HP ScanJet 4070 PhotoSmart Scanner

by HP

Product Details

• Item Weight: 7.3 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0002GWYNI
• Item model number: L1920A#B1H
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 21, 2004

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

HP's ScanJet 4070 PhotoSmart scanner provides an easy way to quickly convert stacks of traditional photos, 35mm slides, or negatives into digital files for printing, e-mailing, and storing. It scans at up to 2,400 dpi optical resolution with 48-bit color.

Features:

• Scanned images are easily optimized for producing high-quality photos at 2,400 dpi optical resolution and 48-bit color.
• Use HP Image Zone software to automatically remove red-eye, restore faded photos, and brighten dark photo areas. Plus, organize photos, create enlargements, album pages, and more.
• Easily scan a stack of photos to share as album pages, e-mail, and prints.
• One-touch automatic photo-correction restores colors and shades to make digital copies of old photos more true to originals.
• Scan multiple slides or negatives or a stack of photos individually. The HP photo door, built into the scanner's lid, holds standard-size photos, slides, or negatives in an optimized zone making it fast and easy to convert photos into digital files.
• Plug and play using Hi-Speed USB—compatible with USB 2.0 specifications.
• Scan multiple photos once, then easily save as separate files.
• Scan, copy, and more with one-touch buttons. Individual front panel buttons such as "scan photos", "scan negatives", "copy", and "scan" make scanning and copying quick and easy.
• HP Instant Share makes it easy to send image-rich e-mail to friends without burdening them with large file attachments. HP Instant Share recipients can—very easily—print photos, save them to their computers, order prints online, and more.
• Documents, books, photos, and more can be scanned into digital files that are easy to store and share. Scan mementos, such as heirloom jewelry, and share the image with friends and family. Hardcopy articles are easily converted into editable text.

What's in the Box
HP ScanJet 4070 PhotoSmart Scanner with HP photo door (including built-in transparent materials adapter) for scanning slides, negatives, and standard-size photos; Hi-Speed USB cable-compatible with USB 2.0 specifications; CD-ROMs with HP Image Zone software, HP Instant Share, Integrated I.R.I.S. Readiris OCR, ArcSoft Collage Creator for Microsoft Windows; power supply; power cord (where applicable); user's manual; setup poster; warranty statement

Product Description

HP's Scanjet 4070 Photosmart Scanner provides an easy way to quickly convert stacks of traditional photos, 35 mm slides, or negatives into digital files for printing, e-mailing, and storing. Scans at 2400-dpi optical resolution and 48-bit color. Use HP Image Zone software to automatically remove red-eye, restore faded photos, and brighten dark photo areas. Plus, organize photos, create enlargements, album pages, and more Easily scan a stack of photos to share as album pages, e-mail, and prints. One-touch automatic photo-correction restores colors and shades to make digital copies of old photos more true to originals. Task speed - Less than 25 sec - 4 x 6-in color photo into Microsoft Word; less than 35 sec - OCR a full page of text into Microsoft Word; less than 22 sec - e-mail photo Maximum scan size is 8.5 x 11.7 in Hi-Speed USB (compatible with USB 2.0 specifications) System requirements, minimum, USB-compatible PC with Microsoft Windows 98, 98 SE, Me, 2000, XP (Professional and Home Editions) Unit Dimensions (w x d x h) 11.73 x 18.58 x 3.54 in / Weight - 7.2 lb HP USA Warranty - 90 day limited hardware warranty

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

78 of 80 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More than capable of meeting your basic scanning needs, December 1, 2004

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Daniel Jolley "darkgenius" (Shelby, North Carolina USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP ScanJet 4070 PhotoSmart Scanner (Office Product)

I was recently given the task of selecting a flatbed scanner for public use in an academic setting. We didn't need anything fancy - just a good flatbed scanner with which patrons can scan photos and text documents. The main criteria I focused on were reliability, cost, OCR capabilities, and easy of use. Since I will be supporting any patrons with questions or problems using this scanner, I wanted a unit that would be as simple as possible to use. The designated PC has sufficient but not an extraordinary amount of memory, so I didn't want to go for extremely high resolution capabilities, either.

