Digital BW, The Print

Harry, You sound like you already have the scanner? so the question is does
the 2400 give you a close enough print quality to equal what you used to
print in the darkroom?  The processing of the scan will be a big part of the
process. How much sharpening, where to set the levels to match output to
black by the printer paper combination. Perhaps if you give us a little more
information on hardware on hand, we might be able to come up with some best
way to get the job done. And in part as Mark suggest, you might want to sub
some of that out if not just to see the difference in quality if you haven't
done so in the past. 

 

If you don't already have a system like Datacolor's profiling package or a
Colormunki you might improve the quality enough to consider it at this
point. Are you looking for a neutral black or a warm tone print? 

 

 

Eric Neilsen

Eric Neilsen Photography

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Dallas, TX 75226

 

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From: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of HarryB
Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 2010 1:19 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Advice needed

 

  

I have a fairly large library of 35mm film taken some years ago of The Ohio
State University Dance group. The negs are tri-x, most shot at 400. I plan
to scan them with a Canon 4000 scanner. Can anyone give me an idea of what
level to scan at, given the info below? 

I plan to print glossy 8x10s, probably Epson gloss or semi gloss. I want to
replicate as far as possible the original pictures. As I'm a kind of "out of
the box" kind of guy, I been thinking of the Epson 2400 to print them. I'm
an amateur so I won't be selling any but I may give a few away and certainly
plan to scatter a few around my house so some permanence is desirable. I
don't need 100+ years as I'm 79. <g> Also, I don't want to fool with MIS or
Cone inks and I'm wary of RIPs/curves. I have both an IMac and a PC and I've
fooled around with Elements simple stuff a little. Will the 2400 suit my
needs? Is there a better choice? And what about paper? Do you think the
Epson stuff (or Ilford GFS) will meet my wants? Thanks for any help, I both
need and appreciate it. Harry





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