How to Scan Negatives on an HP TMA. If you're using a Hewlett-Packard Scanjet flatbed scanner with a Transparent Materials Adapter, you can scan 35mm slides and negatives using the TMA attachment.

Whether you use a flatbed scanner with a transparency adapter or a dedicated slide/negative scanner, you can set up your hardware to provide the best possible results for your business needs.

However, while apparently you can get a basic flatbed scanner for two boxtops and and a rookie baseball trading card, slide scanners traditionally have been expensive.

The HP Scanjet G4010 Photo Scanner is a very capable desktop scanner with an impressive list of features, such as built-in transparency scanning for slides and film and six-color scans of ...