HP ScanJet G4050 Flatbed Photo Scanner

Average customer rating: 3.5

Don't bother if you use Windows Vista Software
Great features
HP ScanJet G4050. Slow but good.
Ok for scanning prints, terrible for slides
Great scanner, great support

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HP ScanJet G4050 Flatbed Photo Scanner

Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B000LZIGIC

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Product Description

<b>Box Includes:</b> HP Scanjet G4050 Photo Scanner, template kit, USB cable, power supply adapter/power cords, software and User's Guide CDs, Setup and Support Guide, I.R.I.S. registration flyer

HP's Scanjet G4050 Photo Scanner lets you scan slides, negatives and photos with superior color accuracy. Capture the most realistic color, with high-definition photo and film scanning through HP's exclusive 96-bit scanning. Enjoy high-definition scans with 4800 x 9600 dpi resolution, and preserve crisp text in documents with scans. Get built-in dust and scratch removal tools, plus edit text from scanned documents and magazines. Scan up to sixteen 35 mm slides or 30 negative frames and bring old or damaged photos back to life by restoring faded colors. Quickly and easily preserve and share precious memories with the Scanjet G4050. Powered by external adapter System Requirements - PC - 233 MHz processor, 128MB RAM, 500MB HD space, CD-ROM drive, USB port, Internet Explorer 5.01; Mac - PowerPC G3 to G5 processor, 128MB RAM, 250MB HD space, CD-ROM drive, USB port and Mac OS X 10.3.9 or higher Operating Systems - Windows 2000, Windows XP Home & Professional, certified for Windows Vista; Mac OS X 10.3.8, 10.4 or higher Included Software - HP Photosmart software for Windows & Macintosh (includes integrated OCR, HP Photosmart Share, faded color restoration, dust and scratch removal, HP Adaptive Lighting and HP Image Editor with Auto Red-eye Removal capabilities) Dimensions - 11.93 x 20 x 4.25 Weight - 11.6 lbs.

Customer Reviews:

Don't bother if you use Windows Vista Software.......2007-05-18

Beware of HP products and Windows Vista!!! HP is slow to provide drivers and software for Windows Vista users, of course they blame Microsoft. However, the don't hesitate to ship their pc's with Windows Vista. The software that comes with the machine will not load under Vista; they have only a minimal patch available. The full functions (six color scan, slides, and negatives) of the scanner are rendered useless. Of course they can't tell you when they will have drivers and full function software available. And it is not just this HP product; they have very few drivers for Vista ready and its four months after the release.

Great features.......2007-05-09

This scanner has photo, negative (of several sizes), and slide scanning capabilities. They all work very well. Also it has PDF feature as well as many options from HP to help make the scanning process work smoothly. I will purchase HP products again!

HP ScanJet G4050. Slow but good........2007-05-01

I've been using it for about 2 months. Initially the G4050 had problems with color tint. With help from HPs tech support, a newer copy of their software resolved the problem. HPs tech support is fairly easy to get to and they try to be helpful. Only negative of this product is that the scans runs slowly.

A comment on their OCR software. Its the first time I've tried such software. It does a good job of creating text from the images.

Ok for scanning prints, terrible for slides.......2007-04-21

I bought this scanner to scan slides. The 16 slide tray was great, but that is the only good thing I have to say about this scanner. The software is terrible, hard to use, doesn't remember settings, with some settings reverting back to default settings even while running. Scans of anything even slightly dark result in very visible noise. If you have the dust removal feature turned on, the noise gives it fits. Scanning bright colorful slides, or bright prints seems to work ok, but there's a lot cheaper printers that can do that.

Great scanner, great support.......2007-03-21

I purchased this scanner for the purpose of digitizing our family collection of slides, photographs and other important documents that I want to save electronically. The setup was easy and the instructions were clear.

I encountered difficulty making the connection between the scanner and my computer. So after trying all of the suggested troubleshooting steps, I called the HP support line received excellent patient assistance which has resulted in wonderful scanning experiences.

I would make the same purchase all over again.

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