HP Scanjet 3500c Scanner

When buying a new scanner, (Finally decideding to buy a new one after using the same sloooowwwww TWAIN one for 6 years), quality and speed were the top factors, along with price. Simply put, for the price of this scanner, this is the one to go with.

First of all, you insert the cd-rom software and it automatically sets up. I've seen many reviews that claim the software is bad and hard to use. I didn't have one problem at all, in fact, this was one of the easiest installlations I've ever done. Always check that you're computer is compatablie with whatever hardware you purchase. That will save a lot of crying and whining on your part.

This scanner is a BREEZE to use. 3 buttons on the front direct your scan to email, your hard drive, or your printer. One touch scanner can't get much easier. And it's FAST. To preview the scan, it takes about 2 seconds. After cropping the area of the scan you want and finializing it, the time it takes will vary depending on which DPI setting you have set, but at the average 300 DPI, it takes only about 10-12 seconds.

The DPI seetings range all the way up to 19200. The quality is EXTREMELY impresseive.

Another handy feautre is scanning a doucment with editable text. Say you scan a magazine article. You can scan it as a PDF file and edit the text very easily.

With USB connectivity, setting up the scanner is fast and easy. The software couldn't be simpler. VERY user friendly and easy to use. Within 3 minutes of set-up, I was scanning away.

All in all, I am very satisfied with this scanner. I would highly reccomend it to anyone who's looking for a fast, easy to use, and high quality scanner. And with the price that this scanner is set at, this makes it a top pick.

Hi I have tried the scanner for about one day (all the day) and decided to return it before the return policy vanish may be the picture quality is so good despite the lacking of the demoire removal feature that is not enough at the software and we can scan three dimensions objects and this is a bonus and we can create a very good resolution and zooming with the hardware without the need for the interpolation and is very controlled resolution and paper size for me i had a smudge or spot of colour in the internal glass so it made me a good plea and reason in front of the dealer to return the product the 1200 dpi are so plentiful and when we come to the bad at this scanner there are lots from the hardware the very big size of the scanner may become unacceptable but some could say it will have a good strong and lasting chassis for that and the second is the the lamp take much time to warm up and you could have to stay and stay and become bored as the warming of the lamp is done with every picture and even with every preview of the picture so when you press the scan or the preview button do not expect your order to be executed immediately but you have to stay and thing of something else until the lamp warms up and also i had bad sound seems the sound of something breaking each time the scanner lamp reach the bottom of the scanner during scanning and the sound was noticed by also my relatives as mother and sister and and they said what is this bad sound and bad scanner and your choice is wrong and when we come to the software the bundle is horrible bundle and the hp site do not permit us to download the software or the updates if any (i do not think any , they forgot this product) directely but they give cd with charge for those with credit cards and live in Us or Canada or UK only as i think so do not expect near update for the software and the software is horrible as i have to relaunch the software for every single scan and wait the lamp to warm up and the launch of software is slow although i got fast machine over 1000 mhz in speed so it is non practical and you will get bored easily and the descreening option is not sufficient and sould be activated at every single scan and the twain driver that come with the scanner halts and hangs many times inside the applications when i tried to import the photos within them and to bypass the very very very slow bundle of the scanner and the relaunching of the software for every single scan so the twain driver is very bad and will not solve and problems and you will get error messages as kernel 32 error and no pic will appear at many times you will try to import the photos within any application( got error messages in windows me ) so the conclusion is that the bad software bundle will make you so bored and will cause the scanner at all to become so boring and stupid and unpractical and the operation of the scanner for muliple scans will cause you to be very nervous and hate it so i do not recommend it and recommend canon for the breeze and user friendly and exciting and neat and comfortable software bundle as now i have canon canoscan n670u and very comfortable despite the resolution of 600 dpi but so so satisfied with the software and the twain driver of it