ross_lipman

If you want high quality B&W prints, without worrying about special inks or processing look at HP printers. The current gen 8450 or the previous gen 7960 are both outstanding printers for both B&W and color. Both use a special 3color grey cartridge for B&W to create prints that rival pro lab output. Using HP ink and premium paper, longevity is rated at 70yrs+.

HP ink can be expensive; I've had good luck finding replacement cartridges on Ebay for ~1/2 price.

Best,

Ross

You mention that you shoot film and then have the negs scanned.

My I ask where you have your negs scanned and at what resolution ?

Locally, the best photolab scanning resolution available to me is just sufficient to generate a 8x10 print @300dpi.

Thank you,

Ross

Any opinions of this program ? It came bundled in a free softward

disc distributed with a computer magazine.

http://www.codedcolor.com/en/productoverview.htm

Cursury inspection shows: curves, gamma, unsharp mask, auto fixes,

control sliders.

I was curious if anyone else had experience with this program.

Thanks,

Ross

I had a chat with a Costco photo tech regarding CD file size and

scanning resolution. Here is what I found out:

Standard 35mm neg to CD conversion is $2.39. Resolution and .jpg

file sizes are sufficiant to print a 4 x 6 photo at up to 320 dpi.

"Proffessinal" grade neg to CD conversion is $10. .jpg file size and

resolution is sufficient to print up to 8 x 12 at up to 320 dpi.

For casual, infrequent useage, Proffessinal conversion should be fine

and cost effective. HOWEVER: ~25 rolls of 35mm film processed

proffessinaly = the cost of a new Minolta Dual Scan IV (3200dpi

resolution).

Best,

Ross