Digital BW, The Print

>I think what you are experiencing is a fault in the original scan that you
>are doing, not the inks.  I suspect
>that you are not sharpening your scans via 'unsharp mask' in Photoshop.
>All scans really need sharpening to
>achieve the same clarity that the original has.

It's a matter not of clarity, but of the the overall "look" of the image on
paper. See my post of this morning ("More quadtone experiences") for a
better description of what I don't like about at least some quadtone
output. I'm already applying unsharp masking (my scans need very little),
and the scans look great on screen. I'm also familiar enough with my
negatives to know that what I'm seeing is indeed grain and not "noise."

Best regards,

-- Nicholas Hartmann

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