HP 5300C SCANNER
~ ~ The HP 5300 Scanner gives you all the added benefits of a top of the range scanner, but at a fairly affordable price, at least for a HP.
Quire a few changes and extra features are available that weren’t on the 5200, but if you think you can live without them, ... Read review
Advantages: Good quality. Easy to use. Price Disadvantages: None yet!!
HP 5300C SCANNER
~ ~ The HP 5300 Scanner gives you all the added benefits of a top of the range scanner, but at a fairly affordable price, at least for a HP.
Quire a few changes and extra features are available that weren’t on the 5200, but if you think you can live without them, then you’ll most likely be able to drive a good bargain on an old 5200 model. There are a fair few of them still knocking around in stockrooms. ... ...Then compare it to the HP 5300C. Even under the lid it’s far more impressive than its competitor’s models.
You wouldn’t buy a cheap plastic camera and expect to get award-winning pictures from it, would you? Then why expect the same thing from a cheap plastic scanner.
~ ~ Even if you have a fairly old P.C., you can still use the 5300.
Users get a choice of connection, USB or Parallel.
If your ... more
HP 5300C SCANNER
~ ~ The HP 5300 Scanner gives you all the added benefits of a top of the range scanner, but at a fairly affordable price, at least for a HP. Quire a few changes and extra features are available that weren’t on the 5200, but if you think you can live without them, then you’ll most likely be able to drive a good bargain on an old 5200 model. There are a fair few of them still knocking around in stockrooms. Beware however, if you are a Mac user – the old 5200 wasn’t Mac-compatible.
~ ~ Apart from making the scanner useable for Mac owners, the main improvements are in the dpi (dots per inch) and in the number of buttons. The 5200 was 600 dpi optical and 9600 dpi in the advanced mode. The 5300 is much improved with 1200 dpi optical and 9600 dpi in the advanced mode. This only really becomes a factor if you are doing high-end scanning. If you’re simply messing about with the machine, scanning photos for Web pages or text documents, then you most likely won’t notice the difference.
~ ~ HP’s advanced mode is far better than most manufacturers. It helps you out by cleaning up higher resolution images, getting rid of some of the “noise” and random edges that occasionally appear. They somehow manage to squeeze more resolution out of the hardware rather than the software, which in everyday use gives you a far better image, especially when you are using colour.
~ ~ You really couldn’t find an easier scanner to use than the 5300. Just simply push the scan button, choose your destination, and the HP’s software takes over, doing everything else for you. It optimises your document automatically to suit the format of whatever programme you happen to be sending it to, without you having to do a thing. If you happen only to want a small part of a document, or more control over the scan, then you can quite simply do a preview, change any of the settings, or select the individual portions that you require. Then change the location or format to save it again. Once again, the scanner does this operation automatically for your selection.
~ ~ So it wins both ways. It’s great for the more advanced user who might want to play around with the settings a little bit, or for novices who really don’t want to be bothered with the technicalities. Pressing the print button gives you a full colour copy in less than a minute! If you wish to use the E-mail or fax buttons, it’s necessary to have a compatible programme set up. Pressing the button will again automatically launch the applications for you, and place your document into them.
~ ~ Because of the quality parts that are a benchmark for HP, the machine is very durable. Next time you visit your local computer store, take a long, hard look at the scanners on display. You will be hard pressed to find one that isn’t made of plastic! Then compare it to the HP 5300C. Even under the lid it’s far more impressive than its competitor’s models. You wouldn’t buy a cheap plastic camera and expect to get award-winning pictures from it, would you? Then why expect the same thing from a cheap plastic scanner.
~ ~ Even if you have a fairly old P.C., you can still use the 5300. Users get a choice of connection, USB or Parallel. If your PC has it, then definitely opt for the USB. This can nearly double your scan time. With a USB connection the average scan will only take you around 20 to 30 seconds, whereas with Parallel this drops to the 30 to 45 seconds mark. Whatever connection you finally choose it is VITAL that you follow the enclosed set-up instructions to the letter. The order that you plug things in and install the software is extremely important. Trust me on this one; I’ve spent hours trying to do this. If you do follow the instructions you should have no real problems. HP even enclose a rather useful poster to help you out.
~ ~ If you are a MacIntosh user however, then it has to be USB. They don’t have a choice of connections, which basically means you need an iMac.
~ ~ There is a full version of Adobe Photo Deluxe Business Edition included free. This is a cracker of a programme. (but that’s another opinion)
~ ~ Taken overall, this is a great scanner for the price. For around £200 to £250, you get a high quality, top of the range scanner that just a few years ago would have cost upwards of £800. If you’re serious about scanning, and planning on doing more than just a few pictures for a web site, the HP 5300C could well be the one for you.
Advantages: Easy to set up and use for photocopying, picture digitalisation and OCR Disadvantages: I’m bordering on obese and still can’t work out how to use the fax facility.
