Digital BW, The Print

Hi Phil

250 to 300 dpi is pretty much considered a standard for
good resolution files that you send to the printer (so after
you scan at 1600 dpi, you can enlarge sufficiently to get
down to 250-300). I doubt very much that you can see 
a difference between a 300 dpi file and a 600 dpi sent
to the printer, regardless of the caliber of the output machine.

Regards

Andrei
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: pdcorlis 
  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 9:24 PM
  Subject: [Digital BW] Scan resolution for printing 4x5 negs?



  I looked through the archives of the Epson scanner forums but couldn't seem to find a 
  direct answer to my question so here goes...

  I use an Epson 3200 to scan B&W negs for printing and have generally scanned my 4X5 
  negatives at their original size and at 1600 dpi - so when the day comes, I can print 
  11x14's at 600 (or so) dpi. I'm new to this brave new world so I'm wondering if other large 
  format photographers in the group have a different take on this. I want to scan at a high 
  enough resolution to preserve detail, but not too high a resolution to aviod HUGE 
  Photoshop files.

  Thanks for any help you can offer

  Phil C.





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