Digital BW, The Print

Try Ilford XP2 Super which uses C41 colour technology but gives  fine black
& white image on conventional b/w darkroom paper and is very easy to scan.
It lacks the silver on the final neg which confuses many of the automated
dust removal technologies.

Kim.

-----Original Message-----
From: spersky123 [mailto:spersky@...] 
Sent: 10 March 2004 03:13
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] Color film for black and white output?


It seems that Black and white film is tough to scan.  Does anyone 
here use color film or color slide film scans with conversion to 
black and white in photoshop for strictly black and white digital 
printing?
is there a loss of quality in the final print when compared to 
traditional black and white film.

I am very close to adopting Mr. Roark's work flow with the UT7 inks 
when they are available.  I am just trying to figure out what film 
(color or Black and White) would give me the best results for general 
Black and White printing.

Thanks