Step 4: Data Input
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Digital Photo Print Guide
Monochrome photos
Digital cameras
Inputting monochrome photos from digital cameras uses the same method as for color photos. If you
take a photo with a digital camera in the monochrome mode, a monochrome photo will be created.
However, it is better to process color data as monochrome on your computer, or to use the Advanced
B&W Photo setting in the printer driver when you print the image.
This is because monochrome data has just one grayscale channel, whereas color data has three RGB
channels, so the tones are richer and can be controlled more precisely.
Scanning film
If you scan color film, you can convert it to monochrome on your computer, or finish it as a monochrome
photo with the printer driver settings.
Furthermore, if you scan monochrome film in color mode, you can benefit from the three RGB channels
to make adjustments with richer tonality.
Scanning printed photos
Similarly with color photos, use a flatbed scanner.
You can scan monochrome photos directly, or scan color photos and convert them to monochrome on
your computer. In either case, if you scan them in color mode, you can make adjustments with richer
tonality.
