HP Announces S20 35mm Photo Scanner

PALO ALTO, Calif.--Hewlett-Packard Company, today announced the HP PhotoSmart S20 photo scanner, a new product designed for photo and PC enthusiasts who want to scan 35mm photographic images to personal computers.

Expected to sell for a U.S. est street price of , the S20 has features comparable to competitive units costing up to three times as much. The scanner, which provides an optical scanning resolution of up to 2400 dots per inch (dpi) at a color depth of 36 bits, is designed to capture the finest details, from rich colors to deep shadows. Exposure, color and sharpness controls in the new scanning software enable accurate adjustments to and greater precision control over the final image.