Wow! Amazon was fast. They beat their projected delivery date by a bunch. Weak point was whomever their shipping agent was, they did a terrible packing effort. The scanner box was sliding around inside the box with inadequate packing. The Epson box was very well packaged so no damage done.
I am not going to make a sales pitch for this scanner. It was my choice and I think I made a good one for my needs. It takes up less space than my original scanner. The speed is a whole lot faster. The scanning results are as good and probably better than the HP Scanjet IIc it replaces.
The additional features are the ability to scan color slides and negative film. The Digital Ice is a nice addition but does slow down the scan. A good trade-off for doing corrections later in Adobe Photoshop. Overall I am pleased, especially with the price of around $175.00