Home mode lets you select the document type and adjust the resolution setting while Professional mode includes options to switch between reflective and film source material change colour settings and allows you access to adjustments that include tone, brightness, contrast and saturation. Full Auto, as its name indicates, can take over all the decisions although it does allow you to turn on/off dust removal colour restoration and auto photo orientation options. You can select from Full Auto, Home or Professional with each one offering a degree of control over the scanning process. As with the Epson V100, three scan modes are provided. With the same measurements (43 x 28 x 4.3cm) as the earlier V100 model, this Epson scanner has that appealing look that cries out 'Use me!' Power and USB (2.0 of course) connections are located at the rear right corner next to the four control buttons designated for power plus direct scanning to email, printer and PDF format.

At the conclusion of the installation, the system will need to be restarted and then you can connect the scanner. Some user interaction is required during the installation as you will need to accept various terms and conditions imposed by the software companies. You can cherry-pick from applications such as ArcSoft Photo Impression ABBYY FineReader 6.0 Sprint Plus and Epson Creative Suite. The required items include the User Guide, driver and the Epson EasyPrint Module. Given a choice of Easy or Custom Install, I opted for the former which divides its content into required and optional items. Before setting up the scanner, which involves little more than removing a small number of sticky tape strips and attaching the two leads, you will need to install the various items of software supplied on the CD.

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