Digital BW, The Print

David,

Scanning prints is a legit method of getting your photos into digital form.
The "Special Edition" silver fiber prints sold by Lenswork are produce using
this method (although I believe they use a drum scanner). The selected
prints are scanned and the resulting file is output on a 3600 dpi image
setter to make contact negatives.

The results are excellent and I cannot distinguish them from an enlarged
silver print. I have a Jay Dussard and a Bruce Barnbaum print. Excellent
prints. Anyone wanting to produce silver prints from their digital files
should check this out.

Having said all that I would still recommend that scanning the original
negatives as the best way to reduce the number of reproduction steps, since
there is lose of information each time an image is duplicated. The loss, as
you say, may be so small that it is not noticeable. You would really have to
do a side-by-side of finished prints produced by both methods to know for
sure.

Martin Wesley

----- Original Message -----
From: <daschkenas@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2002 5:30 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Flatbed scanning b&w prints


> With all of the talk about film scanners, thought I would share what I'm
doing.  I've been flatbed scanning b&w prints ,( from the past 25 years)
with a UMAX Mirage SEII, both 8x10 and 11x14 inch prints as it will scan
print sizes up to 12 x 17.  I am scanning so that I print at a minimum of
300 dpi.  I'm making mostly 15 inch wide prints, from prints done in various
formats thru the years, 35mm, 2,1/4, and 4x5 & 8x10 contact prints... I am
getting, which I believe, is great quality.  In most cases I like the inkjet
print better than the original, and I am a very good wet print maker.
People are telling me that I am sacrificing quality by scanning prints, but
quite frankly I know that should be the case, but I can't imagine seeing any
more detail in the print than I am seeing now. ( I sent a few prints to
Jerry Olson to view and I don't believe that he would have known the prints
were done by scanning a print rather than a negative.)
> It is much easier for me to access the prints rather than search thru 25
years worth of negatives, which is the main reason I'm doing it this way,
also, tho because the prints look so darn good.
> So for those of you wanting to convert prints that you have on hand, don't
overlook flatbed scanning, you don't need that $5000.00 scanner to produce
great looking work.
> I'm printing b&w with a 1280, CIS and MIS 6 color dyes on LPM.
> David Aschkenas
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