Digital BW, The Print

It sounds like your Silverfast HiBit scans do not have gamma 
correction (easy to do) whereas your Epson HiBit scans do.  You 
should definitely check out Ian Lyons website and his Silverfast 
tutorials.  They're excellent and should answer you question.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "Dave Tevis" <dave@t...> 
wrote:
> This might be a tad of topic but someone here may have the 
> answer. I am scanning 2 1/4 with my epson 1600 using 
> Silverfast Scan software. Silverfast gives great control over 
> scanning chromes, and b/w, as long as I don't scan HiBit. But I'll 
> be darned if I can get a good scan in HiBit from Silverfast. The 
> scans are dark and difficult to adjust in PS. Yet scans from the 
> Epson driver in HiBit (even with the crude controls) turn out much 
> better. So much better that I must be doing something wrong but 
> can't figure it out. Any ideas? 
> 
> Dave