HP Scanjet 8300 Professional Image Scanner

Designed to digitise and process all kinds of material in an office environment, the HP ScanJet 8300 Professional Image Scanner handles text, photos and even slides with a beautiful performance, delivering superb scanned images to your PC or Apple Mac. Built with a 48-bit colour depth for vivid and accurate colour capture, and producing detail in an astonishing 4800 dpi resolution, your hard copies can be brought to life.

Dust-and-scratch removal, Adaptive Lighting Technology, image restoration and red-eye removal make up the HP Real Life Technologies provided with this scanner - key features to improve and repair old or damaged documents and photos. Giving you a preview scan in under five seconds, you can up your work productivity exponentially, helping produce image files in a variety of file formats, including BMP, JPG, TIF, PNG, GIF and PDF. Using software, you can take text and export it as HTML or plain text to be edited or e-mailed.

Simple to use, the four front-panel buttons give you copying and scanning control. With software provided for Windows and Apple Mac systems, you can have a full page of text OCR'd into Microsoft Word in less than 37 seconds. This flatbed scanner is precision-built for a crisp and sharp image capture every time. Equip your creative environment with the HP ScanJet 8300 Professional Image Scanner to step up a gear in your computing world.

High speed, high quality photo, film and negative scanning for professional users.

Scan photos, documents and transparent materials: large built-in TMA holds up to 18 x 35 mm negatives at once, or 8 x 35 mm slides, one medium (120 mm), or 1 large (240 mm) format film. Create high resolution professional scans for print, display, archive or web with high quality optics and up to 4800 dpi, 48-bit colour. Work fast with Instant-On, preview scans in about 4 seconds, intuitive software/controls and Hi-Speed USB (compatible with USB 2.0 specification).


Ensure consistent, accurate colour reproduction with SilverFast ® Ai.

Get accurate colour reproduction throughout the workflow with SilverFast ® Ai - high-end scanning and colour reproduction software for graphics professionals. Get everything you need, including IT8 test targets, to calibrate your scanner and ensure consistent colour. Use software to create ICC profiles that can be assigned to programs such as Adobe Photoshop. Other software tools on CD including Adobe Photoshop Elements, I.R.I.S. Readiris Pro OCR, HP Photosmart Software.

Single, upgradeable scanner platform delivers professional quality across different applications.

Base your organisation’s professional scanning requirements around a single scanner platform for easy evaluation, purchasing, training and maintenance. Upgrade with the optional 25pp/50ipm duplex automatic document feeder (not included) to scan stacks of documents and to satisfy busy general office requirements. Automate document workflow with configurable task buttons – regular tasks can be recalled at the touch of a button.

Product Description	HP ScanJet 8300 Professional Image Scanner - flatbed scanner
Device Type	Flatbed scanner - desktop
Input Type	Colour
Optical Resolution	4800 dpi x 4800 dpi
Resolution	8-bit (256 grey levels) / 48-bit colour
Max Document Size	216 mm (Legal) x 356 mm (Legal)
Supported Media Type	Plain paper, slides, film
Media Feeder Type	Manual load
Interpolated Resolution	999999 dpi x 999999 dpi
System Requirements	Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition / Windows ME, Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP, Apple MacOS X 10.3, Apple MacOS X 10.2.8, Apple MacOS X 10.4
Manufacturer Warranty	1 year warranty
Power	AC 120/230 V ( 50/60 Hz )
Weight	9.2 kg
Dimensions (WxDxH)	62.5 cm x 41.5 cm x 13 cm