After looking long and hard at a variety of choices from leading producers, I chose the HP Scanjet 4070 Photosmart Scanner. Truth be told, it really wasn't that hard of a decision in the end. The HP Scanjet 4070 seemed to have everything I was looking for as well as some additional capabilities we don't really need but which could possibly be of use in the future. This sassy little convertible features a Photo Door which allows for the rapid scanning of 4 x 6 photos as well as the scanning of 35 mm slides and negatives. More importantly, it seemed to offer some of the most impressive OCR capabilities among the flatbed scanner candidates I was evaluating. Happily, the unit has lived up to its promises so far, doing a wonderful job of scanning text into an editable format with its Integrated I.R.I.S. Readiris OCR software - errors have been few and far between in this regard. No OCR software is perfect, but this does seem to do one whale of a job.

The optical resolution of this scanner is 2400 dpi, and the color is 48-bit; these settings meet our needs quite well. Our scanner's intended purpose does not involve high resolution scanning and advanced photo editing. The HP Image Zone software provides more than enough photo editing capabilities for us, such as the ability to remove red-eye problems automatically and easily breathe visual life into old, faded photographs. Unless you're doing some serious graphics design, Image Zone should have everything you need. The HP Scanjet 4070 also comes with ArcSoft Collage Creator software. We don't have any real need for this particular program, but it's a nice extra and can be fun to play with.

This scanner is pretty darn simple to use, I'm happy to say. The HP Director software provides an easy-to-use interface to all scanning options, and the front button panel on the scanner itself allows for basically one-touch access to the most common functions. The only way this scanner could be simpler to use would be for those buttons to actually spell out Scan Photo, Scan Document, etc. As it is, though, the icons on the front button panel are essentially self-explanatory. I can't really comment on the scanning quality of slides and negatives, since that is a capability we have no use for at this time, but the HP Scanjet 4070 does a wonderful job scanning photos and, as I have mentioned, a very impressive job of scanning documents into editable text.

Finally, this scanner could hardly be simpler to set up and install. USB makes everything easy. Install the software, hook up everything on the scanner, then plug the scanner into an available USB port on your PC, and you're ready to rock and roll. I personally had no trouble installing the included software, and I tested everything on my own Dell PC with Windows XP Pro before setting the scanner up at its permanent home connected to a HP PC running Windows 2000.

If you're looking for a flatbed scanner to do basic scanning of photos and text, I think you would be wise to include this particular model in your list of candidates.

41 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Scanjet 4070, January 16, 2005

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llav42 "Louie" (NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: HP ScanJet 4070 PhotoSmart Scanner (Office Product)

I bought this item because the resolution was 2400 dpi and I could scan multiple pictures at once, and the software would separate them into separate pictures. After I bought this the scanner would not separate the pictures at a resolution above 600 dpi. After several days of back and forth with HP tech support. They finally tell me that this scanner can't separate the picturesabove 600 DPI. Then they tell me that you can't tell the difference between an image scanned at 300 DPI and one at 2400 DPI.

P.S. That business of "scanning a stack of Pictures" means you lift the lid put a stack of pictures in the holder close the lid, scan it, open the lid, remove first picture, close it, scan it etc.

67 of 73 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The HP 4070 is darn good especially for its price!, November 3, 2004

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S. C. Burrows "FootMan" (CT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: HP ScanJet 4070 PhotoSmart Scanner (Office Product)

I purchased the 4070 today after looking at the 3970. The 3970 must have been discontinued and boy am I glad. My main purpose in purchasing a scanner was several-fold. First, I had a ton of color 35mm slides that I wanted to convert to graphic files to be able to use in MS PowerPoint- on this the 4070 far exceeded my expectations. The colors on the scanned image were crisp and bright, almost nicer than if they had been projected on a 35mm slide projector. I was very easily able to place them into PP.
Second, I wanted to be able to scan documents to create an electronic version. The process was extremely simple, the images of high quality and I was able to create a PDF directly from the app. When I ran the OCR on a printed document it has about 95% accuracy- it seems the only areas it missed was where I had written in pencil. Third, I wanted to also create an electronic version of photos in order to preserve the originals, especially since now all my photos are digital to begin with. The 4070 created a crisp, clear scanned image. IN addition to the photos, I can also scan the negatives to preserve those as well.