Digital BW, The Print

Hi AnnMarie. I have that scanner too, as well as a Nikon for 35mm. 
The maximum optical resolution of the Epson 4990 is 4800dpi. As you 
noted, interpolation is not the right way to go. So you can reduce 
those original scan file sizes with no loss.
Cheeers
Geoff
--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, AnnMarie 
Tornabene <fairy69@...> wrote:
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> Yes, Mark, I believe it is...I'm not a fan of interpolation...
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> AnnMarie
> www.annmarietornabene.net

> On Jan 3, 2008, at 9:55 AM, Mark Savoia wrote:
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> > Is that the optical resolution of that scanner?
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> > Mark
> > http://www.stillrivereditions.com
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> > On Jan 3, 2008, at 9:52 AM, AnnMarie Tornabene wrote:
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> > > I use the Epson 4990 flatbed scanner that scans prints and 
negs. I
> > > shoot mainly 35mm, so what I do is scan at the maximum 
resolution
> > > (which is 12,800 ppi) and then resize it in Photoshop to 300 
ppi, no
> > > matter what size the image is.
> > >
> > > AnnMarie
> > >
> > > www.annmarietornabene.net
> > >
> >
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