Digital BW, The Print

Austin, I have a question, if you don't mind:
When you say, "in the scanner," I assume you are referring to the 
scanner driver, right? So if I use Vuescan to drive my Polaroid 
SS4000, it is Vuescan that is doing the "canned RGB mix," right? 

Thanks,
--Eddy McDonald

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Austin 
Franklin" <darkroom@i...> wrote:
> One thing to keep in mind is that almost every scanner scans B&W in 
RGB
> anyway, and does a conversion in the scanner, with a canned RGB 
mix.  So,
> technically, if you can get a better "mix" than the scanner, you'll 
be
> better off doing the "mix" outside of the scanner.  This is, of 
course,
> scanner dependant...as each different make/model of scanner can have
> differing values for their "mix".