Digital BW, The Print

Thanks to everyone for the advice.

I will scan at the original negative size at 4000 ppi.  It sounds 
like I should be able to change the image size in Photoshop just 
before printing.  At that time, do I set the ppi to 300 or so, and 
resize to 11" x 14" with no resampling?  I assume that this is 
better than specifying the width as 11" in the print dialog.  

Is that correct?

Joseph
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Paul D. 
DeRocco" <pderocco@i...> wrote:
> > From: Joseph Robinson [mailto:joseph@h...]
> >
> > 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.
> 
> --
> 
> Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
> Paul                mailto:pderocco@i...