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Re: [Digital BW] B&W Scanning Quality

2007-12-23 by Tyler Boley

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, Harry Lockwood <hflockwood@...> 
wrote:
>
> With a ³high end² Nikon scanner at 4000 ppi, that should not have happened.
> I suspect they did the scans with some auto levels or curves or the like...

Exactly. That they stated any other approach was "custom" was a clue. You should be able to 
do much better with little or no extra cost or effort just by learning the scanner/software.
Tyler

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