AGFAnet Print Service Powered by FotoWire; AGFA Licenses FotoWire Online Photofinishing Network as AGFAnet Print Service.Business/Technology Editors MORTSEL, Belgium and MENLO PARK Menlo Park. 1 Residential city (1990 pop. 28,040), San Mateo co., W Calif.; inc. 1874. Electronic equipment and aerospace products are manufactured in the city. Menlo College and a Stanford Univ. research institute are there. 2 Uninc. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 13, 2001 Agfa(R) and FotoWire(R) announced today that they have signed a license agreement where Agfa will market the FotoWire Internet Photo Printing Solutions under the brand name of "AGFAnet Print Service" worldwide. Within the framework of the previous co-operation between Agfa and FotoWire, the Internet Printing Solutions have been exclusively marketed by FotoWire. Both parties are to benefit from this license agreement; Agfa is able to offer a broader range of Internet services; FotoWire benefits from the increased penetration of its software in the market. Both companies have been working closely together over the last two years. The AGFAnet Print Service is one of the elements of the AGFAnet digital solution, offering all photofinishers equipped with the latest Agfa lab equipment, such as d-lab.3, MSC (1) (MSC.Software Corporation, Santa Ana, CA, www.mscsoftware.com) Founded in 1963 by Richard H. MacNeal and Robert G. Schwendler, MSC is the world's largest provider of mechanical computer aided engineering (MCAE) strategies, simulation software and services. .d, MSC + DPU DPU Data Processing Unit DPU DePauw University (Indiana, USA) DPU Democratic Pacific Union (Taiwan) DPU DePaul University DPU Defects Per Unit DPU Digital Processing Unit and IPS (1) (Inches Per Second) The measurement of the speed of tape passing by a read/write head or paper passing through a pen plotter. (2) (IPS) (Intrusion Prevention S , the possibility to use the Internet as an additional sales channel by accepting and processing digital images over the Internet for printing. Consumers get their photos back on high-quality Agfacolor photo paper, either by mail, by express package or in person over the counter at the available location of their choice. More than 100 retail and wholesale labs in more than 20 countries have been able to extend their services to include online photo printing, thanks to the ongoing co-operation between Agfa and FotoWire. Retailers equipped with Agfa digital printing lab systems can offer consumers more products and services than traditional minilabs. On signing up for the AGFAnet Print Service, each lab will receive either a semi- or fully customized version of the AGFAnet Print Service Client Software. This client software is branded with the lab's name, logo, design and unique marketing messages. In addition the lab receives the AGFAnet Print Service Order Manager software, which manages the processing of the incoming orders. ABOUT FotoWire With more than 100 member labs online in 20 countries, FotoWire is both the pioneer and global market leader on online photofinishing pho·to·fin·ish·ing n. The act or business of developing camera films and printing photographs for customers. pho . Founded in December 1996 and based in Menlo Park, Calif., FotoWire Inc., provides photo industry vendors, wholesale photofinishers and minilab operators with specific, award-winning, patent-pending solutions for digital image processing Digital image processing is the use of computer algorithms to perform image processing on digital images. Digital image processing has the same advantages over analog image processing as digital signal processing has over analog signal processing — it allows a much wider that closely matches their current commercial and production processes. FotoWire on web is located at http://www.fotowire.com. (FotoWire is a registered trademark (Reg REG, n.pr See random event generator. . U.S. Pat. Off.) of FotoWire.Com S.A. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.) ABOUT Agfa Gevaert N.V. The Agfa-Gevaert Group headquartered in Mortsel, Belgium, ranks among the world's leading imaging companies. Agfa develops, produces and markets analog and digital systems, primarily for the graphics industry, medical radiology radiology, branch of medicine specializing in the use of X rays, gamma rays, radioactive isotopes, and other forms of radiation in the diagnosis and treatment of disease. , non-destructive testing, micrographics The production, handling and use of microfilm and microfiche. Images are created by cameras or by COM units that accept computer output directly. The documents are magnified for human viewing by readers, some of which can automatically locate a page using indexing techniques. , motion picture film and consumer imaging and photography markets. Agfa employs about 22,000 people in 40 countries, and has 120 agents throughout the world. Together, they achieved a turnover of 4,731 million Euro dollars in 1999. Product and company information can be found on Agfa's home page on the World Wide Web at http://www.agfa.com |
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