Howtek d4000 - advice

Hello,
I just purchased a Howtec d4000, and I am going to pick it up the day after tomorrow. Are there any things I should look out for? I couldn't find much about the scanner online. Does anyone have a digital manual, they would be willing to share? Do you guys have general information about the scanner? Is it even worth setting up? I shoot 4x5, 35 and 120 Negatives. Thanks and all the best!

I haven't been able to find the user guide PDF for the Howtek D4000, but here is a short brochure and specification sheet PDF.

Howtek 4500 is very similar and you can download User guide here.

I also have 4500 service manual. If you need it and can't find it anywhere else on the net, I can send it to you or upload it somewhere.

Btw, you should join ScanHi-End group on Groups.io if you need help or access to other resources like FST (Field Service Test) software, etc...

brbo said:

Howtek 4500 is very similar and you can download User guide here.

I also have 4500 service manual. If you need it and can't find it anywhere else on the net, I can send it to you or upload it somewhere.

Btw, you should join ScanHi-End group on Groups.io if you need help or access to other resources like FST (Field Service Test) software, etc...

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Thank you for this! I will look the groups.io thing up and join!

bfilm said:

I haven't been able to find the user guide PDF for the Howtek D4000, but here is a short brochure and specification sheet PDF.

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Thanks!

I just picked up my d4000, it seems to work fine, but I'll have to do some digging.
It came with silverfast 6.6. I am not too keen on paying huge money for the atztek software. Silverfast will do fine. I also got the manual. I will scan and upload it if anyone is interested. I downloaded all the documents from the high-res scan group from groups.io. Very thankful for that. Are there some standard settings to use with silverfast and these machines? I like to hand invert in photoshop from positives. (I use manly negative film)

brbo said:

Howtek 4500 is very similar and you can download User guide here.

I also have 4500 service manual. If you need it and can't find it anywhere else on the net, I can send it to you or upload it somewhere.

Btw, you should join ScanHi-End group on Groups.io if you need help or access to other resources like FST (Field Service Test) software, etc...

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Hello!
Do you know that is it possible to purchase a dongle for Trident? Thanks.

I bought it from a regular poster in the group I mentioned previously.

If you don’t get response there I can give you his email address so you can ask him directly whether he still has any dongles left for sale…

brbo said:

I bought it from a regular poster in the group I mentioned previously.

If you don’t get response there I can give you his email address so you can ask him directly whether he still has any dongles left for sale…

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I could not find the thread, so If you could share his email address, that would be greatly appreciated.

balazsfff said:

Hello!
Do you know that is it possible to purchase a dongle for Trident? Thanks.

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When I contacted Aztek last year (2024) about purchasing a second license for DPL 8.1 to run a second Howtek scanner, they mentioned that Trident was still an option (it was also considerably less expensive than DPL). Ultimately, I didn't go down the Trident route because I'm familiar with DPL, so I'm not sure if they send you a link to download the Trident software plus a physical dongle, or if the dongle can be handled with a digital "key". In either case, just send them an email telling what scanner you have and that you're interested in purchasing a license for Trident. They're very easy to work with.