Because we liked the features and performance of our first one purchased in 2012, we purchased a second unit for a spare. This new unit was fully tested for functions and passed before storing. We plan on rotating use between the older and new unit in our commercial business.

It will batch scan a lot 35mm strips at a time, that was my rational for buying it over the epson variant which only does two strips of negatives at a time. The stock software is pretty crummy, unlike the epson software (I use the v700 at work), so I bought vuescan software.

What you would expect from a flatbed scanner for speed and quality at this price . I got it because it scans 4x5 negatives and I have a collection from WWII that I want to digitize .

Price; large format film ; lid stays up

Supplied software is marginal at best ; I use Vuescan which does a much better job

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Accurate Color; Easy Setup; Good Resolution

Inaccurate Scans; Poor Software

I purchased this scanner because I have thousands of old photos from many generations that I wanted to be able to share with relatives. The scanner produces high quality, crisp images notated the age of the original photo. I think the setup was pretty simple too.

Purchased this when a cheap plastic gear in my Scanjet 5370C wore out with no way to purchase replacement. I have no 3D printer, which could easily make a replacement gear. There is an image of a giant lollypop labeled "Sucker" floating over my head next to the image of a giant wood screw.

Produces 6-color images; Two lamps, one infrared (or ultraviolet) for removing scratches; 4800x9600 resolution; Does lots of 35mm film and slides at once, so says the advertisement

Violet-blue-grey vertical streaks washes white documents. Even with nothing on the scanner glass, the white paper press does not scan in white. Easy to fix in GIMP, increase contrast to +60%; not willing to experiment with color photos

I use this scanner to copy work documents on PDF file and transfer them to my mobile device. This scanner records very well. The software is also nice as I can crop and darken an old document if needed. The price is great for what this scanner does. I would highly recommend it.

Picture; Software; Price

Scan time, not to bad; About 4 to 5 seconds per scan

software failed in initial installation and messed up existing operation of the computer. I'm a college professor, PhD, who knows his way around a computer. The hard drive had to be wiped clean and all programs reinstalled - a mess which took techies 2 days to fix.

large bed for scanning; hi resolution

complicated to use; impossibile to install

It may be a great scanner but I cannot get it operational with my IMAC. I have followed all instructions and downloaded from the HP trouble shooting pages and nothing will work. It is not that it is non functional but that the computer will not or cannot read the scanner and nothing will correct it...

cannot use won't work

Good quality product which does what it is supposed to and does it well.