Thread: HP - ScanJet G4010

As the most recent invention in picture printers is to proceed up from 4 colour cartridges to 6, it was may be destiny that the folloewing technological encourage for picture scanners was to ponder this alter.


So HP has brought in the ScanJet G4010 (and its slightly larger brother, the G4050) as the 1st 6-colour, 96-bit devices which effectively split every picture into red, orange, yellow, green, cyan and blue. The solution is claimed to be a lot excellent depth, range and richness of colour than has been possible early and the last product shows this entire the way up to the highest result of 4,800 x 9,600dpi.


HP once again adds its 'Real Life Technologies' to right fault such as red-eye, restore faded colour and disclose the information in dark corners utilizing Adaptive Lighting. What has not been look early, though, is HP Adaptive Sharpening, formulated specifically for this novel range and assuming into account the solution of the scan as well as the real sharpness of the scanner. Hence you can just receive notably better clearness and information at higher result.


Further enhancement for actuals harmed by dust element or scratches are construct into the hardware, which functions by scanning the pictures double; once with the standard lamp to collect colour data and then with an infra-



red LED to map the faulty fields. This scanner is too optimised to scan older Kodachrome slides and Ektachrome movie so it is valuable having a rummage in the attic for granddad's elder photographs.


Still for entire the undoubted advances in image quality, there is a number of frustrating characteristics about the ScanJet G4010. Main of these is the TMA - the Transparent Materials Adapter - which is on the underside of the lid and can keep five 35mm slides or 6 negatives. The negative occupant is very tight equipping that it is a major work to slide the negative strip down less touching the movie. Strangely, the G4050 utilizes a more traditional plastic template rather, which is much user-friendly.


If that was not bad adequate, the software is as complex. The HP Solution Centre is manifestly misnamed as the number of works that have to be functioned to, say, scan and store a 35mm negative frame is daunting. Although the scanner gets with 4 functional keys on the lid (scan image, scan movie, print and create a PDF), you even have to overcome this hurdle.


If you are beginning with a little negative strip, the software failures to the fersh division at the top and you have to manually highlight the frame you need to copy utilizing a crop tool before posting it to its last destination.