Digital BW, The Print

Frank Vincent wrote:
> Has anyone looked at the specs for the HP G4050 scanner?  It scans in six 
> colors, according to what I can find.  I am primarily looking for a good B&W 
> scanner for film and prints, but this seemed an interesting compromise 
> against the Epson V700 and V750.  


I'm interested in the six color scanning like I'm interested 
in the N-color printers so I had my eye on any signs of actual 
distribution of the G4050 - G4010. I do not believe they are 
available yet. Price is much lower than the V700 etc but their 
film scanning is also more limited in size. I don't think the 
6 channel solution will contribute to color film scanning 
either as an RGB scanner suits the CMY dye layers of film 
well. An exception could be the Fuji color films with the 
extra dye layer. I'm interested in reflective scanning of art 
work made with several pigments, wonder what the 6 channels 
offer then and how to get most of the data (96 bits too if I 
recall it correctly) to an N-color printer like the HP Z3100 
or the other ones around. A4 size is limited of course but 
this can be the beginning of a trend in digital imaging.

6 color is of course completely at the other end of the 
spectrum if one is looking for a B&W scanner. It is a shame 
that there are no longer high end monochrome scanners made but 
you could check whether there's a secondhand Agfa that has 3 
pass for color and just one monochrome pass for B&W.


Met vriendelijke groeten,  Ernst


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