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Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (parts): 1 year
Manufacturer Limited Warranty period (labor): 1 year
Get marvelous color accuracy with HP’s ScanJet G4050. It has a 6 color, 96 bit color depth design and a 4800x9600dpi resolution. These combine to give you archival quality images. Included adapters let you scan up to 16 slides or 30 negative frames at once and then have the images stored as individual files.
The HP Real Life technologies software will bring old pictures, slides or negatives back to life. The software can handle scratch and dust removal as well as remove red-eye and enhance details. The Photosmart software also organizes your files for quick access.
Pros: Since I wrote the $200 paperweight review a couple of months ago HP has released the full driver/software apps for the G4050. The scanner is IMO pretty good. Normal picture and documents scans are good and very fast. HP's software suite is very adequate for most home users. Scanner is very flexible (quick simple copies or very detailed scans of 16 slides at once).
Cons: Not a lot of cons but if you want high quality scans you'll have to wait for them. If you use the 96bit scans at high DPI a set of 16 slides will take between 3-4 hours. Its definitely a set it and forget thing. Also, the auto-selection areas are frequently way off missing large chunks of photos or slides. You'll need to adjust each selection area by hand before accepting the preview.
Other Thoughts: I was very annoyed at HP for the way they touted its original Vista compatibility. However, I would say the scanner is worth the price if you need to do serious archiving of old photos, film, or slides. While there is nothing wrong with this scanner, if you need are more basic this scanner is overkill.
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Reviewed By: on 3/1/2007
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: less than 1 day
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Excellent features, provided you are not using VISTA.
Cons: Does not work with VISTA! The installation disk and programs are NOT compatible with Vista. HP has a Driver on their site for very basic operation only. You can only get very basic scanning functions until HP provides updates in several months (per their support site). Unfortunately this doesn't work for me.
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Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: more than 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: scanner good quality, strong and heavy (it is important when you scan) fast scan times
Cons: little to expensive
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do not buy
Reviewed By: Osiris on 4/6/2009
Tech Level: average - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: None
Cons: Software has issues if you use a pad need to download fix from HP, lots of problems working on Vista... big suprize I know. Didn't set it up within the 30 day return policy from newegg. Freash out of the box it didn't work. HP is sending a replacement.
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REALLY nice scanner !
Reviewed By: Michael on 3/27/2009
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
Pros: I have XP Pro with all the downloads. This was one of the smoother installs for me.
Long live XP PRO and Hp !!!
Cons: NONE.
Other Thoughts: Love Hp or hate Hp, they make REALLY nice scanners and printers ! Over the years I've owned quite a few ! I switched from an all-in-one scanner/printer/fax to this lovely, surprisingly intuitive, scanner. Maybe I've just had so many Hp products that they seem intuitive to me.
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Model
Brand
HP
Series
Scanjet G4050
Model
L1957A
Spec
Scanner Type
Flatbed
Image Sensor
CCD
Resolutions, Optical
4800 dpi
Resolutions, Hardware
4800 x 9600 dpi
Resolutions, Interpolated
Up to 999999 dpi
Color Depth
96bit
Max. Document Size
8.5" x 12.3"
Interface
USB 2.0
Operating Systems Supported
PC: Pentium II 233 MHz or equivalent Celeron processor; 128 MB RAM, 500 MB available hard disk space; 800 x 600 SVGA monitor with 16-bit color; Windows 2000 Professional, XP Home, XP Professional, XP Professional x64, XP Media Center Edition 2005; USB port; CD-ROM drive; Internet Explorer 5.01 (SP 2 and higher) Macintosh: Mac OS X v 10.3.9, v 10.4 and higher; PowerPC (G3, G4 and G5 processor), Intel Core processor; 128 MB RAM, [250 MB recommended (required for v 10.4 and higher), 250 MB available hard disk space
Physical Spec
Dimensions
20" x 11.93" x 4.25"
Weight
11.6 lbs.
Features
Features
High-definition image quality for photo scanning Effortlessly preserve and restore your memories Easy, convenient scans, copies and more
Manufacturer Warranty
Parts
1 year limited
Labor
1 year limited
Introduction
Get marvelous color accuracy with HP’s ScanJet G4050. It has a 6 color, 96 bit color depth design and a 4800x9600dpi resolution. These combine to give you archival quality images. Included adapters let you scan up to 16 slides or 30 negative frames at once and then have the images stored as individual files.
The HP Real Life technologies software will bring old pictures, slides or negatives back to life. The software can handle scratch and dust removal as well as remove red-eye and enhance details. The Photosmart software also organizes your files for quick access.
Highlights
Exceptional Image Quality The HP Scanjet G4050 (L1957AB1H) features an ultra-high scan resolution of 4800 x 9600 dpi and incredible 6-color, 96-bit color scanning capability for detailed and vivid scan outputs.
Negative/Slide Scanning Capability With the built-in adapter, the HP Scanjet G4050 (L1957AB1H) scans up to sixteen 35mm slides or thirty negative frames (35mm, and other film sizes).
HP Photosmart HP’s Photosmart software brings old or damaged photos back to life with faded color restoration, and dust/scratch/red-eye removal capabilities.
Scan Directly to PDF With the built-in PDF conversion capability, the HP Scanjet G4050 (L1957AB1H) converts scans into PDF files directly!
Simple Installation The HP Scanjet G4050 (L1957AB1H) features a Hi-Speed USB2.0 interface for fast data transfer and simple connection to your computer with plug-and-play functionality.
Reviewed By: Dave on 7/27/2007
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
