Binding: Electronics Brand: Hewlett-Packard Compatibility: PC Parallel EAN: 0025184140076 Feature: 36-bit flatbed color scanner Label: Hewlett Packard Manufacturer: Hewlett Packard Model: SJ5300Cse Platform: Windows 98 Publisher: Hewlett Packard Studio: Hewlett Packard Warranty: 1 year warranty
Features
36-bit flatbed color scanner 1-touch operation for scan, copy, fax, e-mail, and Internet applications 1,200 dpi scan resolution Maximum scan size of 8.5 by 11.7 inches 1-year limited warranty
The HP ScanJet 5300C series color scanner scan at optical resolutions up to 1200 dpi (9600 enhanced) and have all the utilities you need to create professional-looking documents easily. Touch-button operation simplifies tasks, with one-step access to scan, copy, e-mail, and fax. Up-to-the minute technology helps cut task time - simply push a button to start scanning to your e-mail or Web application. The HP ScanJet 5300C series offer more performance, and is easier to use, than any comparably-priced 1200 dpi scanner.The HP ScanJet 5300C series color scanner is built around HP's Intelligent Scanning Technology. Think of it as a toolbox with everything you need to integrate text and graphics for superior results every time - with up to 1200 dpi optical resolution. Just choose which function is right for your document. For example, you can click on a photo, text, or drawing and change its size or type. Improve the look of reports, proposals, or newsletters with the included image editor. You can even cut keyboard time with OCR (Optical Character Recognition). This function converts hard copy documents into electronic files, which you can then edit. Add multi-page attachments to email or faxes. If you like, you can scan 35mm slides with ease for added versatility using an optional adapter. Or add an optional automatic document feeder or transparency adapter to extend the capabilities of your HP ScanJet 5300C "imaging and document center."
Spotlight customer reviews:
Customer Rating: Summary: Perfection. Comment: This is a great quality scanner for scanning anything from photos to documents. I highly reccommend it! Customer Rating: Summary: Great Scanner Comment: HP 5300CSE is a great scanner. I scanned all kinds of photos and some documents for faxing the first week I had it. It works great with no problems, and through the USB connection it's pretty fast too. Customer Rating: Summary: Only for scanning photos Comment: My biggest problem with this scanner is that it has no software to adjust the picture (contrast, color, size, etc) in any way, except trimming, either prior to or after scanning. You can't even rotate the picture! Most times this is just an annoyance because you have to open another image-editing program to do even the simplest thing. It comes with the shareware version of Adobe Photodeluxe Business Edition (which is weak even in the full form) to do this, which is acceptable for simple jobs. When the scanner converts to jpeg the image looks hideous (but this scanner is the only software I've seen to do it so poorly), so you must manually change the file from bmp to jpeg/etc for every single picture.
BUT, this becomes more than just an annoyance if you're scanning art. There are only two options for contrast prior to scanning: 'auto-sharpen image' or 'don't sharpen'. If you don't sharpen, every image looks muddy, awful, and unacceptable. If you sharpen, images with shading look awful. (it turns a softly shaded section into hideous patches of color) IMPORTANT: You can not fix this in any image editor! I have Adobe Photoshop, the industry standard image editor costing hundreds of dollars. I've tried to decrease contrast and increase brightness, scale down the picture slightly with bicubic resampling, and use the blur filter. I've also tried scanning it larger and shrinking it later. Nothing works!
Colored or B/W pencil works end of looking the worst. It's not that you just lose some of the original's quality, it's that they look awful. I wish I could show you an example but no links are allowed in reviews.
Don't get this scanner if you're an artist or if you're concerned about quality. If you're only scanning photos, it's okay, because the effect on photos is barely noticable.
Customer Rating: Summary: idiot proof Comment: I had the scanner installed up and running on Windows ME in less than 30 minutes. Mind you, I've never before owned a computer much less a scanner. My computer setup is also HP. This works great and does everything I want it to. And, it is user friendly. Very easy to use. Thanks HP. Customer Rating: Summary: Very Good Scanner, No Problems Comment: I got this scanner two weeks ago & it has been great. It took 20 minutes to install the scanner software & hook up the scanner. Very good quality, & mediocre character recognition. Scans in photo quality so it looks just like the original picture. The 4 buttons on the front make for easy access to all scanner options. It can also scan directly to the web, printer, fax, or photo program. Overall a very good scanner with very good features
