Digital BW, The Print

>
> I scan my B&W negatives on a Nikon 8000.  Settings are monochrome and
> grayscale in 8-bit.

Why 8 bit? I scan B&W in RGB.

>
> Then in Photoshop 7, I follow Fred Scholz's workflow ("An Image
> Processing Workflow" as presented on www.luminous-landscape.com),
> starting with changing the mode to RGB.  Then, in addition to
> checking the monochrome box in Channel Mixer (and not manipulating
> the channels themselves), I also use the Desaturate command
>

If you bring your image in in RGB, you'll have the ability to play with 
the channels in the channel mixer. I'm not sure why you are 
desaturating.


> When I print, I use Carl Schofield's process as described in his
> article entitled "B&W" Printing With The Epson 2200/2100" that also
> appears in the Luminous Landscape website.  In short, in "Print With
>

Agreed, it gets the most neutral print of any of my tests with the 
Epson driver, no custom profiles, no RIP.

>
> I've only been at this for a little while, but so far I am very
> excited about the results the Epson is giving me using the above-
> described process.

A far better result than the previous epsons to be sure.

Carolyn