Looking for a budget printer that still offers great results? Epson XP-640 might be your answer. It is one of the best printers in its price range.
Find out how to download and install Epson XP-640 Driver so you can use the printer on your computer.
The scanner at first appeared as a generic scanner. Also the Epson Scan 2 Utility app didn't appear to be able to connect. Next I reset the Printers & Scanners and re-added by print and the FF-640 and restarted. After these steps the scanner showed up properly in Preferences.Printer & Scanners and the Epson apps worked. The FF-640 was designed to accommodate fragile photos or even large panoramic photos. Already have your FastFoto Scanner? Click here to Get Started! Note: Epson does not accept returns on refurbished items except if product arrives defective, in which case, we will provide a replacement with the same model or equivalent.
Epson XP-640 Features
● Compact Size
With a size of 19.8 x 15.4 x 5.4 inches (50.3 x 39.1 x 13.7 cm), this printer takes up very little space.
● Multiple Functions
XP-640 can be used for printing, copy, and scan. It’s suitable if you need to print photos or documents a lot.
● High quality photo printing
You’ll get vivid and sharp photo quality in print and scan with Epson XP-640. The printing quality for text is also great.
● Connectivity
You can print from computer or Apple and Android devices. The printer also has a Wi-Fi direct feature.
● CD Caddy
The XP-640 has a caddy for printing CD labels.
● Rapid Print Speed
XP-640 has one of the fastest inkjet rates, so if you need a fast-printing device you should get it. It can print lab-quality 4 x 6” photos in merely 20 seconds.
This printer also has the auto duplex feature, so you can save not only time but also paper.
Conclusion
Our final verdict is that Epson XP-640 is a worthy purchase to make. It is one of the best devices for photo printing. The price is also affordable.
Overall, it is a great printer. Before using it on your computer, don’t forget to install the Epson XP-640 Driver first.
Epson XP-640 Driver Installation for Windows
The Steps to Install Driver Printer for Windows:
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1. You should download the driver printer first. Just click the download link on this website. It is better to download the driver in the ZIP or RAR file format.
2. Follow the instructions and make sure that the download process is complete. After that, you have to extract the files.
3. Find the Setup menu. Select the menu by right click on your mouse. You will see several options there. Choose the Run as Administrator option.
4. Read and follow the installation procedure carefully and click the Next button to continue to the installation process.
5. Click the Finish button by the time the installation process is complete.
6. That’s it! The printer driver installation is complete. You can try to operate the printer for printing, faxing, or scanning.
Epson XP-640 Driver Installations for Mac OS
The Steps to Install Driver Printer for Mac OS:
1. You must download the driver printer first. We provide you with the link to download the driver on this website.
2. Click the link, follow the instructions, and download the driver in the ZIP or RAR file format.
3. Extract the file when the download process is complete.
4. Find the setup option on the menu and double click on the file.
5. You will see a pops up notification to select the printer connection options. Select the USB option and let the setup continues. Wait until the setup process is complete.
6. When the process is complete it means the printer is ready. You can test it by printing, faxing, or scanning files.
Epson XP-640 Software for Windows
Windows 10 32-bit, Windows 10 64-bit, Windows 8.1 32-bit, Windows 8.1 64-bit, Windows 8 32-bit, Windows 8 64-bit, Windows 7 32-bit, Windows 7 64-bit, Windows Vista 32-bit, Windows Vista 64-bit
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Mac OS 10.5, Mac OS 10.6, Mac OS 10.7, Mac OS 10.8, Mac OS 10.11, Mac OS 10.12, Mac OS 10.13, Mac OS 10.14
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In December 2016, we introduced you to the Epson FastFoto FF-640 (read our review here). We were generally impressed with its speed and scanning quality but were disappointed that the scanner only supported a USB 2.0 connection. That was then. Today Epson offers the Epson FastFoto FF-680W. It has all the great features of the original FastFoto but adds wireless connection to your Mac, as well as other improvements.
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| Pros | Cons |
| Wireless Connectivity | Large physical size |
| Improved Software |
Epson FastFoto 680W – Unboxing
Inside the box is the Epson FastFoto FF-680W Photo Scanner, a power supply to support 110/240 volts and a standard 110 2-prong power cord to connect the power supply to a US style outlet. Also in the box is a USB 3.0 cable (an upgrade from the USB 2.0 which came with the FF-640), a Quick Start Guide, a cleaning cloth and a document carrier for use with the automatic document feeder for extra small or fragile items.
