Digital BW, The Print

Hi David,

> I am gathering that the main problem is that negatives need light
> coming through them, and that the tabloid-sized scanner you both use has a
> light source in the transparency attachment that allows you to scan
> negatives?

Yes.

> And that you use the tabloid scanner because it is
> large enough
> to fit the PrintFile pages underneath the light source?

and...yes.

> This scanner appears to be an older model (at least, review articles about
> it I found on the web were not recent). Is there a newer replacement model
> out?

Do you mean for the 836XL?  The 836XL can be bought used for
peanuts...considering it is a tabloid scanner, and sold for near $2k when
new.  I do believe there is a new replacement unit for it, but it's higher
resolution, which I don't think you need for contact sheets...and obviously,
it's going to be a lot more money.

Someone mentioned that they did find a non-tabloid scanner that had a large
enough transparency area for "some" of the PrintFile sheets.  I do not
recall which scanner it was though.

Regards,

Austin