HP Scanjet G4050 Photo Scanner (L1957A#B1H)
Designed to quickly and easily preserve precious memories, HP's ScanJet G4050 Photo Scanner lets you scan slides, negatives, and photos with superior color accuracy. Capture realistic color with high-definition photo and film scanning through HP's exclusive 96-bit scanning. Enjoy high-definition scans with 4,800 x 9,600 dpi resolution and preserve crisp text in scanned documents. The device comes with built-in dust and scratch removal tools, and you can edit text from scanned documents and magazines. Scan up to 16 35mm slides or 30 negative frames at once and bring old or damaged photos back to life by restoring faded colors. Superior color accuracy, high-definition scans with 4800 x 9600 dpi, and speedy previews (as fast as 8.5 seconds) are easily achieved with the G4050. Compatible with Windows 2000 and later and Mac OS X 10.3.8 and later operating systems, the scanner is backed by a 1-year manufacturer's limited warranty. Weighing in at just over 11.5 pounds, the scanner measures 20 x 11.93 x 4.25 inches.
What's in the Box
HP Scanjet G4050 photo scanner, template kit, USB cable, power supply adapter/power cords, software and User's Guide CDs, Setup and Support Guide, and I.R.I.S. registration flyer
Customer Review: Great value
I purchased the HP Scanjet G4050 to convert over 1000 slides to digital photos on a MAC. The purchase was well worth it. It was capable of scanning 16 slides to good quality in around 15 minutes. I did attempt to increase the quality, but it took significantly longer with little improvement. This scanner is a good bargin for those who want to scan slides for home use.
Customer Review: Great HW, weak SW
Have had this for a week and overall pleased. Comments (based on only 35mm slides):
- Very good HW; solidly built, good scan quality
- HW dust removal takes a long time, and not very effective. It's quicker (with good results) for me to use an anti-static brush on the slides, and then use the Healing Tool in PS CS4.
- 6 color and higher bit depth make the scan time significantly longer, and I can't see a difference in high dpi scans.
- The HP-provided software is the weak link here. Settings and Help are both spread out in 2 or 3 different areas, and hard to understand (and I work with computers for a living).
- The deal-breaker for me regarding the HP software is that the auto- select/crop for slides is always off. It consistently cuts off left and bottom (and the amount varies), and there is no way to fix it except laboriously selecting each single slide, zooming in, manually changing the selection area, zooming out - and doing this 16 times for a batch of slides.
- I switched to Vuescan SW and am quite pleased with it. Significantly more features and easier to use.
Overall, very pleased with quality and price of the scanner, but IMO it needs 3rd party SW to make it easy to use.
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