Trouble scanning old printers negative

[LKM]

Well, I am done in. I have tried everything I know - even bought the PDF "scanning Workflows with SilverFast 8." I need help.

I have 50 year old black/white negatives that were used to print a darling little book. The owner of the sketches owns the copyright and wants to have his artwork that he lost in a fire. My issue is if I scan as a B/W Negative (or any other way) there is "banding" for a lack of a better word. Removing noise, removing moire does not help smooth it out. Always a bit of a pattern remains.

The box that they negatives were stored in says "Litholine Ortho" stable base safety film.

What am I doing wrong ? ? ?
Using Epson V800 Photo Scanner

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[LSI_Ketelhohn]

Dear customer,

Please make sure the infrared based scratch and dust removal (iSRD) is deactivated.
The silver halide emulsion of most B&W films blocks the infrared channel, making an automated correction impossible.

In case you have a different issue I can forward you request to our support center.

Kind regards,
Arne Ketelhohn.

[kittykitty]

Do you integrate OCR SDK into the silverfast software? I think it can help the software recognize the characters of the documents or images better.

[LSI_Ketelhohn]

Dear customer,

currently it is not planned to integrate OCR components in SilverFast.

Kind regards,
Arne Ketelhohn.