Digital BW, The Print

Have you tried using Vuescan? As I have had brilliant results using 
it.

Gareth

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DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "shawndavisphoto" 
<shawn@s...> wrote:
> I have the Nikon Coolscan IV version 3.1.2 (driver)
> I'm using a PC with Windows XP.
> Digital ICE is turned OFF.
> 
> My problem is when scanning black & white negatives the scans come 
> out with a dark band (as much as a 1cm width when viewing the 
> preview images) that spills from the outer edge onto both short 
ends 
> of the frame, as if too much light was reaching that part of the 
> frame or something.  
> 
> I am choosing Monochrome Neg and Grayscale when scanning.  The dark 
> bands appear in the small          s, previews, and actual scans.  
> 
> As I crop when I shoot, the edges of my images are very important 
to 
> me.  I cannot afford to crop out this darkened edge.
> 
> This problem does not happen with slides or color negative film.
> 
> Can anyone help?