Release Issued by HP:

The HP Scanjet G4050 features HP Real Life technologies

for professional hardware dust and scratch removal, faded colour restoration and automatic red-eye removal, allowing users to easily restore valuable memories. Four one-touch task buttons, along with included HP Photosmart software and HP Photosmart Share, make it easy to restore, enhance and share photos.
Key Features and Benefits
• Enjoy high-definition scans with superior 6-colour/96-bit scanning and 4800x9600 dpi resolution.1 The 6-colour scanning technology provides market leading image and colour accuracy.
• Remove dust and scratches through the hardware while scanning images in.
• Using included HP Real Life technologies, automatically remove red-eye, dust and scratches while enhancing details in dark photos to bring new life to old or damaged photos.
• Effortlessly scan stacks of film, using a built-in adapter that holds up to sixteen 35mm slides or thirty 35mm negative frames at once.
• Quickly and easily scan up to four 10x15-cm (4x6-inch) photos and automatically save them as individual files – no need to crop and resize.
• Scan photos, documents or film – even make a copy or scan to PDF – for easy sharing with four front-panel one-touch task buttons.
• Produce high quality scans of various paper sizes and 3-D objects with a letter-size, portrait-oriented scanning bed and adjustable lid.
• Conveniently organise, edit, share and save scans in one click with HP Photosmart software and HP Photosmart Share.
• The HP Scanjet G4050 is optimised to scan legacy Kodachrome and Ektachrome slide film.
• Support for Windows Vista will be added in 2007 after Vista becomes available.
• Save energy - Energy Star ’07 compliant.

Pricing and Availability
Estimated street price of €199.2
Expected to be available for purchase in November 2006 in EMEA.

1 Not available for scanning negatives in 6-colour; maximum resolutions may be affected by PC system factors.
2 The price stated is EMEA Manufacturer’s Recommended Selling Price (MRSP) including VAT and is subject to change – actual price may vary by country.