Agfa Monotype Licenses PostScript Level 3-Compatible Fonts to HP.Business/Technology Editors WILMINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 29, 2001 Agfa Monotype Corporation
Monotype Imaging, Inc today announced an agreement with Hewlett-Packard Company to license Agfa Monotype's PostScript(r) Level 3-compatible font solution. The agreement is expected to allow HP to provide its customers fully compatible PostScript 3 fonts to use with HP LaserJet LaserJet is the brand name used by the American computer company Hewlett-Packard (HP) for their line of dry electrophotographic (DEP) laser printers. Technology HP LaserJets employ electro-photographic laser marking engines sourced from the Japanese company Canon. and Deskjet printers. Agfa Monotype's solution includes 136 fonts, complete with original trademarked names, representing the full set of the PostScript 3 solution. Supplied as TrueType(r) data, the fonts are expected to be available for use on a variety of HP's printers through various technologies, including downloadable soft fonts A set of characters for a particular typeface that is stored on the computer's hard disk, or in some cases the printer's hard disk, and downloaded to the printer before printing. Contrast with internal font and font cartridge. , ROM fonts, and other mass storage solutions, such as DIMM (Dual In-Line Memory Module) A printed circuit board that holds memory chips and plugs into a DIMM socket on the motherboard. See memory module. DIMM - Dual In-Line Memory Module . The fonts are fully PostScript 3-compatible in design and metrics metrics Managed care A popular term for standards by which the quality of a product, service, or outcome of a particular form of Pt management is evaluated. See TQM. , allowing for effortless ef·fort·less adj. Calling for, requiring, or showing little or no effort. See Synonyms at easy. ef  fort·less·ly adv. portability
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PostScript 3-compatible standard font set.Agfa Monotype monotype, type set by the Monotype machine. See printing. monotype or monoprint In art printmaking, a technique prized because of its unique textural qualities. signed the first in a series of long-term agreements with HP 12 years ago. Since then, Agfa Monotype has been working with HP teams to create customized bitmap and scalable font A font that is created in the required point size when needed for display or printing. The dot patterns (bitmaps) are generated from a set of outline fonts, or base fonts, which contain a mathematical representation of the typeface. solutions for global product applications. "We're extremely proud of our past and present accomplishments working with HP," said Robert M. Givens, president of Agfa Monotype. "This agreement to license our solution is further evidence of HP's commitment to delivering 100% PostScript 3 compatibility to its customers." "By incorporating Agfa Monotype's PostScript 3-compatible fonts into our popular line of LaserJet and Deskjet printers, HP customers can feel confident knowing that the accuracy and integrity of their original document will remain intact with HP printer products," said Hatem Mostafa, vice president and general manager for the HP Imaging Solutions Workgroup. About Agfa Monotype Corporation Agfa Monotype Corporation is a major provider of digital content for graphics professionals. The company is a recognized leader in fonts and font technologies and an innovator in color and screening technologies. Agfa Monotype is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Agfa Corporation and is part of Agfa's Graphic Systems business unit. Agfa Corporation, headquartered in Ridgefield Park Ridgefield Park, village (1990 pop. 12,454), Bergen co., NE N.J., on the Hackensack River; inc. 1892. Chiefly residential, it manufactures some paper goods. , NJ., is part of the Agfa-Gevaert Group, one of the world's leading imaging companies, headquartered in Mortsel, Belgium. Agfa develops, produces and markets analog and digital systems, primarily for the graphics, medical imaging, non-destructive testing and consumer imaging and photography markets. Worldwide, Agfa's annual sales are approximately $4.7 billion. Additional information about Agfa Monotype Corporation can be found on the company's web site at www.agfamonotype.com. Agfa Monotype locations Corporate office: Agfa Monotype Corporation 200 Ballardvale Street Wilmington, MA 01887-1069 USA Phone 978.658.5600 Fax 978.657.8268 Agfa Monotype Ltd. Unit 2, Perrywood Business Park Salfords, Redhill, Surrey RH1 5DZ UK Phone +44 (0) 1737 765959 Fax +44 (0) 1737 769243 Agfa Monotype Corporation 985 Busse Road Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 USA Phone 847.718.0400 Fax 847.718.0500 Agfa-Gevaert Japan, Ltd. 8-1, Higashiyama 3-chome Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0043 Japan Phone 81-3-5704-3141 Fax 81-3-5704-3089 |
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