Name: Epson WorkForce GT-1500 Document Flatbed Color Scanner, Refubished by
Brand: Epson
SKU: IESGT1500R
Price: 149.95 USD
Availability: Discontinued
Rating: 3.5 (6 reviews)

Epson WorkForce GT-1500 Document Flatbed Color Scanner, Refubished by

Epson GT-1500

Epson

Epson WorkForce GT-1500 Document Flatbed Color Scanner - Refubished by Epson

Adorama

Home Electronics

Home Office

Scanners

Flatbed Scanners

Epson Flatbed Scanners

Epson GT-1500 

Buy: Epson WorkForce GT-1500 Document Flatbed Color Scanner, Refubished by Interface: USB, Maximum Media Size: 8.5" x 14", Platform: Macintosh, PC/Windows

About a year after purchasing it, with very light use, the feeder stopped working. It chews up the document as it tries unsuccessfully to feed it.

Waste of money.

Awful experience

This is a great value for a flatbed scanner with a sheet feeder. I use this in a home office and the sheet feeder is great for regular documents but the flatbed is indispensable for odd or delicate jobs (like photographs, receipts on their own or taped to a page).

The software that comes with the scanner is pretty good but the PDF files that are generated sometimes give errors in Adobe Acrobat (they are still readable).

To scan double sided documents, scan the pile face up, then flip the pile over and scan the other sides of the pages. After you finish the back sides, click on the "Edit" button in the Epson software. One of the buttons on the Edit page will shuffle the pages to put them into double sided order. Hover you mouse over the different buttons to see what each one does. Then save the final image file.

I agree with everyone else that says the sheet feeder is a pain in the bupkis. You have to feed the first page in just so in order for the two switches to active properly for a sheet feed job. You know when you have failed when the flatbed starts whining away. Then you have to wait for the page to stop scanning, delete the blank page and try again.

Still, it's really hard to find another scanner with these capabilities, especially at this price point. Scanners are expensive for some reason. If Adorama has any refurbished Epson units, I would highly recommend them. They come in a brown cardboard box instead of a slick retail box but other than that, they seem perfectly fine.

Excellent product, can't tell it is refurbished

This is our 3rd Epson GT-1500 in our office.  It is fast and have had no problems with them for over a year now.

Excellent Scanner for the Price

I'm replacing a GT-S50, so it's probably not a fair comparison. The GT-1500 is slow and I do miss the duplexing. However it is better than any all-in-one printer/copier/scanner I've seen and certainly an improvement over flatbed scanners. 

Overall, the software is easy to use, the sheets scan easily and the optional flatbed is perfect for odd-sized items. For the price I'm very happy with my purchase. My primary use is for personal items in order to maintain a paperless world at home.

A little slow and no duplex

great product and an awesome price.  50 pgs max in the ADF.  No complaints.

Great product

This is an OK unit.  The OCR software sucks bad.  Waaaaaay too slow.  It is a klunky means of making a searchable PDF.  Plus the Epson website shows how to use the OCR setup as if it was in the Epson main scanner program.  yeah....it's not...lol  Overall I am not impressed by this unit. I have a small scanner at the office that tears through documents at an awesome rate and the software does the OCR on the fly!  I just can't remember which it is.  I may keep using it.  Just not have it scan for OCR and wait to buy a better scanner program.  [...]

Epson WorkForce GT-1500 Document Flatbed Color Scanner, Refubished by

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