Photosmart A5100C

This scanner was donated to Noisebridge.

Specs

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=bpy40001&tmp_task=setupCategory&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&lang=en&product=58823

Description

The HP Photosmart Photo Scanner is a compact, lightweight, high-quality scanner designed specifically for scanning photographs. It can scan prints up to 5 x 7 inches (127 mm x 178 mm), 35 mm mounted slides, and 35 mm negative strips (up to four negatives per strip).

Product features

• High quality black and white and color scanning of photos, slides, and negatives.
• Scans reflective media (photographs/prints) up to 5 x 7" at 300 dpi.
• Scans transmissive 35 mm media (slides and negatives up to 4 negatives per strip) at 2400 dpi.
• Powerful image-editing software, Microsoft’s (R) "Picture-It!," and CD-ROM learning products (U.S. only) is included, making it easy to explore endless creative possibilities.
• Supports PCs using the Microsoft Windows 95 operating system.
• Compliments HP’s photographic quality printers.

Scanner specifications

• Media types: Prints up to 5 x 7 inches, color and monochrome, 35 mm slides and 35 mm negatives up to 6 negatives per strip.
• Maximum size: Prints 5 x 7 inches (127 x 179 mm)
  • 35 mm negatives 35 mm, 4 exposure strip
  • 35 mm slides 35 mm, single mounted slide
• Optical resolution: Print Media 300 pixels per inch, 3 color
  • Negative Media 2400 pixels per inch, 3 color
  • Slide Media 2400 pixels per inch, 3 color
• Pixel depth: 30-bits (10-bits per color)
• Average time to Scan: Preview scan 10 seconds
  • Final scan 40 seconds
• Scaling: Bilinear
• Light source: External electrode Xenon Fluorescent
• Interface: Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) supplied with scanner
• Image processing options: Rotate, straighten, color correction, exposure correction

Calibration card

A problem with the scanner is it asks for a calibration card every 20 scans. Currently the scanner doesn't have a card. This is sad. A replacement card is around $200.

Here is a scan of the card, also it seems like one could just use a white card.

Windows support

It looks like folks have gotten the thing to work under XP with a Ratoc USB to SCSI adapter.

http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447626+1263968592361+28353475&threadId=1091824

Linux support

Apparently there's support for Linux.

http://www.kirchgessner.net/sanehpfaq.html

Mac support

Unknown.