Digital BW, The Print

Mike
I’m also scanning medium format negs (Hassy and Mamiya 7ii) with an
Epson scanner.
I would (in order of my person preferences) do the following:
Get Photoshop
Use Silverfast (the real version; not SE) with your 2450 scanner. The
latest update will generate 16 bit files which are superior to the 8 bit
files generated by the Epson twain driver
Consider a 13x19 Epson printer. The support for quad inks, archival
color ink sets, continuous inking systems and color management is
unsurpassed in desktop machines (I’m still using my 1270 with a
Mediastreet CIS and Gen 4 inks…not a clog since I got it 8 months ago.)
 
 
 
Stan Shire
Associate Professor/Department Chair
Photographic Imaging
Community College of Philadelphia
Adobe Photoshop 6 A.C.E.
 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Bergen [mailto:mike@...] 
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 4:00 PM
To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Digital BW] In need of digital B&W 101 help
 
I am very new to B&W digital printing and am glad to find this
newsgroup.
However I am having a difficult time with all the acronyms, etc.  Maybe
I
could get some help.
I am presently using the following:
Windows XP
Paint Shop Pro 7.0
Epson 2450 scanner for 2 ¼ X 2 ¼ negatives w/Epson Twain
HP PhotoSmart P1000 printer
Hasselblad 500C/M camera w/100ASA Ilford film
I am making primarily 8X8 prints on Epson glossy paper.  I scan
negatives
with the 2450 at 2400dpi, and print at 300dpi.  When I don’t use the
unsharp
mask the prints are not very sharp. (It makes me wonder why I don’t just
replace the Hasselblad with a box of Quaker Oats with a pinhole.)  With
the
unsharp mask the prints are pretty good.
Here are my questions:
1.      What book should I get to learn all the acronyms/processes that
are being
discussed here?
2.      What parts of my process should I change to improve my prints,
in order
of importance?  I will eventually want to make larger prints.
I would really appreciate any suggestions.
Mike Bergen






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