Digital BW, The Print

I teach at a Vocational High School in the Phoenix area and we recently
received an Epson 4870 scanner and the bundled SilverFast Ai software.

I have not been able to get even close to a decent scan with the SilverFast
software but have had great success with the Epson scanning software which
has produced excellent scans and is very easy to use.

With SilverFast I must be doing something very wrong but for the life of me
I can't figure out what. All the scans come out black when loaded into
Photoshop. Could someone please give me some help with this, point me to
some online info about this combo of scanner and software because the
instructions are not detailed or much help. I know most people feel that the
SilverFast software is top notch but so far I am lost.

Any comments, advice or directions would be very much appreciated.

David Neely
Photo Imaging
Metro Tech H.S.
www.davidneelyphoto.com 

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