Digital BW, The Print

The best number of scanner samples per printed inch is sometimes 
discussed in a way which suggests that a scanner "dpi" of more than 
240 or 300 or 360 per printed inch is overkill except possibly for 
small prints. But when text, especially reversed text, is included in 
the image, I think 480 scanner samples for each printed inch might 
show an improvement, even over 360, at least on EAM in an 1160. I 
hope it's convenient for Marco to try it and let us know.

Sam McCandless            samcc@...


>I start to print with MIS VM and Epson 1160 with MIS CFS, using Paul 
>Roark's workflow, about 2 month ago.
>In this time I printed about 70 of my photos on EAM (35 mm Tri X or 
>TMax shoot scanned with Nikon coolscan IV).
>I'm very happy for the results: the prints are good even by 
>comparison with traditional print of the same negative on Ilford 
>Multigrade FB. The blacks are not very deep but always admissible.
>
>I have 2 little problems:
>1) One of the printed photos had a traffic sign in one corner, so I 
>can notice that the edges of the lettering under the sign are not 
>very sharp but they looks very soft (on monitor I can see a sharp 
>edge). This print have a good contrast and the problem is visible 
>only in the sign, where I have a white lettering on dark background. 
>[snip]
>Thanks
>
>Marco
>Padova (Italy)