Agfa Data Sheets

AGFA MULTICONTRAST CLASSIC is a fiber base black & white variable contrast enlarging paper. It offers to the user of fiber base papers the advantages of the system of contrast control by suitable colour filters. Prints on MULTICONTRAST CLASSIC offer the quality characteristics of the classical fiber base photographic papers. With the available exposure methods in grade range from 0 to 5 (extra soft to extra hard) can be achieved which corresponds to or even exceeds that of traditional graded papers. By means of intermediate filters the contrast can be chosen in ½ steps. When using a colour head or a special exposure module a stepless variation of contrast is possible.

Available Surfaces
MCC 111 FB, double weight, white glossy.
MCC 111 FB, single weight, white glossy.

Contrast Control with Colour Printing Filters resp. Colour Heads

Contrast control filter	0	1	2	3	4	5
Filtration with Kodak CC filters	80Y	30Y	10M	50M	110M	200M
Durst colour head	60Y	25Y	10M	30M	60M	130M

Processing:
Processing is the same as for graded fiber base papers.

Developing:
The developing time can be varied between 1½ to 3 minutes.
The image tone can be varied slightly by the choice of the developer.

Recommended Agfa Developers:

Agfa Multicontrast Developer	liquid	neutral/black image tone, highest maximum density, high processing consistency and utilisation.
Agfa Nautili WA	powder and liquid	for warm/black image tone.
Agfa Nautili NE	powder and liquid	for neutral/black image tone.
Agfa Nautili B/L	powder	for cold/black image tone.
Agfa Nautili	liquid	for warm/black image tone.

Nautili WA is an artistic, warm tone, universal black and white paper developer, recommended for use with fiber based and resincoated photographic materials.

Nautili WA promotes the warmth of all chlorobromide papers while not affecting image detail. When processed in Nautili WA, all Agfa black and white papers produce a unique natural warm image tone unlike any other developer.

• Quick, convenient preparation.
• 1-to-7 dilution (normal). About 100 8x10's per liter of working solution. Shelf life approximately one week.
• 1-to-3 dilution (high contrast).
• Large Working Capacity.
• Develops approx. 100 8x10 prints per liter of working solution (1:7).
• Excellent tonal consistency.
• Prevents staining due to hard water.
• Quick image build-up, followed by slow intensity.
• Excellent processing latitude.
• Development consistency throughout processing.

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Revised: May 30, 2001