Digital BW, The Print

> From: Joseph Robinson [mailto:joseph@...]
>
> I'm new to the forum and have just started scanning some of my 35mm
> black and white images (taken on Kodak T400CN).  I like to print
> final results at 11" x 14".  The images so far show
> some "posterization" in them.  I'm not sure of the solution, but I
> think that part of my problem could be in scanning...
>
> Do people generally scan the images at the highest resolution the
> scanner supports with the dimensions of the image the size of the
> negative?  Or is it better to scan at an "appropriate" resolution
> and have the image dimensions be 11" x 14"?
>
> I've been using the latter approach, scanning at 650dpi, setting the
> image size at 11" x 14" and printing at 1440 dpi.

Forget about inches, except when it's time to print. Scan at the natural
resolution of the scanner, which I believe is 4000ppi. (That's not a huge
number of pixels when the piece of film is only 1x1.5") Also, with the 2200
you should print at 2880, to avoid microbanding in the print.

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
Paul                mailto:pderocco@...