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.

Overall function is excellent. It is a great replacement for my HP 4800 series, which is not Windows 10 compatible. My only complaint is the loose connection between the upper scanning lid, which is designed to accommodate 3D objects. It shouldn't be that easy to disengage.

You may be wondering why HP's Scanjet G4050 costs almost £200, especially as there's not a lot of technical difference between it and the G3010. The key difference is that it supports six-colour, 96-bit scanning. This involves scanning each item twice with two different light sources.

Superlative quality is let down by slow scan times and unintuitive driver software.

Bottom line, do not use with the included program. It's horrible, and will cause no end of problems. With a 3rd party program like Vuescan ($40) its an entirely different scanner and can give great output. Be ready to wait though because at maximum resolution this thing is SLOW!!

Looks good; 4 buttons work quickly

Big; takes lots of deskspace; Included program is terrible!!!; SSSSLLLLOOOOWWWW; Does not scan Black and white very well

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

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

Only supports sRGB colour space; Random colour registration problems on slide scans; Weak driver; Many operations are very slow

you've almost certainly heard of six-color printing, with the extra ink colors making it easier to print at true photo quality. but i'll bet you haven't heard about six-color scanning . that's because the scanners you're used to all use three colors for scans.

Six-color scanning yields excellent color quality; Scans photographic prints and film; Can scan up to 16 slides at once

Scan software is cumbersome in some ways and sometimes slow to react to a command

Hot on the heels of the Epson Perfection V700 and V750, which lured customers with the promise of not one but two lenses (reviewed by PC Advisor 's sister website Digit here and here ), comes this ambitious six-colour scanner from HP.

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