Hewlett Packard ScanJet 3400Cse Flatbed Scanner

by HP

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 12 x 3.5 inches ; 8.1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 13 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: B00004U8LQ
• Item model number: C7722AABA
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #229,176 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1999

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

The Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 3400Cse color scanner is designed for home use and the burgeoning small business to produce professional scans, true-to-life colors, and crisp black text, thanks to 600 x 1,200 dpi optical resolution and 36-bit color processing. HP's built-in Intelligent Scanning Technology and PrecisionScan LTX software let you store images, edit scanned text documents with the fully automated optical character recognition software, and print or send your images to whatever application you choose.

The HP 3400Cse flatbed scanner's practical operation puts trouble-free scanning, copying, and e-mail functions on your desktop. The software for enhancing, modifying, and organizing images is furnished with the unit, all of which automatically optimize your scans for electronic viewing and transmission. You'll work with scan speeds of up to 60 seconds for 4-by-6-inch color photos, 100 seconds for black-and-white text OCR, and up to 60 seconds for black-and-white line art. This flatbed scanner features an image window of 8.5 by 11.7 inches.

With a colorful transparent lid to complement your other peripherals, the light and compact HP ScanJet 3400Cse offers fast and easy installation through either the USB or parallel port for effortless plug-and-play setup. Hewlett-Packard offers a 90-day limited hardware warranty. --Barbara Price

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

215 of 224 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a great scanner to get your feet wet., August 31, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Hewlett Packard ScanJet 3400Cse Flatbed Scanner (Office Product)

I have to say that I'm new to the whole scanner idea. I never really thought that I would ever need one, but sure enough I found a good reason to make the investment in one. My biggest concern was overall quality. I wanted something that had a high resolution but not a super high price, but I wanted a brand that I knew. I'm sorry, when it comes to scanner there are a lot of brands that I had never heard of. I have had really good luck with HP before and the price wasn't that much more than other scanners that I was considering, so I made the plunge. To tell you the truth, I was really afraid to try to install this myself as I have heard a lot of horror stories about scanner installations. However, I didn't have any problems and everything was really simple (I almost felt like I knew what I was doing). As for using the unit, it couldn't be more simple. I was scanning stuff within 5 minutes after the installation was done. Granted I had to learn what to tweek, but I was getting some really great results within a day as most of the adjustments that needed to be made weren't on the scanner, but the printer. I strongly recommend this unit to anyone who wants to explore the possiblities of what you can do with a scanner as this unit offers everything that you'll need to get great results and because it's HP you know that you'll be able to count on it for several years. Good Job,HP.

54 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great scanner!, December 10, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Hewlett Packard ScanJet 3400Cse Flatbed Scanner (Office Product)

Like the reviewer before me, I am new at scanning. And I was having a hard time finding a scanner that was Win 95 compatible, that could be hooked up using parallel, that offered 600 x 1200 resolution with 36 bit or more color depth, and that scanned both photos and pages from books under 100 bucks. This one was perfect. I had no installation problems, and I was scanning in 10 minutes.

I first tried it out with a piece of paper, to see if I could scan the information off of it. It scanned, but when I tried saving it to notepad and it was almost done saving an error message popped up that said "Sorry, an unknown error has occurred." So then I tried copying it, and I pulled up Microsoft FrontPage 2000 and it pasted just fine. A little while later I scanned a photo of my great aunt, a black and white photo. It scanned perfectly.

Many people complain of the slowness of parallel, but it doesn't bother me that much and I didn't think it was slow at all. I think the photo software that was included was not good enough, the interface of the program is nice looking and fancy, but the lack of options to choose to enhance and change your photo is a bad thing. You have to buy their full featured program in order to get all the features. But I was expecting this, since many other people has received these type of programs with their scanners. I recommend getting Paint Shop Pro shareware version, or PhotoDraw trial version from Microsoft.

34 of 34 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I feel I should have paid more, January 22, 2001

By 

"chrisfromindy" (franklin, In United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hewlett Packard ScanJet 3400Cse Flatbed Scanner (Office Product)

I began installation of the scanner with fear and trepidation. Past history has shown me hardward NEVER installs the way it should. Five minutes later I was scanning was absolutely no installation problems.

I tested the three buttons on the scanner and all worked properly. Scan, copy, and e-mail. The scan button brings up a preview window with options to scan only a selected portion or the entire document. Other option include graphics type (black and white, color, etc), size of scan, and other graphics related options. Only selecting options, most of which need not be changed, I clicked to scan image and the scanner re-scanned the document at a much slower speed. I scanned photos into both the package software and Corel Photo Suite 8.0 with no problems. I also scanned text into MS Word with no problems. Scanning time for most photos from the click of the scanner button to the time the finished product was on my screen was around a minute for a full page photo. Copy sends the document directly to the printer while e-mail automatically attached the document to an e-mail. Both of these options also worked efficiently.

The package graphics software is ok but if you want to do a lot of graphics manipulation (for web pages, etc.) You will want a good software package. A shareware copy of Paint-Shop Pro would work well for most users. If you just want to e-mail photos to friends, the package software will do fine.

If you are wondering if this scanner will work with your PC, here are my pc stats. Compac Presario 5410, AMD equivalent of P-II 333MHZ, 64 MEG RAM, 8 MEG Video Memory, 2xAGP Video Card, with USB ports. Also, I run Windows 98. My system has not had any problems with scanning or manipulating scanner documents.

Definitly a 5-star rating and for the price of $100.00 it's a steal.