Digital BW, The Print

I am sorta new to digi printing and am still trying to nail down my
workflow, so I may have mislead you, but I have noticed that when I
sharpen prior to downsizing, I have much better control of USM and am
far less likely to overdo it- and my prints just look better to my
eyes. I find that proper use of USM is one of hardest things to get a
grip on in the digital process, as its artifacts aren't always
apparent on screen or, at first glance, in the print. Again, my
experience may be related to my green-ness.  

But hey, couldn't hurt to try it anyway! 
john

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "peterzakos"
<peterzakos@y...> wrote:
> 
> Now I am confused.  I apply the final the final unsharp mask filter 
> just before printing, i.e. AFTER downsampling the image file.  
> However in the recent "computing power" posting John advises to do 
> it before downsamling.  Was I doing it wrong all this time?  What's 
> the consensus?
> Peter.