Digital BW, The Print

B. Campbell writes:

> I asked because I thought you might have a good reason for scanning 4x5
> negatives at that high a ppi such as a need for really large prints. But if
> your prints are in the 16x20 range or less you should be able to scan at
> something like 1200 ppi range and greatly reduce your file size, which
> should speed things up without affecting the quality of the print.

Not much point in shooting larger formats if you plan to scan them at
such low resolution that they produce the same size files as smaller
formats.