Bill wrote: A lot of the newer machine don't give film type information. The ones I run read the DX code off the film edge and check to see if there is a bias for that film in memory, and applies that bias. Otherwise, they just print the film. They do a surprisingly good job at it too. I was quite surprised.
I think all new machines use a form of uni-channel where you balance a master channel and the machine "corrects" for different film types. Most, if not all, still have channels in the sense that if the printer can't read the DX code on the film the operator can tell the machine what type of film is being printed. I think most if not all machines have the capability of backprinting printing info but not all companies set them up to do so. (See previous comment on trained monkeys lab technicians). I do agree that uni-channel does work surprisingly well. Butch Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself. Hermann Hesse (Demian)
