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Salt Lake City-based Regency Royale Inc. has been selected as the exclusive distributor for Utah, Wyoming and Idaho by Imagine Tile, a company which has developed a process whereby photographic images can be glazed into ceramic tile.

According to the Jersey City, New Jersey-based concern, the process is similar to the way a printer applies ink to a page, yet when the image is glazed into the ceramic tile at extremely high temperatures, the glaze and the tile literally fuse. Textures, photos, illustrations and three dimensional images can be reproduced on tile.

The tiles are rated for heavy commercial and can be used indoors or outdoors, on floors or walls, are frost and waterproof, unaffected by ultraviolet rays, and are abrasion and chemical resistant.

Floor tiles, also usable on walls, include images of grass,water, river rocks, mixed stones, chili peppers and fall leaves, and are offered in 8, 12 and 16-inch sizes.

Tiles specifically for walls include images of daisies, pasta and apples. Imagine Tile also work on a custom basis using both stock and custom photography or line drawings.

Regency Royale, located at 103 Social Hall Ave. has been in business for 13 years, acting as a designer and architect resource for specialty flooring.

PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE): Regency's Mark Emery shows off tile bearing image of river rocks.