Epson WorkForce DS-520 Driver

Epson WorkForce DS-520 Drivers for Windows and macOS.

Supported Microsoft Windows Operating Systems

Windows 11
Windows 10 (32/64-bit)
Windows 8.1 (32/64-bit)
Windows 8 (32/64-bit)
Windows 7 SP1 (32/64-bit)
Windows Vista SP2 (32/64-bit)
Windows XP SP3 (32/64-bit)

Supported macOS Operating Systems

macOS Sonoma 14
macOS Ventura 13
macOS Monterey 12
macOS Big Sur 11
macOS Catalina 10.15
macOS Mojave 10.14
macOS High Sierra 10.13
macOS Sierra 10.12
OS X El Capitan 10.11
OS X Yosemite 10.10
OS X Mavericks 10.9
OS X Mountain Lion 10.8
Mac OS X Lion 10.7
Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6
Mac OS X Leopard 10.5

Epson WorkForce DS-520 Specifications

The Epson WorkForce DS-520 document scanner is a capable entry into the business-centric scanner market aimed at small to mid-sized offices with moderate scanning needs. Offering a fast 30 pages per minute (ppm) scan speed and an impressive daily duty cycle of 3,000 pages, the DS-520 is designed to excel in a setting where creating digital copies of documents becomes a part of the daily routine.

So, how does the DS-520 perform? It offers a smooth scanning experience with a 50-sheet automatic document feeder that can make easy work of stacks of paperwork. Moreover, one-touch scanning to numerous destinations, including cloud services, along with highly accurate optical character recognition (OCR), yielding editable text that should be the staple feature of any device in routine use where digitizing documents is vital to managing data and enabling archiving. And, though the scanner is easy to use – it boasts Epson’s Document Capture Pro software with scan-to-email and scan-to-PDF capabilities – it also plays nice with existing equipment and software.

While the DS-520 features plenty of capable attributes, it has its challenges. Lacking a flatbed, the scanner’s flexibility for scanning oddly shaped documents or thicker media that won’t go through the feeder can be almost nonexistent. The scanner is also less of a set-it-and-forget-it device than solutions boasting more significant daily cycle rates, which, while having generally reliable performance, was subject to the occasional misfeed, especially when scanning mixed batches of different document sizes. Some attention was occasionally necessary.

However, the Epson WorkForce DS-520 is a strong contender for anyone in the market for a dedicated document scanner that balances speed, efficiency, and the ability to integrate conveniently into existing document management systems.