Suggested settings to eliminate effects of sensor filter

I have my own output sharpening method for prints but would like to hear what others are doing to eliminate the effects of the camera's sensor filter. Some people call it "presharping" others "capture sharpening". I am using current version of CS3, Bridge and ACR 4.1. Camera:Nikon D2X
If you would like to suggest settings for ACR detail tab I'll give them a try. Right now I am using Amount:35, Radius 1, Detail 40 as a default which I apply to DNGs before going into PhotoShop. I'm looking for a catch-all setting. Any suggestions?

Marlene,
If you follow Bruce Fraser's sharpening workflow, sharpening for image source is determined by the megapixel count of the sensor and the strength of the antialiasing filter. This is done on a layer with blend if sliders to protect the highlights and shadows from the sharpening and with the layer opacity set to 66%.
For a 6 MP camera with a moderately strong anti-aliasing filter, one would use a radius of 0.6 and amount of 400. This sharpening is fixed and does not vary from image to image. One then sharpens for image content through an edge mask and the radius and amount would vary according to image content, i.e whether high, mid, or low frequency detail predominates. These two steps fall under capture sharpening.
In ACR the two steps would be combined in one operation. For general suggestions, see the post by
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