Digital BW, The Print

I have a epson 3200 for sale with Silverfast Ai and IT8 target for 
$250 in case anyone is interested. Contact me offline at 
stevebrink@...
Thanks
sb

--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "paulvtt" 
<paulv@w...> wrote:
> 
> Tom
> 
> I also have a collection of older B&W negatives. I have been 
> scanning them using an Epson 4800 dpi scanner Model 4870. I have 
> used scanners with lower dpi niumbers before. Even at 2000 dpi you 
> will get pretty good resolution.
> 
> Whichever you use, be prepared for BIG file sizes. If you use the 
> maximum resolutions at the higher dpi numbers, you could easily see 
> file sizes as high as 100 meg. But, for 5x7 prints you really don't 
> need to go that high. 
> 
> The Epson 4870 scanner is the one I use and recommend and it's cost 
> is under $500.00. You could also use an Epson 3200 scanner. They 
can 
> be picked up for around $300.
> 
> If you want to see more on either scanner, a Google search will 
> return multiple reviews on each scanner
> 
> PV
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com, "Thomas 
> Keesling" <tom.keesling@a...> wrote:
> > A friend has asked me how to scan a lot of older BW negatives he 
> has 
> > recently obtained. This isn't a topic I know much about, but I do 
> know there 
> > are several of you here on the list that could offer suggestions. 
> Here's 
> > what my friend is asking about.
> > 
> > Regarding the negatives ... there are hundreds ...
> > they have been stored in little envelopes but have
> > been handled a lot so aren't particularly clean ...
> > the majority are approx 3 1/4 x 2 1/4 although some
> > are 2 1/4 by 2 1/4 ... for my purposes a contact sheet
> > would almost be okay, however, that process wouldn't
> > produce very good finished results so guessing I'd
> > need to have 5 x 7 prints made up, one each, probably
> > in groups as I can afford ... wouldn't mind sending
> > them off, but am probably more nervous about this ...
> > would be nice if it was within driving distance ... I
> > know that there are scanners that will do negatives ...
> > perhaps I need to look into one of these but not sure if
> > they are able to do these large format negatives or just
> > 35mm, of which I have none.
> > 
> > We're in Indianapolis and will appreciate your suggestions. If I 
> haven't 
> > provided enough info, let me know what else you need in order to 
> offer 
> > constructive suggestions.
> > 
> > Thanks...
> > 
> > Tom Keesling
> > Intelligent Design