Evaluation:  
Conclusion: Red and Green lines on .jpg
Review: I kept getting Red and Green lines on my scanned images. I went to Help online and there was a section on how to clean the scan "glass" to remove dust and such. Only problem is the path the the picture feeds through to scan is a clear plastic sheet and it already had scratched on it. Can't clean those.
Now if you didn't have the lines: The APF is GREAT and the few I did try running through it went through straight, no jams. Not too noisy and the software is pretty easy to work also.
Evaluation:
Conclusion: Rather trustworthy, though slow
Review: A robust bit of equipment, it seldom jams or sucks up more than one page at a time. It's hard to judge the exact speed (or lack thereof), but it seems to process five to ten pages per minute, depending on resolution. We were having some streaky image problems (see below) and Epson tech support advised us that the ADF was chiefly meant for document scanning, not image scanning. But once our problem was resolved, it seemed to do a good job with images.
Nice bits: The tray can be adjusted to fit smaller pieces of paper, which decreases the risk of jamming. When it does jam, it's very easy to open up and fix.
Not-so-nice bits: You do have to keep an eye on it, since it's not totally immune to making a mistake. If you're scanning glossy documents (like photos), you have to continually clean the scan area, because it gets very streaky from dust. (I'm not sure why glossy documents cause this problem more than non-glossy ... but they do.) Also, it's rather loud.
Overall, we've been very pleased with it. For the price it does very fine work.
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