Thanks guys....Quinn what you are doing sounds very much like what I would like to do. The Plan: Buying the Canon FS4000US film scanner, wish I had an extra grand for the Nikon, but I can't wait any longer, my flat bed is useless to me now. Once I get that I can get my color negs developed without prints. From there I can scan and archive on CD's. I am currently in the process of archiving negatives and relegating them to archival storage boxes. Once I get the scanner and can digitize them I can then organize them using Extensis Portfolio, which is an overwhelming amount of work. I just finished doing this with my digi cam files and it took a lot of time. As far as printing...Right now I'm using the Epson 870, sister printer of the 1270. The next purchase after the scanner will be the Epson Stylus Photo 2200. Not overly expensive and the fact that it uses seperate ink cartridges for each color I like. I'm still torn about the lab printing though...I really love being able to look at a print in my hands, but the expense and aggravation of a bad print is getting on my last nerve. As far as B&W and darkroom is in the works.......

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