If I'm not mistaken you do mostly B&W work. You might also consider joining, at least for a while, the Digital B&W list at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint
They should be able to supply good information on scanners good for B&W film, and they have excellent information on specialized ink systems if and when you decide to start printing B&W. There are 2 main competitors, Piezo and MIS if I recall correctly. My understanding is that they essentially replace the printer's color cartridges with shades of black/gray. Maris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shel Belinkoff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 10:33 PM Subject: Re: OT? Nikon LS 1000 Scanner | Hi Paul ... | | At the moment I'm not looking to make prints, just to learn scanning and | get some more photos on to my web site. I've been practicing with a | Coolscan 4000 - that's the one you suggested - and I'm leaning in that | direction for the upgrade. But, until I know better how it, and a | couple of other scanners, handle B&W work, no decision has been made. | | Bruce pointed out that one of the new Minolta scanners has similar specs | to the LS-1000, and more features, with a price comparable to the used | Nikon I'm considering. It'll run with a USB port, so I don't need and | SCSI stuff, which I'd need with the Nikon, which is also a bonus, | because I'd like to put as little money into my computer as possible | right now, saving it for the big upgrade later. | | Paul Stenquist wrote: | > | > Hi Shel, | > This is a 2700 dpi scanner, which is more than adequate for web scanning, | > and will suffice for 8x10 prints. Even at 8x10, you won't be quite at | > optimum. At 11x14, you'd be obviously deficient, if you were using a good | > printer like an Epson 1280 at its highest resolution. If printing is in your | > future, I'd go with a 4000ppi Nikon model (I don't know all the numbers). | > But if you're never going to print, and only wish to prepare web photos, | > this would be ideal. It would also produce 4x6 prints of optimum quality. | > It's all in the pixels. | | -- | Shel Belinkoff | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://home.earthlink.net/~belinkoff/ | - | This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, | go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to | visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . | | - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
