| HP Scanjet 5590 Digital Flatbed Scanner L1910A | 
| Brand: Hewlett Packard
Category: CE
Buy New: £250.00
New (21) Used (2) from £159.99
Rating:  4 reviews
Sales Rank: 30019
Platform: Mac Os X
Media: Electronics
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 12.6
Dimensions (in): 22.8 x 18.6 x 10.2
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of the product.
MPN: L1910A#ABU
Model: L1910A#ABU
UPC: 829160198774
EAN: 0829160198774
ASIN: B0002B3E6E
Release Date: May 25, 2004
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Product Description
High speed, unattended document scanning with duplex automatic document feeder (ADF). Get the job done quickly with scan-to-PDF simplicity and bundled NewSoft Presto! PageManager document management software. ISIS compliance included.Main Features:HP ScanJet 5590 Digital Flatbed Scanner2400 x 2400 dpi48-bitPC: Bitmap (BMP), TIFF, GIF, PDF, HTML, JPEG, FlashPix(FPX), TIFF compressed, DCX, PCX, RTF Mac: PICT, TIFF, JPEG, TIFF compressed, GIF, PDF, TEXT, HTML, FlashPix(FPX) < 28 secs < 48 secs < 31 secsHi-Spee...
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 Don't Waste Your Money! March 23, 2008
David Pollard (Winchester England)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I bought my SJ 5590 as a replacement for an older HP scanner which I found very easy to use.
In contrast the SJ5590 is a nightmare. The scanner has been designed around the US letter size document, not A4, as a result if you leave an A4 document on the flatbed and then use the ADF, the scanning head cannot see the documents, if scan a small document without selecting the scan area you will get an image of the slot of the scanning window of the ADF on your image.
The ADF is supposed to be capable of scanning both sides of a sheet but it distorts the top of the second side and I have given up using it. It also tries to run pages back through the scanner when set to single sided scanning which leads to jamming.
As a previous reviewer mentioned, the ADF is very prone to jamming, even with only one sheet in the it.
However, all of the hardware problems described above are nothing compared to the software problems. When I did my initial software installation I had to spend ages downloading patches from HP to get the scanner to work, particularly to scan to pdf which is probably 95%+ of my scanning.
HP have now released new software but from my perspective it is totally user unfriendly. The HP Precision Pro scanning software with my old scanner was easy to use, start the software up and if it detected a document in the ADF it opened a box for you to set the type of scan (B&W greyscale, colour) the DPI and the paper size. Hit the scan button and away it went. If it didn't detect a document in the ADF it did an immediate preview scan of the flatbed and you could then adjust the scan parameters etc before hitting the scan button.
The software for the SJ5590 requires you to define presets for all the main types of scan you use. Having done this, you click the OK button (not Scan) to make a scan and the Cancel button to complete the scan.
If you make a flat bed scan via a preview scan and adjust the scan area it automatically saves it as new preset scan and you then have to go and delete it. It will also save scans as new presets even if you don't change parameters unless you are very vigilant.
I find all this messing about very time consuming and annoying. I use my scanner to produce pdf copies of both personal and work documents. Most of my copying is A4 but I also copy mall documents such as tickets, receipts etc for my expense records etc. The SJ5590 software makes this such a nuisance that I avoid doing it until the backlog gets out of hand and my work productivity has declined.
I resent the way that HP took 250 from me for a product that doesn't work properly. I have now reluctantly decided to buy myself a new scanner, and it certainly won't be an HP scanner, my experiences with this product have put me off buying anything from HP.
RUBBISH!!! September 12, 2007
Eilidh Macbeath (Scotland)
5 out of 9 found this review helpful
i try to stay positive and think about what i buy on line - however my company bought this scanner and unfortunitly i have to work with it!!!
it is sooo bad the feeder scanner Jams - over and over and over and over and OVER!!! i have had several 100 documents destroyed by it and its just terrible - please save ur money please ur life - i have to work with this you dont!!!
i give this one star cause i have to - really give it NON
 Very Good January 1, 2006
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
Very good scanner if not a little over priced! Does what it says and does it well, one complaint the software interface could be made more simple
HP 5590 Scanner November 12, 2005
Howard Walden
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
Really simple to use and set up. Does exactly what it says on the box.
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