Digital BW, The Print

<<<<I am scanning from very well exposed medium format B&W negatives in 16
bit, making slight curve adjustments, and down sampling to 8 bits for
printing. I am using an Agfa T2500 . I think my workflow is sound.>>>>

Jeff:

you might actually consider the scan.. take  an image that has problems and have it scanned on a high end drum, and see if it makes a difference.

Mark MacKinnon