1) The product is becoming niche: at sane prices (more or less) in the summer of 2022 there were only 2 offers, and with the removal from the office - only 1, and this is in Hong Kong! The device contains both optics and precise electromechanics. Therefore, I don’t want to worry whether the courier will shy away from the corner of the device upon delivery. The price is also not encouraging: if you take the state one, multiply it by the course, then you will have to multiply it by 1.5. 2) you need to install the software from the CD (by running the root exe). The fact is that EPSON has no sane instructions for installing software! And then the wizard will install everything correctly and tell you at what point to connect to the PC and provide it with ill. And he "registers" the device in the OS. Well, who would have thought that you need to connect to a PC only after installing the drivers? By the way, both drivers and the main Epson Scan utility are installed in the package. 3) there is a noticeable gap under the lid, which is clearly visible through the light. Therefore, dust protection is a must (when the scanner is not in use)! He quickly came up with a not very aesthetic, but reliable design: he covered it with a thin plastic bag on top and grabbed it with an elastic ring. At the back, it runs exactly under the film adapter cable.