One of the buttons simply brings up the scan utility on your PC. The utility lets you start a scan either from your computer or by using one of the four buttons on the scanner itself. The V600's scan utility will be familiar to anyone who's worked with a recent Epson scanner or MFP. Also included are Adobe Photoshop Elements and Abbyy FineReader 6.0 Sprint for optical character recognition (OCR). Like most scanners, the V600 comes with TWAIN and WIA drivers, so you can scan from most programs with a scan command. I installed it on a system running Windows Vista, but according to Epson, it also comes with drivers and a full set of software for Windows 7, XP, 2000 and Mac OX 10.3.9 through 10.6. Simply install the software, plug in the power cord and supplied USB cable, and turn the scanner on. The V500 includes Digital ICE for film only. In particular, it includes Digital ICE-the hardware-based approach for digitally removing dust and scratches-for both prints and film. Despite the evenly spaced model numbers, it's much closer in price and capability to the V500, but it offers some important extras. The V600 fits in Epson's line between the less expensive Editors' Choice Epson Perfection V500 Photo, scanner and the more expensive Epson Perfection V700 Photo.

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