Not Just Black and White
Cool Tone - Warm Tone
"Any Tone
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Symphonic UltraMax II
"Any Tone Black and White Digital Printing"
is our answer to warm tone and cool tone quad inks. We all have different opinions about Black and White tones. When I printed with Black and White darkroom photo papers there were papers like Medalist, Kodabromide, Brovira, Portriga, Velour Black, Oriental, Polycontrast, Multigrade, Ilfobrom, Galerie, and many more. Each one of these papers offered a unique characterization of tonal quality. Today we have a number of digital papers to choose from, but the focus has been on carbon black pigment inks that are toned. This technology offers some beautiful prints, but limits the tonal possibilities.
The Symphonic Printing Solution:
The next part of the system is our Symphonic profile technology, that creates a unique profile that perfectly neutralizes the gray scale, allowing you to tone it in any way you choose. As in quad tone, the profile utilizes mostly Black ink and adds a small amount of color to vary the tone. The strong use of our powerful carbon pigment in the scaling preserves the longevity of the image. We recommend the use of our Rip and inks for superior results.
Understanding Black Pigment:
Carbon Black Pigment is made of particles that either form a Gloss or Matte Surface. Carbon Black when diluted forms a brownish color, Bronzing Effect, and only by tinting the ink with pigment colors can the Carbon Black have a neutral value. Quad Tone Blacks are tinted. This ink set offers only specific shades and may have have bronzing issues with photo papers.
Why Quad Tone?
So I ask, If Quad Tone Inks are tinted with pigment ink, why not let software control the blending to create whatever tone you want from perfectly Neutral to the tone of your choice? The answer may be that there has not been a sophisticated software that can take a Black and White RGB image and reproduce it accurately. Now there is! It is part of the Symphonic Solution.
The Symphonic Ink Solution :
We combined a special ink set with a Software Rip Solution. We made a special set of inks for Matte and Gloss Papers. Unlike other Matte Black inks which do not stick to most papers, Symphonic Matte Black is extremely deep and does not rub off. Our Gloss Black is a Black Glaze that offers extreme depth. The rest of the colors are: Light Light Black, Light Black, Light Cyan, Light Magenta, and Light Yellow. The light yellow is made up of special pigments that offer extreme light fastness. The Light Blacks are blended to a more neutral value making it easier to profile. Symphonic Light Colors do not metamerize and are virtually invisibly in the image. Added to the set is a Gloss Optimizer that coats, protects, and fills in the white areas where no ink has laid down. It can be used in an 8 color printer.
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"It's all about the purity of gray."
"Beyond Quad Tone"
Epson and Canon created printers that have multiple grays. We built a digital printing technology comprised of Symphonic Inkjet Ink, Symphonic Rip software, and profiling- that will allow you to produce perfectly neutral or tinted grays on those printers. This technology allows you to use one printer with one ink to print the most beautiful rich color images and the purest Black and Whites you can from your images, while spending less money on ink and materials. The reliance on various Light Black tinted inks, are simply not needed. Metamorism and Bronzing no longer exist. The below image was printed and photographed by Giles Prett of Crane Paper Company. It was produced with Symphonic UltraMax II 7 color series with only one Light Black. Read on to understand our technology that will save you money while obtaining the best Black and Whites you can make.
Symphonic Ink is comprised of the highest pigment loads for rich color and is highly light fast for indoor or outdoor use.
Symphonic Rip Software has numerous controls for superior digital printing.
"Beyond Quad Tone"
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AIC
American Imaging Corp
32 Broadway
Hillsdale NJ 07642
Tel: 201 753-4600
Tel: 201 753-4601
Tel: 201 263-9177
Fax: 201 383-0120
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