scanning strategies for larger ESC3000 art prints

["Sam A. McCandless" <samcc@compuserve.com>]

<x-flowed>I would like some advice about (a) scanning larger art (watercolors, 
etc.) piecemeal on a flatbed versus (b) photographing the art and 
scanning the film.

I had thought I would use an Epson 836XL to scan up to about 12" x 
17" art and photograph art that is larger art but still not too big 
for the 3000. But two 12 x 17 scans could more than cover most of the 
larger art I would print on the 3000. Wouldn't that be better?

If so, what about stitching together four such scans versus 
photographing even larger art for printing reproductions on a 24" 
printer? At that point I'd think medium-format photography might 
become preferable.

Sam         <samcc@compuserve.com>
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