...if I remember rightly – HP wanted to charge me – so I didn’t bother. It works well with Textbridge as far as I can remember, as this was loaded on computer 1 which died 2 years ago, and my software disks, CD-ROMS etc are in storage – somewhere.
Anyway I will keep this op quite short compared to some of my others. I still haven’t worked out how to use the fax. It got a bit complicated and as I didn’t need it, I didn’t bother – it is probably best ... ...of this scanner– typical of HP products. I like the way I can move it from computer to computer as the family upgrades its machines, I don’t like the sticky out buttons on the front, but I do like the idea of a negative reader, for all those lost photos of times gone by – yet I haven’t used it yet and again it is in storage somewhere…I think this is a good basic scanner with a number of additional features and would recommend it you have the space ...
oddbit 29.11.2003
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of HP ScanJet 5370C
Advantages: Fast, good quality, and easy to set up Disadvantages: quite large, and sensitive
...to go along with my Hp P1000 photo smart printer, so I needed one at a good price, but which had great quality scanning, and I found it. Everyone knows that Hp can be a bit pricey, but for around £130, this has to be worth it.
It has a max resolution of 2400 x 1200 dpi (dots per inch), and this is ideal for enlarging pics and still keeping the quality in the picture. It is quick and as you can save the pics as jpegs, and other file types, it does'nt ... ...the hard drive.
This HP scanner also cames with very good and easy to use software, which allows oyu to edit the scanned picture, print it, and you can even make up photo albums.
The only downfall is that you can easily tap the buttons, and it will start to scan when you dont want it too as they are quite sensitive, so you will need to watch out if oyu are interested in this for home use.
The scanner is very easy to set up and connect to your ...
Delboy161 08.04.2001
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of HP ScanJet 5370C
Advantages: colour quality, can scan negatives Disadvantages: Epson expensive
...old photos etc)
The HP products are renounced for reliabilty, quality and reproducibilty and are not always cheap. However when I found the HP scanner of my choice HP5370 it appeared to have the same technical sppecification and features as a similarly priced EPSON 1240U Photo, BUT the HP is at least £55 cheaper!! This is strange! If anyone can give a true comparison between these 2 scanners:
HP5370C v's EPSON Perfection 1240U Photo
They are both ... ...have film./slide adapter to scan negatives too!
Both have OCR, 4 instant buttons etc to e-mail, file, copy etc
both have included software
HP5370C is around £165
EPSON 1240U photo is £200
Cannot understand the price difference, is this Epson significantly better? I have an EPSON colour printer so thought it'd be easier to go for an Epson scanner too. My main interest will be scanning photos and negatives. THese models may be obsolete now or ...
Connoisseur_Haggler 30.09.2000 (11.04.2001)
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Advantages: Seems to have plenty of features and special effects Disadvantages: Large, cumbersome, very difficult to use
Sorry This has gone under incorrect heading. I am not talking about Hewlett Packard as stated but RELISYS ECLIPSE scanner - so apologies to any whose time has been wasted.
This is the opinion of an absolute novice to the world of scanners.
I am now the proud owner of a Pentium 3 computer. As part of the deal I also purchased a scanner. The original scanner provided was not compatible with the computer and unfortunately had to be changed. I say ... ...I don't intend using a scanner for much more than photocopying work it probably would have suited me better than the Relisys one I now use.
For all you computer buffs out there, the Relisys' specifications are:
High Performance 36 bit, precise colour balance and registration up to 68 bill colours and 40percent greyscale levels.Maximum resolution up to 9600 dpi. There are also drag and drop templates,special effect photo frames,clip art and hyperlinking. ...
ANNJSEC 07.12.2000 (15.12.2000)
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Advantages: Easy to use Disadvantages: Dust under the scanning glass
...of the scanner is the HP logo along with the model number. On the front of the scanner is a pannel that has four blue buttons on. They are used as shortcuts to scan, fax, copy and email. I never use them, but they can be quite annoying if you knock one and it loads the scanning software on screen.
Ease Of Use
The scanner is easy to use, just click scan and your away, although it does have a few annoying features, like scanning in black and white ... ...you decide taht you want to save it, you have to re-scan the picture all over again. Scanning an image takes about a minute.
Problems
I have had the scanner for a few years now and it has not broken yet although there has been a build up of dust under the scanning screen, but this hasn't appeared to affect my scans too much.
The Price
I got the scanner for Christmas but after a look around the internet I found you could pick one up for about ...
the_man_from_del_monte 31.03.2004
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If you're ready to make your job easier, the HP ScanJet 5370C color scanner is for you! Sending scanned images or documents via e-mail or fax is easy from the start with one-touch, front-panel buttons. You can even scan multiple-page documents - they'll automatically be attached as a single file to your PC, e-mail and fax applications. Color copies are just a button away when the HP ScanJet 5370C color scanner is combined with a color printer - it couldn't be easier.
