Printing B&W photos

Peter MacDonald (mailto:PMACDON@HULAW1.HARVARD.EDU)
Wed, 20 Dec 1995 10:06:25 -0500 

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Date:         Wed, 20 Dec 1995 10:06:25 -0500
From: Peter MacDonald <mailto:PMACDON@HULAW1.HARVARD.EDU>
Subject:      Printing B&W photos
To: Multiple recipients of list IMAGELIB


I have some black and white snapshots of people's faces
that were scanned at 400 dpi that I want to print in the
best way possible.


My question is this:  Do color printers that use the composite
method (i.e., mixing colors) produce good gray scale output
for such photos?  Or, is a good black and white laser
printer a better bet.


I have heard that compisite color printers can print in gray
but I have never seen one print a black and white picture
better than a laser printer.


I am most interested in printers that cost between $400 and
$800.


Thanks


Peter MacDonald
Harvard Law School Library
mailto:pmacdon@hulaw1.harvard.edu