Foma Bohemia Ltd. in the Czech Republic is a producer of photographic materials with long tradition, since 1921. Since September 1997, Foma has been confirmed with a certification with the international standard ISO 9001. Foma has been able to compete with the foreign market on photo materials because they focus on improvement of new technologies with an aim to develop materials for a new generation. Foma speed 312 Matte is a universal black-and-white photographic paper on a resin-coated (RC) paper base. It is manufactured using silver chlorobromide emulsion that gives a neutral-to-medium-warm tone to the resulting silver image. The paper features a very rich halftone scale ranging from shining whites to deep blacks. Its high speed makes it possible using high lens diaphragm numbers even when making large size enlargements. Developing agents incorporated into the emulsion layer facilitate rapid machine processing and a shortening of development times in manual processing to 60 - 90 seconds.