Digital BW, The Print

Barry,
I have a friend in Pacifica, California. His name is Steve Johnson. 
Steve and an associate Put together a monumental, limited editon  
photographical book called "The Great Central Valley of California."

Steve had to restore very old historical documents that had sat in 
various old record storage areas since early California times. His 
project included all of the issues that you raise and more. 

I do not know who you are doing this for, but if they are really 
worried about the cost of the hardware to get the job done, it may be 
a very hard sell. After listening to Steve Johnson discuss the ordeal 
of putting the book together by restoring old historical documents 
pictures,plates, et al and then photographing and cataloging 
everything, I realize that it takes a large amount of resources and 
time to properly complete such a project. 

In effect, what they are asking you for is a request for proposal. It 
will probably be somewhat expensive just to properly put the proposal 
together because there will be a need for some specialized thoroughly 
knowledgeable input to get it right. You can give Steve a call or 
email him at Stephen Johnson Photography in Pacifica. His email for 
his news letter is sjphoto-news@.... if you want to call him, 
you go to his website at  http://www.sjphoto.com/ and get his 
telephone number. He is a reknown enviromental photographer and 
consultant. 

Luther Hert
Seaside, Ca.
831-393-9622

Steve is an expert at this and would be an asset in such a venture. 

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Barry Koblenz 
<zod111@y...> wrote:
>
> I am part of a large project in which we are scanning thousands of 
old glass plates & films. It
> was proposed that we at least calibrate our monitors for Win & Mac.
> 
> Decision makers are asking for a detailed explanation for this 
request. I have been asked to
> articulate just why we need such hardware / software.
> 
> Can someone offer such an explanation? 
> Thank you, -Barry
>