Digital BW, The Print

What advantage do you see in the Microtek 2500 Vs Epson 4990?

Microtek is far lower resolution (even if you cut Epson's dubious
numbers in half). And Epson's Dmax can (reportedly) be raised
significantly with wet mounting. And there's the money..

?  

Djon

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "thomkrahn"
<krahn@f...> wrote:
> I am thinking about getting a Microtek 2500 scanner for black and
> white 4x5.  I can get a used scanner with 12bit output somewhat
> cheaper than a new scanner with 16 bit output.  
> 
> I know that there is a quality difference between 8 and 16 bit for
> black and white.  Also I have read that Photoshop allows you to
> manipulate the 12 bit as a 16 bit file.  So is there a perceptible
> quality difference between 12 and 16 bit output from the scanner?