Should You Buy an HP Scanner?
HP is well known for its PC monitors, laser printers, photo printers and webcams.
If you are wondering how HP scanners compare to other brands, our guide below collates all the key info in a single place. We've compared 380+ scanners by objectively and impartially analysing 420+ user and expert reviews and 5 awards from hundreds of different review sites.
HP are recognised for their good selection of mid-range and moderately popular scanners and start at $140 for the ScanJet Pro 2500 f1 which is a 1200 x 1200 scanner, a scanner that has a 216 max scan size and a sheetfed / adf scanner and go up to $815 for the Scanjet Enterprise Flow 7500 which is a 600 x 600 scanner, a scanner that has a 216 max scan size and a flatbed scanner. The average price of a new HP scanner is $531.
Is HP the Best Scanner Brand?
So are HP scanners any good? We give every scanner a Kagoo Score by analysing its specs, reviews and prices and comparing this to its competitors. By aggregating this data across all scanners we are able to impartially rank all the scanner brands.
Our detailed analysis taking into account all of the above factors found that HP is the 6th best scanner brand out there.
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Japan
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95% |
95%
221 reviews
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| #2 |
Japan
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95% |
95%
155 reviews
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| #3 | 85% |
85%
25 reviews
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| #4 | 85% |
85%
9 reviews
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Japan
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85% |
85%
12 reviews
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United States
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77% |
77%
0 reviews
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I.R.I.S.
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76% |
76%
1 review
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| #8 |
Iris
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75% |
75%
0 reviews
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| #9 |
Japan
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72% |
72%
0 reviews
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Visioneer
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72% |
72%
6 reviews
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| #11 | 71% |
71%
0 reviews
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Avision
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68% |
68%
0 reviews
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Adesso
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61% |
61%
0 reviews
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| #14 |
Japan
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61% |
61%
0 reviews
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| #15 |
Veho
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53% |
53%
0 reviews
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Let's look at how HP scanners compare to the other scanner brands across each of the key facets that make up the Kagoo Score.
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There's a smaller selection of HP scanners available compared to other scanner brands, with only 9 HP scanners currently on the market in the US. HP scanners also tend to be more expensive than most other scanner brands making them a less popular choice with consumers.
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| $0 | $500 | $1,000 | $1,500 | $2,000 | $2,500 | $3,000 | $3,500 | $4,000 | $4,500 | $14,499 | ||||||||||
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Average Price
$531 |
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| $0 | $500 | $1,000 | $1,500 | $2,000 | $2,500 | $3,000 | $3,500 | $4,000 | $4,500 | $13,499 | ||||||||||
How Many Industry Awards Have HP Scanners Received?
After checking thousands of expert review websites we couldn't find any industry awards for HP scanners. The table below shows the number of awards received by the most popular scanner brands. The largest number of awards provided by each review source is highlighted in green.
Compare all award winning scanners
| Number of Awards | Fujitsu | Visioneer | Epson |
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1
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1
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1
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1
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1
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2
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1
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2
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What is the Best Mid-Range HP Scanner?
HP Scanjet Pro 4500FN1
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$672.50
eBay
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1200 DPI |
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30ppm
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A great mid range choice, priced at $672.50 is the HP Scanjet Pro 4500FN1, which has a Kagoo Score of 60.
A good spec but only ok value for money 1200 x 1200 DPI flatbed scanner. It has a duplex scanning, a multi feed detection and an A4 / us lettermm maximum scan size and supports colour scanning.
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76
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Good Features |
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56
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Average |
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60
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The cheapest price that we could find for the Scanjet Pro 4500FN1 in the US is $672.50 but in total we found only 2 prices for it.
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$672.50
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$672.55
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$899.00
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What is the Best Budget Choice HP Scanner?
HP ScanJet Pro 2500 f1
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$140.00
eBay
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Buy Now |
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1200 X
1200 DPI |
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20ppm
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At only $140 and with a Kagoo Score of 69 the HP ScanJet Pro 2500 f1 makes a great budget choice.
A good spec and affordable 1200 x 1200 DPI sheetfed / adf scanner. It has a duplex scanning and an A4 / us lettermm maximum scan size and supports colour scanning.
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Good Features |
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75
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Quite Popular |
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73
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Good |
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69
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Good |
The cheapest price that we could find for the ScanJet Pro 2500 f1 in the US is $140.00 and in total we found 5 prices for it.
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$140.00
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$145.00
Standard delivery: $27.50
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$174.99
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$189.00
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$190.00
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$198.28
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$200.00
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$225.00
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$246.00
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$246.85
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$246.90
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$324.79
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$361.65
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$499.99
Standard delivery: $19.99
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$194.99
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$219.99
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$259.00
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In stock
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$299.00
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$259.00
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$259.01
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$299.00
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