Hewlett Packard Scanjet 5200cxi Flatbed Scanner

Pros: Great HP name; Great Optics
Cons: none

They Do! I have a 5200 and use it daily. I use my scanner for everything from attaching to email to faxing to copying. I take magazine and when there is an article I want to keep, I simply scan the article, store it on a zip disk, then throw the...

Pros: A work horse scanner, excellent HP support, USB Connection, High Quality Scans!
Cons: HP Intelligent Scanning Technology isn't very smart when all you want is a simple scan!

This is my second HP Scanner. I like HP quality and HP product support. The HP ScanJet 5200C includes quality and great product support.

Like many, this HP scanner includes Intelligent Scanning Technology. A feature that is...

Pros: Easy to set up
Cons: Need technical support? Forget it!

I purchased my HP 5200C Scanjet based on the HP reputation for quality and ease of operation. And it was easy. I opened the box, plugged it in and away we went. I tried both the USB and parallel port configurations and saw no noticeable difference in...

Pros: Good, workmanlike scanning
Cons: Resource hog, not for novices

I'm still not quite sure how we ended up with the HP 5200 for our scanner - I do know it was more my wife's choice as to the type of scanner (not mine - I wanted to go cheaper).

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Pros: When it works, the HP delivers a good quality scan.
Cons: I had nothing but difficulty with this scanner. The scanner froze most of the time.

My first scanner was an HP 5200 C. I bought it a couple years ago so that I could scan photos and documents onto my computer. The HP 5200 C was $300 dollars at the time, and several scanners were only $150 or less, but I wanted to spend the money and ...

Pros: Comes with good software, pictures come out great.
Cons: On the slow side, occasionally loses contact with computer/programs.

Being a fan of Hewlett Packard, I might be partial to their products.

I'm currently typing this epinion on my Hewlett Packard Hp Pavilion 6460. It's really not a bad little computer.

It just seemed right to me to buy a scanner...

Pros: good scanning capabilities
Cons: in actuality, this thing is a pain

In my earlier review of the Gateway Performance 600 PC, I made it clear that I have a problem with Gateway's allegiance with Hewlett Packard. I will be addressing my issues with HP in this review, which I have written to be as non-biased as possible,...

Pros: Great Scanning Quality (When it works right)
Cons: You name it... to much of a headache for the price.

I bought this scanner back in 1996 I believe. It was expensive at that time. Costing nearly $500. But I needed a good scanner for the work that I was doing. Getting the scanner home and installing it was no problem. But getting your picture to do...

Pros: Great copies, Dependable
Cons: None

I bought this scanner primarily based on the H-P name. I have long trusted H-P products and I wasn't disappointed in this scanner. I found it fairly easy to install, the directions were quite clear, and I've never had the tiniest bit of trouble with...

Pros: Excellent Quality, easy to use, lots of functions
Cons: a little dust under one corner of the glass

I bought this scanner because of the name HP, but it in all truth, the name is worth it!

This is my second HP scanner. My first one was several years old and was big and clunky, although it scanned with wonderful quality, so I went looking for...

Pros: Fast and Easy to Use
Cons: Pros may want higher-res capability

One day I decided that I wanted to build a webpage. I had a ton of old and current photos (no, not of Pamela Anderson naked), but no way of getting them on to the internet. I did some research in computer magazines and found HP's scanners to be highly...

Pros: speed, photo and text quality
Cons: price

I recently purchased the HP 5200c for personal use. I compared it to other brands friends and family owed. Even did blind test with other hp scanners. Photo quality is better and so is the text quality. Finally, the OCR conversion to text was more...

Pros: Good Scanner
Cons: Horrible Customer service

For the first year and a half that I owned this scanner, I would have called it possibly the worst purchase I have ever made. It didn't work at all, and Hewlett Packard did nothing to help me. They have two help lines, one that costs $35 per call and...

Pros: NONE
Cons: Never worked

I had been wanting a scanner for a couple of years and finally went out and bought the HP scanjet with USB connector. Simple enough, plug and play right? wrong. i spent over 3 hours on the phone with HP (no toll free # either) and they still could not...

Pros: clear pictures
Cons: had problems with it

It's obvious from the title that I didn't really like this product. I had a hard time installing it. It always causes problems for me. I really want to get rid of this scanner because sometimes you have to install the software again to make it scan...