Epson Network Interface Unit
Epson Network Interface Unit Whether you're searching for a system report scanner or
hoping to turn an Epson USB-based scanner that you as of now have into a system
scanner, make certain to look at the Epson Network Interface Unit (NIU)
($349.99). As the name proposes, the NIU adds a system connector to a different
scanner, yet it likewise does significantly more than that. Its front-board
controls let you offer charges to send outputs to any PC on your system while
you're at the scanner. More vital, it makes sharing a scanner in a little
office or workgroup a considerable measure simpler than attempting to manage
with a USB association with a solitary PC.
Setup
One key distinction between joining the NIU with a USB
scanner, as opposed to getting a scanner that as of now has an Ethernet
connector, similar to the Brother ImageCenter ADS-2500W, is that you need to
manage two separate units as opposed to one. That requires an additional setup
venture for interfacing the two to one another. It likewise implies that
notwithstanding whatever level space the scanner takes up, you need space for
the second unit.
The NIU weighs 312 grams and measures 68.6 by 160 by 83.8 mm
(HWD). That doesn't give it a major foot shaped impression, however you'll most
likely need to put it right alongside the scanner, so the two joined will be
altogether more extensive than a normal desktop scanner without anyone else's
input.
The back of the unit is higher than the front, so the top
inclinations down to face forward, successfully turning into a front board.
Notwithstanding a monochrome LCD, the board incorporates order catches that let
you work through the implicit menus, a force catch, and catches to begin an
output, wipe out a sweep, and Reset—which means reboot—the unit. There are
likewise two status lights marked Ready and Error.
Setup is direct, with no product to introduce for the NIU
itself. You first introduce the product that accompanied the scanner on no less
than one PC. At that point you associate the NIU to the scanner with the
supplied USB link, join the NIU to your system, interface the force lines for
both the scanner and the NIU, and turn both units on. At long last, you utilize
the Epson Scan Settings utility on the PC to discover the scanner on the
system, so the output programming can correspond with it.
Epson Network Interface Unit
Filtering and Speed
Once the NIU and scanner are set up, you can filter by
giving orders from the PC, however that can be badly arranged if the scanner
isn't inside of arm's scope. As a rule, the better decision is to give the
output orders from the NIU's front board.
Epson's Document Capture Pro sweep utility gives you a
chance to characterize up to 30 output profiles that you can look over with the
front-board menus. Every one determines the sort of document to sweep to,
whether to check in simplex or duplex, and then some. You can likewise give
every profile as expressive a name as you like.To check, you essentially stack
the archive in the scanner, utilize the NIU's menu to pick a PC to send the
output to, alongside the profile to utilize, and afterward give the sweep
charge.
In a large portion of my tests, the Epson DS-520 or more NIU
turned in basically the same pace as the scanner alone joined by means of USB
link. Examining to picture PDF organize, and including the full time from
giving the output summon to the minute the record completed the process of
keeping in touch with the hard drive, I timed the Epson DS-520 with the NIU at
25 pages for each moment (ppm) for simplex (single-sided) sweeps and 54
pictures for every moment (ipm) for duplex (two-sided) checks.
These outcomes are somewhat unique in relation to I saw with
the Epson DS-520 utilizing a USB association, however the majority of the
distinctions are inside of the blunder range for the tests. The stand out that
gave a fundamentally diverse result was for filtering a 25-sheet, 50-page
record to a searchable PDF (sPDF) document. At the point when the scanner was
joined by USB link, it took 1 minute 33 seconds. When it was joined with the
NIU, it took just 1:13.
Regardless, the mix of NIU and scanner is remarkably
speedier than the Brother ImageCenter ADS-2500W, which came in at 16ppm for
filtering in simplex and 28ipm for examining in duplex at 200ppi in our tests,
and took 3:54 to check our standard test record to sPDF position. The pace
additionally looks at well to the rates for the Canon imageFormula DR-C225, our
Editors' Choice tolerably estimated USB-associated archive scanner for
individual or little office use. I timed the Canon model at 24ppm and 48ipm for
filtering to picture PDF group and at 1:09 for examining the 25-sheet, 50-page
record to sPDF position.
On the off chance that you need a conservative unit with one
control board, one force catch, and a base foot shaped impression, you'll have
to consider genuine system models, similar to the Brother ADS-2500W. If its all
the same to you having a second unit sitting beside your scanner,
notwithstanding, the Epson Network Interface Unit, joined with any of the
scanners it works with is a more-than-sensible decision for system filtering.
Also, as presumably the most convincing contention to consider the NIU—on the
off chance