Digital BW, The Print

I know what DMax is on a b/w print, it's where the blacks are at their darkest. But when I see specs for scanners, I get confused. Scanner specs include DMax, but is that for scan of a positive print or negative film? If I want good DMax on my b/w print, isn't that the region of least density (with some detail as in a shadow) on the negative? But if the scanner DMax is for a negative, that's going to be the highlights (with some detail so the highlight is not blown out) on the print, right?

So which do DMax specs on the scanner mean? Nor sure if I'm explaining this very well, but I hope I'm making some sense!

TIA,

Paul