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HP Scanjet 5590
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| Scan quality (color/monochrome) | Good/Very Good |
| Performance | Very Good |
| Average 1200-dpi color scan speed | 35 seconds per document |
| Average 300-dpi monochrome scan speed | 20 seconds per document |
| Features | Very Good |
| Max optical resolution (dpi) | 2400 by 2400 |
| Scanning area (inches) | 8.5 by 11 |
| Color depth | 48 bits internal, 24 bits external |
| Connection interfaces | USB 2.0 |
| Removable lid | Yes |
| Transparency adapter | Included; up to 6 by 2 inches |
| Automatic document feeder | Included |
| Bundled software | HP Photo and Imaging, Iris ReadIris Pro, NewSoft Presto PageManager, Presto BizCard, HP Memories Disc Creator, HP Instant Share |
| Overall ease of use | Good |
| Installation | Outstanding |
| Design | Very Good |
| Documentation | Very good |
| Support quality score | Very Good |
| Support policies | One-year warranty; 24-hour daily toll-free support |
HP Scanjet 5590
Scanjet 5590 Review, by Richard Jantz July 26, 2004
The HP Scanjet 5590 is more expensive than most SOHO flatbed scanners, but its formidable automatic document feeder justifies the price. Adding an optional ADF to other SOHO scanners can cost $150 or more, if it's even an option. The Scanjet 5590's ADF holds up to 50 sheets, and performs duplex (two-sided) scanning. As expected, the Scanjet 5590's software bundle includes optical character recognition and document management applications, as well as tools for other common scanning tasks.
The Scanjet 5590's performance scores are near the top of the SOHO class, right behind the first-ranked Epson Perfection 2480 Photo. Tested using its USB 2.0 interface, the 5590 was faster than most other models in our lower-resolution (100- and 300-dpi) tests. For example, the 5590 scanned a 4-by-5-inch color photo at 100 dpi in just 12 seconds; the other scanners in the SOHO category took from about 15 to 30 seconds to finish the same test. And it took the 5590 about 21 seconds to scan a color magazine cover at 300 dpi--about 7 seconds faster than its closest competitor, the Epson 2480. In our higher-resolution (600- and 1200-dpi) tests, the 5590 was still reasonably fast, though the Epson 2480 consistently beat it by about 3 to 4 seconds in each test.
In informal tests using the 5590's ADF, the scanner did an overall fine job of digitizing a battery of test documents--both single- and double-sided--and converting them into various file formats (such as Microsoft Word, RTF, and Adobe PDF). You also can use the ADF in tandem with the 5590's scanner driver (HP Scanning), which has a built-in OCR feature for simple jobs; or you can use the ADF with the also-included ReadIris Pro 8, a full-featured OCR application better suited for complex documents (such as multicolumn text and graphics). In our tests of the ADF's duplex feature and OCR software, the 5590 took about 13 minutes to scan a two-sided 15-page document (at 300 dpi), with very accurate results.
Image quality was mixed. Although the 5590 performed very well in our monochrome tests, its color-test results were more average overall when compared with competing scanners. For example, the 5590 earned the top score among scanners on the SOHO list for its on-screen reproduction of a complex black-and-white test pattern (scanned at maximum resolution) composed of fine lines, small fonts, and intricate geometric patterns. The print of the 5590's enlargement of a small 2-by-2-inch color photo (scanned at its maximum resolution) also scored well, but the 5590's scores for reproducing color accuracy in a scan of a 4-by-5-inch color photo (at 100 dpi) were roughly average.
The 5590 has a bevy of quick-start buttons on its front panel, and it also comes with a transparency adapter for scanning up to four 35mm slides or four filmstrip frames at a time. Informal tests using the 5590's film scanning features produced images that generally looked good, with accurate color and reasonably good detail in shadows and highlights. However, though the scanning software includes an option for restoring faded color, it lacks an option for dust removal and grain reduction, which some scanner vendors (such as Canon and Epson) provide for various flatbed models.
Upshot: The office-targeted HP 5590 is a good pick for OCR work, thanks to the proficient automatic document feeder that comes bundled.
Richard Jantz
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Reviewed by: bquin
Strengths: none
Weaknesses: all kinds of error messages
Overall: It took eight trys just to download the software, none of the buttons work and it finally works you either get error messages or the paper will jam.This scanner will not work with windows xp! Wish I knew this before buying.
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Reviewed by: QQLUCK
Strengths: ADF is great! Very easy to use
Weaknesses: none so far
Overall: I like this scanner. I used it for doucuments only. For picture or photo scan, you should use a photo scanner. It works great so far. the ADF is very very convenient. I bought it because of this feature. Highly recommended for home or small office use.
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Reviewed by: IbarraYJ
Strengths: Has a document feeder and can scan negatives and slides. Scanner warms up pretty quick and has good resolution.
Weaknesses: The software provided with scanner could be better. The software doesn't provide many options and uses a bad interface.
Overall: If you're looking for an all around good scanner this model has a document feeder, okay sized flatbed, negative, and slide scanning tool, and a pretty good responce time for scanning after being inactive. The only thing I didn't like was the software provided for scanning documents in and storing them. This is our second HP scanner, our first one didn't have the ADF and it's a good feature to have, especially scanning duplex. I think the PaperPort software HP use to provide would have been better. I think HP makes some of the best scanners and this is no exception.
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Reviewed by: haxtonj
Strengths: Compatible with Vista. Great small or home office scanner. Faster lamp warm up and scan speed than I'm used to for similar price. ADF and duplex scanning packaged with this low price.
Weaknesses: The shortcut button graphics on the front of the scanner aren't exactly clear about what they do. I'm still unsure which one will just make copies.
Overall: This is a great value for a small or home office scanner. I had to replace a "good" HP scanner with this because my home office upgraded to Vista. I paid around $300 for both of thes and one of the critical aspects I have been looking for wasn't ADF compatable, but actual ADF, which this one contains. I was really surprised that is also duplex scanned (front and back). I have a great deal of documents I need to scan in for a subject database and a plain flatbed scanner (previous unit) just doesn't make that a fun thing to do. This unit, the 5590 makes that chore les of a chore and since I use this for faxing, it also saves time with multiple pages to send as I no longer need to scan and save files to be sent later. The 50 sheet ADF hopper is a great function. Also, this scans in all functions twice as fast as I am used to. I like it.
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Reviewed by: cruzzin
Strengths: Price
Weaknesses: - software again- use other software and then the scanner is great- if you want nice photos look for a higher resolution scanner. Make sure it's not the software either - just use common sense.
Overall: This is my 3rd HP Scanner this is the nicest. Not perfect for scanning photos (mine gets colored streaks - thinking maybe I just got a dirty feeder). The scanner is doing the job I bought it for which is scanning multiples papers into the computer for emailing, copying, and archiving (into word, pdf, etc files) and hasn't jammed yet! I'm trying to virtually go paperless. I am using other programs with this scanner because Hp's software isn't up to par yet? why? who knows - but it's very unreliable. Even with the bad software I would highly recommend the scanner. The saying is 'you don't always get what you want, but if you try sometime, you get what you need' !!! and there it is all summed up - I've been waiting on HP for sometime now to iron out the flaws in the software and that just won't happen so knowingly I decided to go with it! And overall - I'm pretty satisfied.
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