:Arkitex Sublima

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:Arkitex Sublima is Agfa's most advanced screening option. Its cross-modulated (XM) screening technology is designed to dramatically improve print quality with no extra effort on press. :Arkitex Sublima lets your press easily hold a 1 – 99% tonal range at higher frequencies, so it captures the finest details and the most vibrant colors.

Prints as high as 180 lpi

:Arkitex Sublima prints 180 lpi as easily as with 100 lpi conventional screening, providing near-contone images on standard Newspaper stock.

User Profile

:Arkitex Sublima screening can be used in all newspaper production, and is available with all Agfa :PolarisX and :Advantage CtP systems.

How :Sublima XM Technology Works

:Arkitex Sublima uses a patented technology known as XM (Cross Modulated) to achieve line-screen rulings of up to 180 lpi (lines per inch).

It combines the benefits of AM (Amplitude Modulated) screening, which are smooth gradations and highly controllable midtones, with the benefits of FM (Frequency Modulated) screening-fine detail rendering in shadows and highlights and continuous-tone like reproduction. It aligns FM dots along AM paths and replaces AM dots at the precise point where the AM dot can no longer be held on a specific press.

The result is a smooth transition from one mode to the other with no visible crossover. :Arkitex Sublima also takes press characteristics into account so that it will never produce a dot the press cannot hold. As a result, every detail gets printed. Process tints, fine lines, even delicate typefaces print like solids using four-color process. Flesh tones are perfectly smooth and color accurate.

Because :Arkitex Sublima can hold the tiniest microdot on press, enlarging or reducing images have no effect on quality or the ability to sustain details. This also widens the variety of papers that you can use at high line rulings-from high-gloss coated stocks to translucent vellums and newsprint.