Negative Scanning with HP Photosmart Premium All-in-One Printer

mikeos

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Jan 1, 2010, 6:45:43 AM1/1/10

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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?

Don Phillipson

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Jan 1, 2010, 8:29:44 AM1/1/10

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"mikeos" <mik...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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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."

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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

mikeos

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Jan 1, 2010, 9:02:32 AM1/1/10

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Yes. I was hoping for some kind of workaround involving third-party
software.

newshound

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Jan 1, 2010, 11:54:29 AM1/1/10

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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)

Arthur Entlich

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Jan 2, 2010, 7:19:57 AM1/2/10

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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.

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mikeos

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Jan 3, 2010, 5:20:52 AM1/3/10

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Arthur Entlich wrote:
> 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.

Thanks for that detailed info.

Mike