You should be getting good scans with that equipment. As I said earlier, check the monitor images at 100%. They should appear relatively sharp, although the film's grain and any inherent lack of resolution will be showing at that level of magnification. But with experience you can see which scans will print well at 11x15 or so. Perhaps the negs are not particularly sharp to begin? They may print fine at 4x6 but lack the sharpness required for a large ink jet print. I scanned some slides yesterday that I had shot 25 years ago or so, thinking it would be fun to print them. They looked good under a loop but at 100% on the monitor I could see that they didn't warrant printing. I had shot them with a crappy Fuji lens that probably had a pretty nasty front element, and they were not very sharp. In any case, good luck with your printing.
Ramesh Kumar wrote: > > Thanks for responding. > I am using scanning at 4000dpi using Nikon LS-4000. > > Thanks > Ramesh > --- Paul Stenquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 360 dpi images should print well. However, the > > sharpness of the prints > > will depend on the accuracy of the scanner. On your > > monitor you should > > be able to see relatively good sharpness at 100%. If > > you don't, your > > prints won't be snappy. What resolution are you > > scanning at?. I > > assume.it must be 4000 dpi if you're able to get 360 > > dpi prints at 11 x > > 15. Are you using a film scanner or a flatbed? Is > > the resolution native > > or interpolated? There are a lot of factors involved > > here. If something > > isn't right, your prints will be mush. > > Paul > > > > Ramesh Kumar wrote: > > > > > > I does not have any experience in printing. Just > > > started printing using friends Canon printer. I > > have > > > already printed 3 photos of 11x15 size(2 marco and > > 1 > > > landscape). Macro prints looks sharper and > > landscape > > > ones are not equally sharp. I do not have any > > problem > > > in getting colors right, thanks to Colovision > > vision > > > spyder. > > > > > > My questions are > > > > > > 1) Using Adobe, is it possible to tell how sharp > > the > > > prints are going to be? > > > > > > 2) Is there a relation between sharpness seen on > > the > > > monitor to sharpness seen on the print? > > > Ex: To get a print that looks SHARP on print, > > should > > > it appear VERY SHARP on monitor? > > > > > > If there are any books pls suggest. > > > > > > Technical details: > > > All are 35mm. I am using 360dpi for printing. Most > > of > > > my photos are taken using macro lenses(even the > > > landscapes:-) ) and film is Velvia & Kodak E200. > > > > > > Thanks > > > Ramesh > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site > > design software > > > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software > http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
