Negative Scanning with HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One Printer
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From: mikeos on 1 Jan 2010 06:45 My wife just bought a HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One Printer - C309. She was disappointed that there seems to be no facility for scanning negatives and slides, as my old Epson scanner does. Is there any application available which would enable the HP printer/scanner to be used in this way?
From: Don Phillipson on 1 Jan 2010 08:29 "mikeos" <mikeos3(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:7q65jdFv8hU1(a)mid.individual.net... > My wife just bought a HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One Printer - C309. > She was disappointed that there seems to be no facility for scanning > negatives and slides, as my old Epson scanner does. > > Is there any application available which would enable the HP > printer/scanner to be used in this way? HP web site http://www.hp.com/united-states/consumer/digital_photography/comp_chart/all_in_ones_a.html suggests none of the "All-in-One" models has a "Built in adapter for scanning slides and negatives." -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
From: mikeos on 1 Jan 2010 09:02 Don Phillipson wrote: > "mikeos" <mikeos3(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:7q65jdFv8hU1(a)mid.individual.net... > >> My wife just bought a HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One Printer - C309. >> She was disappointed that there seems to be no facility for scanning >> negatives and slides, as my old Epson scanner does. >> >> Is there any application available which would enable the HP >> printer/scanner to be used in this way? > > HP web site > http://www.hp.com/united-states/consumer/digital_photography/comp_chart/all_in_ones_a.html > suggests none of the "All-in-One" models has a "Built in adapter for > scanning slides and negatives." > Yes. I was hoping for some kind of workaround involving third-party software.
From: newshound on 1 Jan 2010 11:54 "mikeos" <mikeos3(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:7q6dk0FaftU1(a)mid.individual.net... > Don Phillipson wrote: >> "mikeos" <mikeos3(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >> news:7q65jdFv8hU1(a)mid.individual.net... >> >>> My wife just bought a HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One Printer - C309. >>> She was disappointed that there seems to be no facility for scanning >>> negatives and slides, as my old Epson scanner does. >>> >>> Is there any application available which would enable the HP >>> printer/scanner to be used in this way? >> >> HP web site >> http://www.hp.com/united-states/consumer/digital_photography/comp_chart/all_in_ones_a.html >> suggests none of the "All-in-One" models has a "Built in adapter for >> scanning slides and negatives." >> > Yes. I was hoping for some kind of workaround involving third-party > software. Not so much software, aren't these systems based on a backlight? Which shouldn't be too difficult to home-brew (but whether you'd get the resolution is another question)
From: Arthur Entlich on 2 Jan 2010 07:19
In order to scan any type of films (negative or transparency), the scanner requires a back lighting source which goes through the film so that the scanner sensor can "see" the image on the film. Usually this backlight is built into the scanner top, if it exists, and when it is turned on through software, the lower scanner lamp turns off. The "normal" scanner light illuminates from the bottom to light reflective, rather than transmissive images sources, like paper and prints. Some people use reflective print scanners with slides and negs but the result is quite inferior and requires a lot of manipulation to get anything approaching useful. Also, if you wish to scan things like 35mm slides or negs, besides needing the backlighting top you will require both a high resolution optical scanning ability (at least 1000 ppi) and software for inverting the color and removing the orange cast found in negative color film. Art If you are interested in issues surrounding e-waste, I invite you to enter the discussion at my blog: http://e-trashtalk.spaces.live.com/ mikeos wrote: > My wife just bought a HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One Printer - C309. > She was disappointed that there seems to be no facility for scanning > negatives and slides, as my old Epson scanner does. > > Is there any application available which would enable the HP > printer/scanner to be used in this way? |