Digital BW, The Print

Andrew,
I duplicated the 16 bit file and converted to 8bit - then compared 
the histograms - you are right there is less combing viewed in 88 
bit - but it's still there albeit not quite as bad as in 16

?
Frank
> > after minor contrast adj in 16 bit scans (moving the end sliders 
to 
> > the edges of the histogram & the middle to fix the mid tones), I 
> > still have 'drop out' or combed histograms - any ideas, tips ?
> 
> Convert the file to 8 bits THEN look at the Histogram. You should 
see NO 
> combs.