This is a competent and user-friendly scanner, but it's narrowly outpaced by the Canon ImageFormula DR-C130, which costs about the same and comes with slightly better software. The Canon is the better choice, but the DS-510 runs it very close.

The Canon and Fujitsu scanners have stiff competition indeed from this handy little Epson. Robust but ruthlessly effective, it's reasonably fast and comes with powerful software. The standard DS-510, in particular, is very good value for money for serious businesses who have lots of paperwork to convert to a digital format.

The Epson WorkForce DS-510 document scanner offers a 50-sheet automatic document feeder, fast scans, duplex (two-sided) scanning, and a capable scan utility.