HP Scanjet G4050 Reviews

Expert Reviews (27)

HP Scanjet G4050

By Lori Grunin (cnet.com)

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Excellent scans, especially of very saturated originals ; very nice industrial design

Only supports sRGB color space ; random color registration problems on slide scans ; weak driver ; many operations are very slow

The HP Scanjet G4050 is a solid scanner that could use a driver overhaul and a better means of handling slides.

This time, it's HP, with its six-channel Scanjet G4000 series. Click for more...

Rating

75100

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HP Scanjet G4050

By Lori Grunin (zdnet.com)

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Scanners are hardly considered cutting-edge tech these days, but every now and then some company comes along and surprises me. This time, it's HP, with its six-channel Scanjet G4000 series. Like the proverbial "overnight sensation," the G4000 has been ...

This time, it's HP, with its six-channel Scanjet G4000 series. Click for more...

Rating

75100

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HP Scanjet G4050 Photo Scanner: These Scanners Preserve Precious Memories

By M. David Stone (pcmag.com)

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. That's because the scanners you're used to all use three colors for scans. So does the default setting for the Hewlett-Packard Scanjet G4050 Photo Scanner ($200 street). But what's new-and very much different-about the G4050 is the option to scan in ...

So does the default setting for the Hewlett-Packard Scanjet G4050 Photo...

Rating

80100

User Reviews (265)

"Bad! Really Bad!"

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You could do much better for much less. 

It looks nice

Software that came POOR! Download the latest version. Then you have to edit registry & uninstall prev ver,. Errors constantly appear. Get use to rebooting

"best scanner ever"

By bardiaizad (cnet.com)

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veryultimate and good

verygood and ultimately

"complete waste of time - money"

By vabili (cnet.com)

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I bought this scanner because I wanted to sca... 

there is nothing good to say about this printer

software is crap, the scanner takes FOREVER to warm up, the slide attachment is a joke as this scanner cannot scan slides

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Manufacturer's Description

The HP ScanJet G4050 Photo Scanner contains technology exclusive to HP - six-color, 96-bit scanning at 4800x9600dpi. The scanner produces incredibly color-accurate, faithful and detailed images that make impressive reprints for those who wish to scan photos, slides, negatives and documents to an almost professional standard.The scanner is perfect for the restoration of old photos due to built-in hardware based dust and scratch removal. Faded color can easily be heightened, dust and...