HP PhotoSmart S20xi Photo Scanner

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 10 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00004Z9LR
• Item model number: C7150A#ABA
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
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• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1973

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

This versatile scanner should easily meet the needs of nonprofessional scanning enthusiasts with its high quality and affordable price tag. Optical scanning resolutions of 300 dpi (photo) and 2,400 dpi (filmstrips and slides) combine with 36-bit color depth for exceptionally accurate, bright, and clear prints. The high bit depth results in precise color tones, allowing for superfine adjustments in color quality, while the high resolution keeps your images looking crisp with clean edges and rich detail.

The S20xi is simple to operate and can easily handle 35mm slides, filmstrips, negatives, and photographic prints. Maximum scanning size is 5 by 7 inches with up to 12 bits per color, linear internal resolution. Setup is a snap with plug-and-play installation provided via a USB interface. Scanning time is around one minute per frame or image, while the included software bundle lets you smooth, enhance, and otherwise maximize the quality of the originals. The S20xi also comes backed with a one-year warranty on parts and labor.

Product Description

The HP Photosmart S20xi photo scanner is a film/photo scanner that provides high-quality scanned images from all 35 mm film formats; positive and negative strips, mounted 35 mm film and photographs up to 5 x 7 inches.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

134 of 136 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good beginner-serious amateur scanner, December 9, 2000

By	Dave "dcfife" (NOVA) - See all my reviews

After reading review after review for film scanners I decided to purchase the HP S20xi and I don't regret it. If I properly exposed a slide in the first place I hardly need to make any adjustments to the scanned sample. The S20xi scans my color and chromogenic negatives wonderfully. The scanning software that is including in the box is good. With it you can crop, adjust brightness, shadow areas, colors, etc. before you perform the actual scan. My only complaint so far (I've only had it for three days and I've scanned about 60 pictures so far) is the dust. I have a light box and I clean the neg/slide until I'm sure it's spotless before I put it in the scanner. The scanned image still has some dust spots and I've use air on the scanner to no avail. It's not too big of a deal to me to remove the dust spots using Photoshop, but it would be nice if the scanner had ICE or at least was willing to let my air remove the dust! Overall, I'm very happy with the S20xi...if you want to enhance your images for personal digital printing or simply archive your photo library to CD (as I'm doing), the S20xi is a good alternative to higher priced scanners.

31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A dependable workhorse, February 7, 2002

By	caninehead "caninehead" (Boulder, Colorado USA) - See all my reviews

I have an earlier SCSI version of this scanner (over 6 years old now and it still works great, how many IT products can you say that about?). In fact, it was my first scanner of any sort. It is a dependable workhorse that produces quality scans. The feeder for slides, film strips and prints is convenient. I use it to scan my 35 mm slides for submission to a magazine I contribute to and have had many published, some directly from the scans. It is rare that I ever scan above 600x800, even for direct publication. It is also a workhorse for my scans for web publishing and digital archiving. This scanner is the single best IT investment I have made over the years. HP's web site does include XP drivers for this scanner.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Amateur Scanner, May 22, 2001

By	Gerald W. Stump (Waynesboro, Virginia USA) - See all my reviews

This scanner will do what the ads and reviews say it will do. This scanner does nice work on reproduction of family photos and slides into small paper prints. Resolution is marginal for display prints (depending on the slide and how large you want to go). I have used this scanner to archive 30 years of family and travel slides and am happy with the result. Now I am ready to start on film larger than 35mm and must turn to another scanner. I also would like to print 11x14 inch photographs and will have to rescan slides with a higher resolution machine. Keep in mind that this scanner will do the job it is intended to do but not much more.