Digital BW, The Print

Hi cr,

> Austin-
> This is partially a response and a question:
> Are you saying that all scanners average the three channels? I agree
> that many do (especially film scanners), but my understanding is
> that most reflective scanners use a single channel.

You could very well be right, I am only talking about film scanners.

> Irregardless of the answer to that one... once you take an average
> of channels from the device, you have given up data and accepted the
> manufacturers estimation of what a good B&W reproduction is.

Yes, that is why I suggested that manufacturers might want to allow that to
be able to be set by the user.

Austin