{"id":43,"date":"2005-04-01T16:46:04","date_gmt":"2005-04-01T21:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/index.php\/2005-04-01\/hp-scanjet-4600"},"modified":"2005-04-28T07:30:13","modified_gmt":"2005-04-28T12:30:13","slug":"hp-scanjet-4600","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/hp-scanjet-4600\/","title":{"rendered":"HP ScanJet 4600"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/wp-content\/scanner_test.jpg\" title=\"HP 4600 scanner test image\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/wp-content\/thumb-scanner_test.jpg\" alt=\"HP 4600 scanner test image\" style=\"float: right;\" \/>My very first scanner was a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epinions.com\/S0711351-ScanJet_IICX\/display_~full_specs\">HP ScanJet IIcx<\/a>. It was a huge metal-and-glass monster that took two men and a boy to move, and it cost (if I recall correctly) around $800. I still have it, actually, although it&#8217;s gathering dust (I don&#8217;t have a SCSI card anymore). I recently bought a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B0000C9ZJR\/rpglibrary\/\">HP ScanJet 4600<\/a>, and I&#8217;m pretty amazed at how far things have come. The 4600 is a slim metal-and-glass unit that looks a lot like a neomodern picture frame. It installed easily under Windows XP, and it works great with Photoshop. Most surprisingly, the 4600 costs under $40 &#8212; one twentieth of what the IIcx cost. I&#8217;m amazed.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, the scanning quality is <strong>terrible<\/strong>. It has visible vertical bands of grey. Apparently this is not an isolated problem: you can read the reviews at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B0000C9ZJR\/rpglibrary\/\">Amazon<\/a> and see that others have had this same problem. I am very disappointed. It&#8217;s such a beautiful scanner, and it feels more sturdy than any other scanner I have seen in the past few years. But scanning quality is what it&#8217;s all about, not what it looks like on my desk. What a shame.<\/p>\n<p>I ordered a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B0002OG6JI\/rpglibrary\/\">Canon CanoScan LiDE 500F<\/a> to replace the 4600, which I&#8217;ll be listing on eBay this evening. The Canon is <em>almost<\/em> as pretty as the HP. I just hope its scans are better.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My very first scanner was a HP ScanJet IIcx. It was a huge metal-and-glass monster that took two men and a boy to move, and it cost (if I recall correctly) around $800. I still have it, actually, although it&#8217;s gathering dust (I don&#8217;t have a SCSI card anymore). 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