Supported Operating Systems
Compatible operating systems    Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista
Mac OS X v10.6.8, OS X Lion, OS X Mountain Lion or later
Printer Specifications
Duty cycle (daily)    26,000 scan minimum life time
Supported Printing Media
Media types    Paper (plain, inkjet, photo, newsprint, magazine articles)
Box contents
What's in the box    HP Scanjet 300 Flatbed Photo Scanner
Install Guide
CD-ROM
Flyers
Warranty Sheet/Card
1 Mini USB cable
Scanner Specifications
Bit depth    48-bit
Image scaling or enlargement range    Windows: 10 to 2400% in 1% increments. Mac: Not supported
Output resolution dpi settings    Windows & Mac: 75
150
200
300
400
600
1200
2400
4800. Linux: 75
150
200
240
300
400
500
600
1200
2400
4800
Light source (scanning)    LED Light Guide (Three LED Colour)
Photographic format types    Photos up to 13 x 18 cm (127 x 177.8 mm)
Color scanning    Yes
Scan file format    Windows & Linux: BMP, JPEG, GIF, TIFF, TIFF Compressed, PNG, PCX, FlashPix (FPX), PDF, PDF searchable, RTF, HTM, TXT
Mac: TIFF, PICT, JPEG, GIF, FlashPix, Plain Text, PDF, HTML, Rich Text. Mac HP Scan supports : TIFF, PNG, JPEG, JPEG 2000, PDF, PDF-Searchable, RTF, TXT: TIFF, PNG, JPEG, JPEG 2000, PDF, PDF-Searchable, RTF, TXT. Mac Image Capture supports: TIFF, PNG, JPEG, JPEG 2000, GIF, BMP, PDF
Levels of grayscale    256
Scan input modes    Four front panel button (Scan, Copy, Scan to PDF, Scan to e-mail)
HP Solution Center
and user application via TWAIN
Scan size (flatbed), maximum    216 x 297 mm (restricted by scan image file size of 2 GB for Windows, 1 GB for Mac, 1 GB for Linux)
Scan technology    CMOS CIS (Contact Image Sensor)
Twain version    Version 1.9
Scanner type    Flatbed
Scan Resolution
Enhanced scanning resolution    Up to 19200 dpi
Scan resolution, hardware    Up to 4800 x 4800 dpi
Scan resolution, optical    Up to 4800 dpi
Scan resolution enhanced disclaimer    The maximum dpi at which you can scan is limited by available computer memory, disk space, and other system factors.
Scan Speed
Scan speed in preview mode    Up to 14 sec
Task speed    10 x 15 cm colour photo to file (200 dpi, 24-bit, tiff): about 21 sec for single image scan
OCR A4 text page to Microsoft Word: about 30 sec for single image scan
10 x 15 cm colour photo to share/e-mail (150 dpi, 24-bit): about 37 sec for single image scan
A4 PDF to e-mail (300 dpi, 24-bit): about 37 sec for single image scan
Scan speed footnote    Scan time only, data transfer to CPU not included
Camera Specifications
Dynamic range    2.01
Memory
Memory, standard    8 MB
Connectivity and Communications
Connectivity, optional    No
Connectivity, standard    1 Hi-Speed USB 2.0
Network ready    No
Battery and Power
Power supply type    No power supply (USB powered)
Power consumption    2.5 watts (maximum), 0.5 watts (standby), 0.0125 watts (manual-off)
Weights
Weight    1.76 kg
Package weight    2.65 kg
System Components
Control panel    Four front panel button (Scan, Copy, Scan to PDF, Scan to e-mail)
Replaceable parts    USB cable
Doc Lid
System Requirements
Minimum system requirements for Macintosh    Mac OS X 10.6.8, OS X Lion, OS X Mountain Lion
Minimum system requirements    Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7: 1.3 GHz processor, 1 GB RAM (2 GB for 64-bit), 1 GB available hard disk space, CD-ROM/DVD, USB
Windows Vista: 1.3 GHz processor, 1 GB RAM (2 GB for 64-bit), 1 GB available hard disk space (2 GB for 64-bit), CD-ROM/DVD, USB
Software and Applications
Software included    Windows: HP Scanning Software (includes OCR)
Mac: HP Scanjet Software (includes OCR)
ArcSoft PhotoStudio v6
Windows/Mac: Readiris OCR
Mac compatible    Yes
Dimensions
Minimum dimensions (W x D x H)    373 x 274 x 44.5 mm
Package dimensions (W x D x H)    434 x 86 x 335 mm