Epson WorkForce DS-1730 Compact Flatbed Scanner For Small Businesses And Home Offices
Product details checked 5 September 2026 · price checked live
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Epson WorkForce DS-1730 Compact Flatbed Scanner For Small sits in our scanners & accessories listings, where we rank by how buyers actually rate a product rather than by brand. The manufacturer says: Impressive 30 pages per minute/60 images per minute with single-pass duplex scanning and flatbed scanning in 7 seconds at 300 dpi. 60-sheet Auto Document Feeder handles various sizes from 10.5 cm x 14.8 cm up to 21.6 cm x 304.8 cm, with peak daily duty cycle of 3,000 sheets. Those are the seller's own claims rather than our testing, so treat them as a starting point. On Amazon it holds 4.4 out of 5 from 10 ratings. What that score is worth next to its rivals is set out below.
- Brand
- Epson
- Amazon rating
- 4.4 / 5 from 10 ratings
- vs Scanners & Accessories
- 0.1 above the category median of 4.3
- Rank in category
- 23 of 43 rated scanners & accessories we track
- Price position
- Towards the top of the range (category spans £5.99 to £410)
- How proven
- Fewer ratings than most rivals here, so less settled
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How it compares in Scanners & Accessories
Across the 43 rated scanners & accessories products we track, the typical score is 4.3 out of 5. This one sits at 4.4, which is around the middle of the category. Ratings alone will not separate it from its rivals here, so price and the specifics below matter more than the star count.
It carries 10 ratings against a category median of 309. That is a thin base by the standards of this category, so treat the score as provisional: a handful of extra reviews can still move it either way.
On price it sits in the upper third of a category running from £5.99 to £410, where the midpoint is about £69.66. Paying above the category norm needs a reason beyond the rating, because the score alone does not justify the gap here.
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Worked out from the 43 scanners & accessories products in our catalogue, not from the brand's own claims. How we rank →
Key features, as the manufacturer lists them
Taken from the product listing via Amazon's product API. These are the seller's claims, not our test results.
- SCANNING SPEED: Impressive 30 pages per minute/60 images per minute with single-pass duplex scanning and flatbed scanning in 7 seconds at 300 dpi
- DOCUMENT CAPACITY: 60-sheet Auto Document Feeder handles various sizes from 10.5 cm x 14.8 cm up to 21.6 cm x 304.8 cm, with peak daily duty cycle of 3,000 sheets
- VERSATILE SCANNING: Features both ADF and flatbed scanning capabilities, with ability to scan multiple documents simultaneously on flatbed into separate files
- ADVANCED FEATURES: Includes automatic colour detection, background removal, text enhancement, and paper protection technology for pristine image quality
- SOFTWARE INTEGRATION: Compatible with TWAIN and ISIS drivers, includes Epson Document Capture software for scanning to email and cloud storage services
