Digital BW, The Print

Steve Gledhill wrote:
> The next step requires the scanner to be able to scan high 
> density negatives \u2013 or more specifically, areas of high density \u2013 the 
> highlights. My Epson V700 does that for me. The scanner captures the 
> whole range from clear film base to the maximum density of the negative 
> and represents it in the TIFF file as a full range 16-bit greyscale 
> scan. So the huge SBR in the original scene is \u2018compressed\u2019 (via my 
> workflow) into the range my paper is capable of \u2013 i.e. maximum ink black 
> to paper white.

Do you really capture 17-stops of range using a 16-bit TIFF?

Dana