VueScan works with the Hewlett-Packard ScanJet G4050 on Windows and Mac OS X.

This scanner has an infrared lamp for scanning film. VueScan's 'Filter | Infrared clean' option can be used to remove dust spots from film scans. This is similar to (and we think better than) the ICE and FARE algorithms. It scans with visible light in the first pass and with infrared light in the second pass.

Infrared cleaning works well with all types of color negative and color slide film, including Kodachrome. However, silver-based black/white film doesn't work with infrared cleaning because the silver particles look the same in visible light and infrared light.

You need to install an HP scanner driver to use this scanner on Windows and Mac OS X.

If there isn't an HP scanner driver at www.hp.com for your operating system, then unfortunately VueScan won't work with this scanner. VueScan uses a plugin library that's installed with the HP scanner drivers to talk to this scanner, and doesn't work with this scanner without this plugin library.

On Windows x64, you need to use VueScan x32 to use this scanner's transparency adapter.

This scanner is supported on Mac OS X Lion if you first install the HP scanner drivers.