Digital BW, The Print

I find Nikonscan has no advantage whatsoever beyond
its unique, wonderful operation the motorized Nikon
carrier...its precisely positioning C41 and unmounted
E6 without effort cause me to choose Nikonscan for
those films despite my general preference for
Vuescan's front end (I use Vuescan with mounted E6).  

My film, even my ancient stuff, is normally very clean
(old stuff in glassines, new stuff in polyester,
nothing in polyethylene)...therefore I think Vuescan's
unique ability to do LIGHTER cleaning than Nikonscan
is an advantage. 

Ice/Infared are both great for routine airborn dust
and minor abrasions, but neither rivals Photoshop and
time if the film has suffered bad storage, dirty
drying or especially enthusiastic minilab handling.
Maybe I'd like the more brutal Ice/Infared settings if
I commonly dealt with bad film.