Digital BW, The Print

Andre wrote:

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>Kip,
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>Here's a comparison of an Epson 4990 and a Howtek D4000 drum scanner.
>By the owner of the ScanHi-End yahoo group
>http://www.photo-i.co.uk/BB/viewtopic.php?t=49
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A nice example of the quality of the Epson scanner range. Something I 
have written about for 2 years. The Epson samples in this case were not 
even wet mounted as I undersatnd it but at 8x10 size I would recommend 
that.

A drum scanner that is kept in good shape with a good operator will beat 
the results of the Nikon 8000, the Epson 4990, no doubt. Whether the 
higher cost is worth the difference in results is something else, 
especially if the the printer you scan for doesn't print wider than a 
foot or less than two feet.
The new Imacons have higher prices than secondhand drum scanners and are 
closer to today's desktops in quality than to the drum scanner. The 
total gap between all scanners is more and more closed.

Ernst