Digital BW, The Print

Not speaking for Paul but as an interested 3rd party who owned both a 1400  
and a 3800, I will say that you are talking about two different  things.  
And yes, back in the day when I was shooting a 35mm Nikon, my  developer 
always gave me an 8 x 10 contact print of all the negatives.  But  I never 
displayed them on a wall, did you?  Harry
 
 
In a message dated 7/9/2015 12:42:49 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, AL  writes:

Although  it's not terribly important I suggest we might have a small 
disagreement about  normal print sizes. For a considerable period of time contact 
prints from 8 x  10 negatives were  standard.