When you see a scanner with a 50-sheet, duplexing ADF built into its top cover, as with the HP Scanjet 5590 ($399.99 direct), it's a safe bet that it's designed to scan multipage documents for OCR and document management applications, as well as fax and copy.

50-sheet, duplexing ADF and 35-mm transparency adaptor are standard; Handles OCR well; Better slide scan quality than most flatbeds

No batch scanning; Transparency adaptor is external, rather than an integral part of the unit; Lacks feature for removing scratches or dust from image

The Hewlett-Packard Scanjet 5590, predominantly aimed at home office or small businesses, offers a mixed set of results. For the rapid scanning of monochrome documents and conversion to editable text files, the automatic document feeder enabled scanner does an excellent job.

Lots of features; good monochrome document scanning; sheet feeder

Slow duplex scanning; visible banding with sheet fed scans; cleaning

I had an older version of this scanner which was, like other HP products up to then, fast, efficient and as solid as a rock. It got involved in a lightning strike so had to be replaced.

I use this for 2 years already its just the best quick, clear, its a pleasure to use Problems Encountered: NO

Min scanner var trasig när jag fick den, de skickade kablar och grejer men fick det inte att fungera, då bytte de ut hela överdelen och vips var allt frid och fröjd. Trist att den var paj men ändå löste de det bra tycker jag under omständigheterna.

- Arkmatare + dubbelsidigt + flatbädd + fotonegativ; - HPs support är väl OK; - Snabbknappar för snabb scanning för vissa ändamål

- Helt värdelös (STOR) mjukvara; - Låter mycket; - Långsam dubbelsidig scanning (överlag långsam också kanske

I have had 3 versions of the HP Scanjet scanner; the present one the 5590. All have been decommissioned because they simply have a terrible computer interface. Be assured, eventually, your computer will not be able to recognize and/or initialize the Scanjet 5590 scanner.

Build Quality; Paper Jams; slow; software

We purchased this scanner about 8 months back to replace a discount bin flat bed Canon scanner.There

Great speed; excellent quality; fast; easy to use buttons; excellent technical support

Difficult to install and setup; lamp timeout errors

Purchased to replace Scanjet 5500C as its software would not run on Windows 7 and there were no W7 drivers. It was difficult to find an OCR scanner to run on Windows 7 and this was about the only one at a reasonable price.

This machine is an excellent pieceof kit. However, if you are running Vista, you should not load the supplied software, unless HP are supplying a disk supporting Vista. My scanner stopped working after one use.

Quality Scanner

Beware loading supplied software

This document feeder is a handy product which currently costs about GBP160 to buy. It is cheaper in the US at $199. WHAT IS IT? The HP Scanjet Automatic Document Feeder attaches to HP Scanjets and is compatible with the Scanjet 5100, 5200, 6200 and 6300 series scanners .

saves time manual scanning

a bit noisy and quite expensive