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davv

can anyone suggest a good scanner for just b/w 35mm negs
i have loads and want to print or save to cd. i woulld
like the res to be high enough to print to 16*12.i would
be sending them to a pro lab is it poss to get good
results this way or am i better off using wet printing.
 
Only you can decide if wet printing better than printing digital. That may
very well depend on your target market. If they do not insist on wet prints,
then the digital route will certainly be the most efficient way for you to
make 'loads' of 16x20 photos.

Assuming you'll choose the digital route, it will be necessary for find a
lab that produces results that meet your standards. It will be essential to
test their service with your images.

Once you find a lab, price out the entire job for the entire project. An
alternative you should consider in addition to a scanner is a printer
dedicated to B&W printing. When you spread the cost of that (and the ink and
paper) over lots of prints, it may be cheaper.

Gary G
 
ta for your advice iknow it is cheaper to print the old
way, but is using a scan a good way and can you make good
b/w prints from pro labs digatally, again do ineed a good
scanner or do i let the lab do that, i have over 300
images.can you suggest a good film scanner?
 
Using Photoshop, I calculate you need about a 14 meg scan (using 16-bit) to
print 16x20's. That is possible with an Epson 2400 Perfection Scanner which
is about $ 150. I highly doubt you will find a lab to scan for 50 cents a
negative! LOL Let alone do a good job. Epson has other scanners.

ALSO CONSIDER THIS: How will you transport the IRREPLACEABLE negs to this
photo lab?

As for a lab that prints B&W, I don't know any specific ones.

The standard for B&W digital printing is Piezography and one guru is Jon
Cone, the website is http://inkjetmall.com/. Ideally you'd want someone who
could offer that service and Inkjet mall may be able to direct you.

B&W can be printed on a color printer but they typically have only one ink
you require ... black. However, Piezography replaces magenta, cyan, and
yellow inks with shades of gray thereby giving truer tones from pure black
to pure white.

Gary G
 
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