Digital BW, The Print

Ken, Gary,

A company called "invent it" used to sell refrigerator magnet 
material for inkjet printing in 8.5X11 sheets that was roughly the 
same thickness as the flatbed negative holders. Some people had 
sucess cutting out negative holders and using the magnetic force to 
hold the two pieces together with the negative in between. Wet 
mounting is prefered but with an 8X10 neg on on an letter size 
scanner it might be tough.

Martin

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Ken Carney" 
<kcarney1@...> wrote:
>
> Gary,
> 
> I have the 4990 and it is a good scanner, especially at the 
price.  It is
> not going to compete with a professional drum scan, but for me it 
is "good
> enough".  I do have an issue scanning b&w 8x10 negs, in that 
the "film
> guide" supplied by Epson for that scanner is worthless, even 
before my cat
> chewed it in half.  It does not elevate the negative off the 
scanner glass,
> as the 4x5 holders do.  Therefore you will need to find some way 
to deal
> with Newton rings, such as Kami fluid, or fabricating a negative 
holder that
> will hold the negative flat and off the glass.
> 
> Ken 
> 
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