Hewlett Packard Scanjet 3970 Flatbed Scanner

I needed the scanner after changing to XP. This is doing great, and all my questions were answerd very well.

I had a visioneer scanner. I hated the software that made it run. Finally it quit working. So, I decided to go back to my 'old school rules' and by HP. I bought this scanner at a great price and it was new. When I got it, I applied the software and plugged the scanner in. WOW .. it works great and the software loads quick. The software is not complicated, so easy to use. I should have stuck with HP in the beginning!!!

I appreciate the great prices and products I can get from ebay and the really honest vendors there. This is one.

This is a pretty good scanner. It is a little big but does an excellent job scanning. Have one at home and now one at the office. Does a great job scanning 3-D items.

Software and manuals were not sent as advertized.

Scanner software should have worked but it doesn't work with my IBM laptop..

It scans quickly, clearly, and concisely. It's very easy to use and understand, does well in color and black and white, and really, isn't that what life is all about? Doing well in both color and black and white? Takes up a lot of desk real estate but who cares?

This machine will scan many different types of things, but I bought it specifically to scan Kodachrome and Ektachrome slides, and I cannot get it to do this correctly. I have been scanning slides on another HP scanner at work (a different model), but this one seems to lack some of the on-screen directions found on the other one. I suppose I am doing something wrong, but the directions on the screen are no help.