manually settings.

I’ve started indexing through Barcode Detection for some time now, most often using QR codes. This scanner has Barcode Detection , but check if it’s optional or standard.

Always check if the Separate Documents Automatically is free on the scanner. I have seen some manufacturers selling the barcode option.

It’s safe to say that Optical Character Reading is something no scanner should miss. Scanning is not possible without it today.

The OCR Predefined Zone is very popular with users and comes as standard on the Epson ES-500WR scanner.

Epson ES-500WR driver, manual & brochure

You will find the driver for the Epson ES-500WR here.

Download user guide here.

Want to know some more specs? You can download the brochure on this site.

Epson ES-500WR vs Epson DS-530

	Epson ES-500WR	Epson DS-530
Connectivity	SuperSpeed USB 3.0 and WiFi	SuperSpeed USB 3.0 and Ethernet (optional)
Document Thickness	10 lb. to 59 lb.	10 lb. to 56 lb.
Interface	Twain	Twain, Wia and Isis
Dimensions	11.3 x 3.5 x 2.6 inches	6.6 x 11.6 x 6.9 inches
Price	Check price on Amazon	Check price on Amazon

The scanning area seems to be the same with both scanners at 8.27 in x 11.69 in.

Both the Epson ES-500WR and the Epson DS-530 operate using a CCD sensor.

If scanning long documents, you will notice that the Epson ES-500WR and the Epson DS-530, are equal at 240 in.

So what connection ports does each document scanner feature? Epson ES-500WR has built-in SuperSpeed USB 3.0 and WiFi while the Epson DS-530 provides SuperSpeed USB 3.0 and Ethernet (optional).

Such devices, the Epson ES-500WR and Epson DS-530 will work at the same scanning speed which is 35 pages per minute.

Read the full review of the Epson DS-530