Digital BW, The Print

Agreed.  If you're using the Epson drivers, I recommend using the histogram (levels) feature to set your white point and black point.  If the new drivers are like the preceding versions, the histogram view is a bit wanky in that you have to click the "preview" (I think that's how it's labeled...) to actually view the histogram setting effects.  Also, I would double check all your sharpening, etc. settings.

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "pdesmidt tds.net" <pdesmidt@...> wrote:
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> Scan resolution isn't the problem.  You're clipping image data.  Check all
> of your scanner settings to make sure that you clip as little as possible.
> Sometimes black and white clipping points are expressed as a percentage.
> Make that number as small as possible. It can also help to include some of
> the unexposed film area around the image on the negative, since that scanner
> software will now treat that as image material, and the film base will have
> less density than any place in the frame that has detail.
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