The first problem with MF scans is that it is hard to mount film so it is completely flat. If it is not flat, it cannot be in-focus from edge to edge. 35mm is s

The first problem with MF scans is that it is hard to mount film so it is completely flat. If it is not flat, it cannot be in-focus from edge to edge. 35mm is smaller and has wider borders (where the sprocket holes go) and so this is much less of a problem with 35mm. There are various techniques and tricks to get MF flat, like using tape, using glass, or wet-mounting. Tape might not work in your film mounts at all, depending on construction. The next problem is that your film has to be held in the focal plane of your scanner. There are film mounts which let you adjust the film height with screws, and some scanners have focus adjustments (usually automatic, I think). Next, you will want to enable the IR channel for chromogenic film (including B&W chromogenic, like Ilford XP2) and disable it for non-chromogenic film. Generally speaking, I would use one of the aftermarket scanning software packages like VueScan or SilverFast. You can save the IR channel as alpha and use it to remove dust later. Do tests to find out the actual resolution to scan at. My experience with flatbeds like the Epson V600 is that you can get very good results, but you are getting like half the resolution MF film actually provides and the image is less clean than it could be. For 35mm it is not hard to find “film scanners” that let you feed slides or strips of 35mm and get better results. For MF, flatbed is as good as it gets until you go to like an Imacon (expensive, IMO not that much better than a good flatbed) or drum scanner (best results, maybe $30 per scan). In the lab, you focus the enlarger carefully using a “grain focuser”, use a high-quality lens for your enlarger which has enough covers for your film size, set it to a middling aperture (tiny apertures affect focus), and you can get sharp, sharp prints for less than the cost of getting that same sharpness in the digital domain.