Digital BW, The Print

Try to honestly evaluate if you JUST WANT a new scanner and/or printer
or if you want better looking prints. If you just want new hardware,
simply buy the what you want the most. 

But, if you want better looking prints, scan a neg in your old scanner
then mail the neg to someone who will scan it for you on the scanner
you're considering and send back a file. Manipulate both files best as
you can, then print both. Mark on the BACK of each print which is
which. Put them away for a day or so, then shuffle them and try to
decide which is better. And if you can tell the difference and the one
you like better is with a different scanner, decide is it's worth the
money.

Repeat a similar process with the new proposed printer, having someone
print an identical file. Compare the prints without knowing which is
which.  

My way is almost too practical and not near as much fun. In fact, if
most people did that with cameras or lenses, they'd not buy new ones,
and constrict the market for new products. But it does work. 

Bob Michaels

  --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com,
ArleneLoveL@a... wrote:
> I need advice on upgrading to new scanner & printer
> 
> I work in 35mm, exclusively in B&W (Kodak T400CN). My present
scanner is 2720 
> dpi and my Epson 3000 prints max 1440 x 720. Different tech experts
tell me 
> different things. One says get a Minolta DiMage 5400 and another
says Nikon 
> 8000. The price difference is enormous, and the Nikon scans medium
format, which 
> I don't use, so why pay for it? The Minolta scans at 5400, and the
Nikon scans 
> at 4000. What's your consensus?
> I use PS7 and MIS quad inks carts.  Trying to fill the carts was a
disaster, 
> and I won't even contemplate CIS.
> Is there an advantage to upgrading my printer from a 3000 to a 7500
when they 
> both print at a max 1440 x 720? The 7600 is 2880x1440 - and is
$3000! It 
> would be a big stretch - is it worth it?    I will continue to
dedicate my printer 
> to B&W , and my prints are always 11 x 14 and 16 x 20. Can a  35 mm
neg  go 
> larger? I appreciate all the input you can give. I'm not a techie
and don't 
> understand half of what you all talk about, but am boundlessly
grateful for this 
> forum. Thanks to all.
>                      Arlene
> 
> 
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