The FF-680W is a fairly large unit, measuring 11.7″ wide, 6.7″ deep and .9″ high. It weighs in at 8.2 lbs. As such, unless you have a lot of extra space on your desk, you should expect to place the scanner on another surface, like a nearby credenza, bookcase or shelf. This is now a less significant issue since the scanner is wireless.
Set-up of the Epson FastFoto FF-680W Photo Scanner was easy. Following the Quick Start instructions, we downloaded the latest software package for macOS, from the Epson support site and let it go through the automated installation process.
One of the first things we noticed was how quickly the Epson software found our AirPort Extreme Base Station and self-configured the scanner in the wireless mode. If you are a long-time fan of Apple Tech Talk, you know we have had more than our share of issues trying to configure scanners and other devices on our network. We don’t know if Apple has made it easier for third parties or Epson has figured out the secret code but the end result was impressive.
With the software installed and connected to our Mac, we got the usual message that a software update was available followed by a firmware update for the scanner. We completed both of those with no issue.
In all, from the time we took the scanner out of the box, to the time we competed the final updates and had the scanner ready to go was about 20 minutes.
Epson FastFoto FF-680W Photo Scanner – Photo Scanning
Like the FF-640, the Epson FastFoto FF-680W Photo Scanner has a 36 photo Automatic Document Feeder that can handle multiple photo sizes at the same time. In addition, the FF-680W can now handle the scanning of Polaroid photos and panoramic photos up to 36″ long.
The Epson FastFoto FF-680W can scan pictures up to 12000 dpi interpolated and supports auto-rotate and can export pictures in TIFF format.
Our testing of the FF-680W showed it to be just as nimble as its older sibling. Our scan of 19 4×5 prints, all in good condition took about 10 seconds to run through the scanner with an additional 10 seconds to finish processing the scan. A slightly larger batch of 30 photos took a total of 40.7 seconds to scan and process. Turning on the built-in auto-enhance feature causes a slightly longer processing time but it does a nice job of color enhancement, red-eye reduction, de-skew, crop and rotate, so the extra time should not be an issue for most users.
We scanned a variety of photos in different sizes and quality and received similar results in every case. Anyone looking to digitize a large printed photo library should be very satisfied with the speed of the Epson FastFoto FF-680W Photo Scanner.
Like the FF-640, the photo scanning application also provides excellent photo management and supports direct uploads to DropBox and Google Drive.
Epson FastFoto FF-680W Photo Scanner – Document Scanning
While the FF-640 also scanner documents, we felt the software was mediocre. With the introduction of the Epson FastFoto FF-680W Photo Scanner, the Epson document scanning software has changed, as has our opinion, both for the better.
We have found previous versions of the Epson ScanSmart software to be somewhat confusing and did not particularly care for the user interface. With our testing to the FF-680W, we got our first look at the new ScanSmart 2 application.
The new software is much improved. The first screen you get lets you select single or double-sided documents. This starts the scanning process.
As part of our testing, we scanned a mix of single and double-sided documents together. The software did an excellent job of blank page detection and removed all them.
Once the scan is complete, you are presented with a screen to select what you want to do with the scan, such as save it to your hard drive or network location, directly attach it to an email, upload it top cloud services like Google Drive, DropBox or Evernote or print it. With built-in OCR (Optical Character Recognition) by Nuance, you can even save the scan as a Word document or Excel spreadsheet.
The ScanSmart 2 application is now being provided with the FastFoto FF-680W as well as all Epson retail Scanners.
The Bottom Line
As we said earlier, when we looked at the FastFoto FF-640, we considered it a photos scanner first and foremost that happened to also scan documents. With the improved ScanSmart application and the overall performance of the scanner itself, that is no longer the case.
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The large capacity Automatic Document Feeder along with the dedicated applications for photo scanning and document scanning makes the FastFoto FF-680W a dual purpose machine that does a great job or photo scanning as well as a fully functional document scanner.
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The FastFoto FF-680W has an MSRP of $599.99 and is available at a discount from Amazon.
We would like to that the folks at Epson for providing us with the Epson FastFoto 680-W Scanner for our testing and review.
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