Digital BW, The Print

At 02:11 PM 1/25/2002 -0800, you wrote:
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>  To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com 
>  Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 7:22 AM
>  Subject: [Digital BW] film grain question
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>  >The max optical resolution is 1200 for the Umax and 2400 for the 
>  >Epson. This is probably a stretch and both sharpen the image. 
>  >Software and operator skill is a factor too. I am going to make quad-
>  >tone and color comparison prints to see if there is a difference in 
>  >quality between the $400 Epson and the $1100 Umax. I'm rooting for 
>  >the Epson. Early results indicate that it is very sharp at 1200 DPI 
>  >and there is zero difference between 8 x 10 quad prints.
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>  See if you can buy the Umax by itself (with transparency adapter) it will
cost you about $600.00. The additional $500.00 in your post above is for a
software bundle. I'm not sure what the DMAX rating is on the Epson but on
the UMAX it is 3.4 -- pretty desent for a $600.00 scanner.
>  Don
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Don,

I have both scanners already. I am finding a big difference between them but
it's just difference, one is not better or worse - yet.
The Epson's SilverFast SE does a good job with getting the exposure and
color very near correct. Preliminary tests indicate that the Epson 2450 only
does well at 1200 DPI. Interpolated (1200 to 2400) scans from either machine
look as good as Epson's 2400 DPI scans - not what I hoped for. 

AZ

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