I had this scanner for well over a year and has done everything it was advertised in dose a berry good scan in general, high quality scanning over 9600 DPI it is little slow but very clear and most of all good color balance, not like hp 3800,6300 were the hue was all way of from pre scans to actual scan in pre scan hp looked fine but it was all ways of by 30 point in the green. On the Epson Perfection V100 it is always on the mark or where do crop it all ways on the money. Software in not that great but if are doing some heavy editing this is not for you, it dose the basic well, film scanning it could do better with more back light but with good software it can be balance out, in all it has been a berry good scanner in years time verse's hp that died in 3 months in moderate use, I purchased at newegg for $39.00 in October 2008. software 3 out 5 suite it good if and in one. Scanner function 4.5 out 5 slow in high resolution.