We have a few of these scanners at work, both this model and the previous G4000 model. All the scanners have repeatedly had the same issue where after working fine for a while, the scanner will scan a small portion of a document (maybe 25%), and then it will fail and give an error message that it...

Comments about HP Scanjet G4050 Photo Flatbed Scanner: I was looking for a scanner that would be able to handle all the photos that I like to experiment with and this has proved to be worth my buy. I like the design, the quality is exceptional, and it's a very light machine.

Accurate Color; Easy Setup; Excellent Software; Good Bit Depth; Good Resolution; Widely Compatible; Works on Network

we have acquired this scanner for overall scanning but because HP was boosting the suppose ability to scan 25 35mm slide at a time and 30 35mm negative. We never was able to scan a full platen at any one time except at very very low resolution (less than 300dpi).

may be good for handling any printed documentation (Photo; drawing; doc,) Easy software installation

Poor interface Learning curve very long No tweaking possibility Poor end result handling

I purchased this scanner to convert all my mom's old negatives and photos into digital files. The scanner is easy to use and I love the fact that it can scan 30 negatives at a time and it saves them each into separate files. Once the negatives are set up to scan, I can walk away and do other chores.

The scanner works well and is easy to load with film. At the moment, i am concentrating on the negatives. Film needs to be loaded "up-side- down" (not back to front) from the user point of view. That way, less work needs to be done to get the pictures the right way up on screen.

This is a very good scanner. The picture quality is crystal clear. It looks just as real as the original picture put on the scan-bed. If you have 2 gb memory at least, I see no reason for it to crash.

I bought a G4050 and tested it on an iMac using Mac OS X version 10.4.11, and a PC using Windows XP (SP2). On both systems, photo scratches on a scanned 4x6 photo that were barely discernable were very accentuated as light noise in the digital images.

Durable

Bad Value; Low Quality; Poor photo scans

This scanner is OK for amateur photographers but does not provide the tools to scan negatives for fine photographic work, The software is sloppy and the HP on-line help is pathetic. I found I knew more than the technician about a problem that I asked help for.

I bought myself this to scan various things (old photos, documents and some sheet music ) and this does the job pretty well. It was a bit on the expensive side but I needed something that would give me good quality and I could trust that it would work well so I went for HP as they are well known for...

good quality scanning

software is rubbish; can take for ever to scan an image

I replaced my canon scanner with a HP Scanjet g4050 recently. While it is the largest scanner I've owned in several years, I now need the ability to scan legal size documents, old canon was just too small for that job.