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HP Scanjet G4050 User Reviews

Flatbed scanner - 8.50 in x 12.25 in - 4800 dpi x 9600 dpi - Hi-Speed USB More product details

HP Scanjet G4050
alaSCORE 90

293 reviews

November, 2009

75 / 100

27 Experts

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68 / 100

266 Users

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alaTest collected and analyzed 19 user reviews of the HP Scanjet G4050 from cnet.com. The average user rating from cnet.com is 36 out of 100.

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"Bad! Really Bad!"

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 & uninsta...

"best scanner ever"

veryultimate and good verygood and ultimately

"complete waste of time - money"

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...

"A Big Dissapointment"

I own ScantJet II and 3c, so I bought the Sca...  6-color scan depth and price slow and very inaccurate color scanning photography. limited software ...

Average Rating

36

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alaTest collected and analyzed 3 user reviews of the HP Scanjet G4050 from cameraworld.com. The average user rating from cameraworld.com is 87 out of 100.

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Good for what it is designed for

If you have lots of slides or photos that need to be converted into digits, this scanner will do nicely. The results, color, resolution, accuracy and ...

This product is the top of the line

I have created a Power Point program on \ "Excellent Software","Good Resolution","Easy Setup","Accurate Color","Good Bit Depth","Widely Compatible"

Scanjet G4050 does the job

Nice to have one-button option to create .pdf files. Very convenient to use, works well with provided software on Windows Vista. "Good Resolution","E...

Average Rating

87

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alaTest collected and analyzed 3 user reviews of the HP Scanjet G4050 from circuitcity.com. The average user rating from circuitcity.com is 92 out of 100.

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easy to use and quality of scan is quite good.

Compare to other scanners that I have owned in the past, this scanner is a pleasure to use. I bought the scanner mainly to transfer old family picture...

Awesome features

Since this is a powered scanner, it is quick... Along with that the HP software makes it a breeze to scan in multiple pictures to seperate files for y...

Average Rating

92

US

alaTest collected and analyzed 34 user reviews of the HP Scanjet G4050 from newegg.com. The average user rating from newegg.com is 62 out of 100.

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Stay away from this piece of junk

Looks pretty Win XP software does not recognize the scanner, even with the latest version downloaded. Impossible to contact HP support because their s...

Stay away from this piece of junk

Looks pretty Win XP software does not recognize the scanner, even with the latest version downloaded. Impossible to contact HP support because their s...

do not buy

None 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 with...

do not buy

None 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 with...

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alaTest collected and analyzed 3 user reviews of the HP Scanjet G4050 from overstock.com. The average user rating from overstock.com is 100 out of 100.

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Great Scanner

So far I love this scanner! It stays in

Excellent scanner / service

"Scanner arrived very shortly after placing order. Excellent scanner with tremendous ease of use. Excellent value for price paid. Very satified with b...

Awesome Scanner

"I purchased the HP G4050 scanjet photo scanner on 11-07-07 from Overstock.com and after using it for a couple of weeks I'm now ready to give a review...

Average Rating

100

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alaTest collected and analyzed 43 user reviews of the HP Scanjet G4050 from pcnation.com. The average user rating from pcnation.com is 81 out of 100.

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HEWLETT PACKARD SCANJET G4050 PHOTO CLR FB 4800DPI 96BIT LTR USB TMA

No Comment. I''m replacing a scanner I''ve used for years and have found the Scanjet G4050 great None

HEWLETT PACKARD SCANJET G4050 PHOTO CLR FB

No Comment. I''m replacing a scanner I''ve used for years and have found the Scanjet G4050 great None

HEWLETT PACKARD SCANJET G4050 PHOTO CLR FB 4800DPI 96BIT LTR USB TMA

Aside from taking a little too long to scan my 35mm negatives, now that they have all been scanned and I have gone to digital cameras, it is a great s...

HEWLETT PACKARD SCANJET G4050 PHOTO CLR FB

Aside from taking a little too long to scan my 35mm negatives, now that they have all been scanned and I have gone to digital cameras, it is a great s...

Average Rating

81

US

alaTest collected and analyzed 2 user reviews of the HP Scanjet G4050 from qvc.com. The average user rating from qvc.com is 80 out of 100.

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Satisfied with this one

"Read reviews at other locations, decided most problems were owner oriented. Scanner arrived 3 PM and at 6 PM had tried all features I was interested ...

Just Ok

"I bought this primarily to scan photo negatives. While it does work, it's bulky and heavier than it looks. I have old negatives, and tried to clean t...

Average Rating

80

US

alaTest collected and analyzed 86 user reviews of the HP Scanjet G4050 from amazon.com. The average user rating from amazon.com is 62 out of 100.

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good scanner

good scanner an excellent scanner with impressive results right out of the box I connected this to a Vista 64 machne with little effort and was up and...

quieting the scanner- a good scanner

quieting the scanner- a good scanner I have used this scanner for about 3 weeks and did notice the slight noise from the gears. I removed the base and...

Painfully slow on a Mac. Results are very goodif you're *very* patient

Painfully slow on a Mac. Results are very goodif you're *very* patient I bought this scanner over a year ago and use it mostly for negatives, with the...

Good scanner for dealing with a lot of slides.

Good scanner for dealing with a lot of slides. I bought the HP Scanjet 4050 because of its ability to scan sixteen slides at once. I wanted to digiti...

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alaTest collected and analyzed 1 user reviews of the HP Scanjet G4050 from ciao.co.uk. The average user rating from ciao.co.uk is 80 out of 100.

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great scanner

. good quality scanning software is rubbish, can take for ever to scan an image

Average Rating

80

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alaTest collected and analyzed 5 user reviews of the HP Scanjet G4050 from reevoo.com. The average user rating from reevoo.com is 81 out of 100.

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Hewlett Packard Scanjet G4050

It produces great scans and is so easy to use. The software that comes with it is so simple and straight forward to use. Scans often come out better t...

Hewlett Packard Scanjet G4050

Its good to see what on the negatives etc, good choices of size of frames. Its too slow and to fix up the photo the programm software is not very help...

Hewlett Packard Scanjet G4050

Overall value for money, quality and accuracy. SOftware takes a little while to navigate to get the scanning options right. Lid is a little stiff.

Hewlett Packard Scanjet G4050

Scans some times better than original Slide holders could be better designed

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