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HP Scanjet 5590 Digital Flatbed Scanner High-quality scans (2400 dpi) with 48-bit color Fast and easy: 50-page duplexing automatic document feeder Adapter for scanning slides and negatives Duty cycle of up to 2,000 pages a day. Get professional results with unattended, two-sided, multipage scanning; fast preview scans and scan speeds; easy document management; the ability to scan 35 mm negatives and slides; and convenient copy features with this duplexing scanner. Bonus: the Scanjet 5590’s innovative design fits neatly on your desk or a nearby shelf.

Features

• Automatically feed documents unattended and automatically scan them on both sides
• Load your originals, then just press a button–the HP Scanjet 5590 does the rest
• Scan fast, at up to 8 pages or 4 images per minute
• Get high-quality results at 2400 dpi optical resolution and 48-bit color
• Scan 35 mm slides and negatives with the included transparent materials adapter, plus scan pages of books and 3-D objects
• Use the five easy one-touch buttons for scanning documents and photos, filing documents, sending e-mail, and accessing the copy functions
• Manage your documents with ease using the included software and drivers

System Requirements

• • Mac OS X v10.1.5, v10.2 or v10.3
  • Windows 98/98 SE/ME/2000/XP Home/XP Professional

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Specifications

• Resolution: Optical: Up to 2400 dpi; Enhanced: Up to 999999 dpi
• Input type: Flatbed
• Bit depth: 48-bit
• Max. document size: 8.5 x 14 in.
• Preview scan speed: Up to 7 sec.
• Automatic document feeder: Standard, 50 sheets
• Automatic photo feeder: None
• Scannable media types: Paper (banner, InkJet, photo, plain), envelopes, labels, cards (greeting, index), 3-D objects, 35-mm slides and negatives (using transparent materials adapter), iron-on transfers
• Control panel: 5 front-panel buttons ( Copy center, E-mail, File document, Scan document, Scan photo)
• Connectivity: 1 USB port
• Dimensions (WxDxH): 19.21 x 13.39 x 6.38 in./48.79 x 34.01 x 16.21 cm
• Weight: 12.6 lb./5.72 kg

In the box

• HP ScanJet 5590 digital flatbed scanner
• Hi-Speed USB cable compatible with USB 2.0 specifications
• Power cable
• Power supply
• Automatic document feeder (ADF)
• ADF cleaning cloth
• Transparent materials adapter (TMA) for scanning slides and negatives
• TMA instruction sheet
• User’s manual and setup poster
• CD-ROMs with software for Macintosh and Windows
• HP photo and imaging software with HP memories disc creator and HP instant share
• Integrated I.R.I.S. Readiris OCR
• NewSoft Presto! PageManager 7.

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TiVo Premiere announced its fourth-generation DVR with much fanfare at a March 2 media event in Manhattan–at the top of Rockefeller Center, to be specific. Media invitations to the event included the teaser: “The DVR was just the beginning.” What TiVo delivered was…an incremental update of its existing product. If you look beyond the slick new enclosure, the biggest improvements were an improved interface (using, for the first time, Flash-enhanced HD graphics and the full range of the wide-screen real estate); an enhanced search system (it simultaneously searches TV listings and Web-based video sources); and the addition of Pandora’s music service.

It’s just the Series3 with a fancier paint job: Yes, we assume the TiVo Premiere is running a much beefier processor than the one found in the three-year-old TiVo HD.  Still, take away the fancy new interface and the (hopefully) quicker search functions, and there are not a lot of new features. The older TiVo HD already has Amazon, Netflix, Blockbuster, and Rhapsody, and it’ll be getting the Pandora update via a future firmware update as well.

My TV and Blu-ray player can already do most of this: TiVo touts its integrated online media support as a big value-add, but the big attractions–Netflix, Amazon, YouTube, and Pandora–are widely available in Blu-ray players and TVs from a variety of manufacturers (LG, Samsung, Sony, Panasonic, Vizio), some for as little as $200. Some of these models also include DLNA network streaming and integrated Wi-Fi (see below).

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