Digital BW, The Print

Drop the resolution of your scan, you are scanning the grain. Try it 
lower and lower until you see a difference. Of course you can not get 
too low or you will not have enough resolution to make a print. But 
remember, there IS grain in film.
Mark

On Jul 20, 2004, at 2:55 AM, Paul D. DeRocco wrote:

> > From: djbibo1 [mailto:djbibo1@...]
>  >
>  > I'm new to digital B&W output, but I've already fallen in love with
>  > it.� I have found one little annoyance though. (OK.� One that I want
>  > help with)� I've found that when I go from scanned B&W originals, I
>  > get substantially more grain than I'm used to in wet printing.� Does
>  > anyone have any suggestions on how to minimize this effect, other 
> than
>  > going to digital capture (lets avoid that debate) or getting a 
> better
>  > scanner (Already use an Imacon 848)?
>
>  Are you seeing grain from your originals, or the actual ink dots?
>
>  --
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>  Ciao,������������������ Paul D. DeRocco
>  Paul������������������� mailto:pderocco@...
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