Canon 9950F B&W Operating Ideas

I've struggled to get good black and white scans from my 9950F (using

the supplied software). This morning, I finally took some time to

experiment with assorted settings and stumbled into a simple

combination that seems to work consistently. I found that setting the

scan to color negative source, output color mode gray scale, auto tone

off, unsharp mask on, backlight correction low, calibrate to set

automatic on each scan, I finally was getting predictable and usable

scans.

I have previously been getting scans that were very muddy and that

required a great deal of manipulation. This combination gave me a

good, easy place to start, good shadow detail and required just a bit

of tweaking and sharpening to give good print output.