Conclusion

The EPSON Perfection 3490 PHOTO strives to reach the hard-to-achieve balance between the price and usefulness of a device. I view this scanner as an ideal purchase for people who have to scan multi-page text documents, magazine illustrations for the Web, and standard photographs, but if you want a scanner to digitize positive and negative films, I’d advise you to consider some other model. On the whole, the Perfection 3490 is an expectedly appealing device, though.

Highs:

• Attractive price
• Functional software
• Good color reproduction

Lows:

• Interference-sensitive
• Incorrect operation of the software Dust Removal technology
• Low scan quality with transparent originals