Enlarging vs Scanning and printing

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SimonSutcliffe

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Weigh your opinion, You need to print 20x30 photos, from a 6x7 slide photo, Scan and print or optically print? I need the best quality and weighing investing in a scanner or a enlarger. (colour)
 

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Highest quality? Either Ilfochrome print by someone who is really talented and probably very expensive, or find someone with a stash of inter-negative material and the skill to use it. Alternatively, a high resolution scan (minimum Nikon 8000/9000, but drum scan better) plus top notch post processing and pro-lab RA4 print.

If you haven't done this sort of work in the past, a 20 x 30 is not the place to start .
 

jd callow

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Feel free to take this over to DPUG, but it is not a topic we'll be covering on APUG.
 
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