Sloooooooooow scanning speed

[Pharmaas]

Hi, I have the officejet 6950 and the speed of the scanning is painfully slow. We are talking about 10 seconds per page

I scan on the following setting: 200 ppi, auto-colour detect, scan to computer.

Is a scanning time of approx. 10 seconds per page normal? I have reduced the quality to 100 ppi and also to black and white but the outcome is a blurry and sub-standard quality scan.

Is there anyway to increase the speed of scanning pages without compromising the quality?

Thanks.

[Anilck123]

hello,

Kindly follow the below link it may help for ur issue.

http://h10032.www1.hp.com/ctg/Manual/c05232470.

[Pharmaas]

Thanks but nothing in the manual helps. 

I use the feeder and not the glass when scanning. If the speed of the scanner is this slow by design i.e. a mechanical nature of the printer then I will buy a new one but if it is due to software or something then it would be great if anyone has other suggestions.

2 minutes to scan a simple 12 page document is too long.

[ShlomiL · Accepted solution]

Hi,

This is normal, this is a consumer all in one and not a professioal scanner...

Please find the printer specifications below:

Scan speed
Up to 5 ppm (200 ppi, monochrome), up to 2.8 ppm (200 ppi, colour) (A4)

http://h20195.www2.hp.com/v2/GetDocument.aspx?docname=4AA6-6737EEGB

Up to 2.8 pages per minute would be up to 20 seconds a page...

Regards,

Shlomi

[Pharmaas]

 **bleep**, wish I had seen that before buying it.

Anybody want to buy a printer??? lol