The HP Scanjet is really a 1,2,3 operation. All I wanted was a piece of equipment that I could easily set up and produce out of sight scanned images. The HP Scanjet delivered it big time. I can even scan transparencies and 35 mm slides. The HP software is in my opinion one of the best on the market.

Rarely do I look at a standalone scanner, but should you need to scan other than documents then a specialised standalone scanner comes to the fore especially for negatives and slides.

Comments about HP Scanjet G4010 Photo Flatbed Scanner: Cumbersome setup. Fills the registry with endless entries. Too many steps to perform a scan. After a short period it started to pop up messages claiming to install software.

Difficult Setup; Difficult to Keep Clean; Inaccurate Color; Inaccurate Scans; Poor Resolution; Poor Software; Slow

I had (now in garbage) a HP Scanjet G4010 but you cannot set the default scan size to a normal 8.5"x11" page so you can scan a bunch of pages without cropping each one. This is a basic feature that my Canons all had. Please see my picture.

Had one just like it, finally quit working, loved the quality of the scan and copy function. Good flexibility for hi res scans.

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Easy To Setup; Excellent Software

Software impossible to use with Vista. Would scan docs and send to printer OK but never able to set up a "my scanned docs" file to send copies of scanned docs or photos. Worked 2 hrs with HP service and 1 hr with seller to no avail. HP took logfile but then took 4 days to get back to me.

Prompt and courteous service; but failed to fix problem

Unable to get software to function properly ; Would not store docs.

Finally! A scanner that does what it says it will do. It scans 5 slides at a time (not 2, not 4, but 5!) and does is quickly. It also scans negatives, documents, and photos. I was able to hook it up to my older Dell Notebook and it was scanning away in minutes. This is a great scanner for the price.

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

The G4010 works well in default mode. Using higher DPI or editing while scanning makes copying very slow. I mean like 6 minutes per scan. Only buy if you dont need editing before saving pictures.

A scanner for me is not really as important except if you want to upload a document faster. The only thing I know before that needs to be scan are merely documents. But right now, even pictures can be scanned.