Digital BW, The Print

Mark, have you any specific steps to making decent contact sheets with 2450
and VueScan?  Particular settings?

Thanks,
Barbara
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Hahn" <markhahn2000@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 7:03 PM
Subject: [Digital BW] Re: OT Contact Sheets on Epson 2450


> I have the 2450 scanner and used the Epson software for a while.  It
> works fine so long as you figure out how to turn all the auto
> settings off.  I liked the auto batch framing feature even though it
> was a little aggressive on the cropping... somehow it got screwed up
> when I added a second scanner and VueScan... so I haven't used it for
> a while.  I like vuescan much better than Silverfast.
>
> mark
>
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "bfwoolner"
> <bfwoolner@c...> wrote:
> > A previous post described making B&W contact sheets using Epson
> 2450
> > scanner and 1280 printer.  The software used was Silverfast.
> Anyone
> > having any success using the Epson Twain software?  My results are
> > horrific.  Appreciate any help.  I am using UT inks, EEM
> > scanning "flatbed".
> >
> > Barbara Woolner
>
>
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Ooops, forgot to say I am using Windows XP.  Any help for that?

Barbara

> Hi Barbara,
>
> SilverFast is certainly a better option BUT, if you are a Mac user and
> are under OS X, the latest driver for the Epson 2450 works far way
> better than what (probably) shipped with your scanner... give it a
> try, it's worth the while!
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--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "bfwoolner" 
<bfwoolner@c...> wrote:
> Ooops, forgot to say I am using Windows XP.  Any help for that?
> 
> Barbara
> 
> > Hi Barbara,
> >
> > SilverFast is certainly a better option BUT, if you are a Mac 
user and
> > are under OS X, the latest driver for the Epson 2450 works far way
> > better than what (probably) shipped with your scanner... give it a
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> >Hello Barbara, 
I use the 2450 scanner and make contact sheets of 35mm film. Here is 
how I did it. First I open the twane software in photoshop. Then I 
scann the two strips of film.When the two strips show up in photoshop 
I will make a selection around the two strips. I then create a new 
document 8.5 X 11 @ 360 dpi. I then drag the selection to the new 
document and position them on the left side of the document. I then 
load up the negative carrier with two more film strips, scann them 
and when they open in photoshop, I once again make a selection around 
them and drag them to the new document and place them on the right 
side of the document. I now have a full page contact sheet with 24 
images. I went a step further and made all this into an action. It 
works very well. Now just print the new document and you have your 
contact sheet. However if you are planning to use the contact sheet 
as you did your contact from film, forget it. When you put a loop on 
it all you see is dots. Its is impossible to judge sharpness. However 
if you desire to view them for reference or content or composition 
then it a good tool.

Thanks for the info.

Barbara