Digital BW, The Print

Many flatbed scanners will do virtually perfect work from
appropriately sized prints in B&W or color. It's not tricky and you
should expect results that exceed your original, delivering closer to
your desires than your original did, losing NO detail or tone unless
you want to lose it. 

I happen to use an Epson 32OO. All of Epson's Perfection series are
great for the purpose, as are several Canons and presumably HPs. Don't
buy if it doesn't claim to be a "photo" scanner, though I know from
experience that several of that sort actually do well (eg my
all-in-one Brother printer/fax/scanner).



--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Frank Vincent"
<zorkivincent@...> 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.  It seems hard to justify the Epson
scanner 
> cost when my R220 printers were less than $100 each.
> 
> I would also be open to other scanners that are low cost.  Because I
need to 
> do a little photo restoration, I don't want to get a scanner
dedicated to 
> film only.  I also have a number of prints I made from the "olden
days" of 
> wet darkroom that I want to play with.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Frank Vincent
> 
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