Agfa and Xionics Announce PostScript 3 Font Initiative.WILMINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 24, 1998 Partnership brings together Agfa's UFST UFST Universal Font Scaling Technology and Xionics embedded core technologies to provide a cost-effective, fully compatible PS3 printer solution. Agfa Typographic Systems and Xionics Document Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :XION) announced an alliance to include Agfa fonts as part of a complete, cost effective, PostScript 3 solution from Xionics. Consisting of 136 PS3 fonts including MultiMaster fonts in a small memory footprint Memory footprint refers to the amount of main memory that a program uses or references while running. This includes all sorts of active memory regions like code, static data sections (both initialized and uninitialized), heap, as well as all the stacks, plus memory required to hold , Compact Font Format (CFF See Compensatory Financing Facility. ) will also be supported. This initiative augments the two companies' combined offerings of industry leading compatible PCL (Printer Command Language) The page description language for HP LaserJet printers. It has become a de facto standard used in many printers and typesetters. PCL Level 5, introduced with the LaserJet III in 1990, also supports Compugraphic's Intellifont scalable fonts. and PostScript Level 2 languages to OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and printer vendors worldwide. By combining Agfa's industry-leading Universal Font Scaling Technology(R) and Xionics' IPS/2000(tm) line of superior embedded core controller solutions, OEMs benefit from a faster time to market, full compatibility with market leading products and real feature differentiation in the marketplace. Also, Agfa's recent acquisition of 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. Typography Inc. now provides access for Xionics' customers and partners to the largest and most comprehensive library of typefaces available, as well as broad expertise in non-Latin and extended-Latin languages, font formats and applications. "With their world class font library and innovative font technology, Agfa is an important partner to Xionics in providing total print solutions," said Pete Simone, president of Xionics. "Agfa allows Xionics to offer our business partners faster font rasterization Font rasterization is the process of converting text from a vector description (as found in scalable fonts such as TrueType fonts) to a raster or bitmap description. This often involves some anti-aliasing on screen text to make it smoother and easier to read. and lower overall product costs by reducing the ROM requirements associated with fonts." Since 1990, Agfa and Xionics have worked together to deliver state-of-the-art printer and font solutions to customers worldwide. "With Xionics leading the market place in printer language solutions, we are pleased to be working more closely with them to incorporate UFST and other Agfa technologies within their innovative product developments." said Robert Givens, vice president of Agfa's Typographic Systems. AGFA Division Agfa Typographic Systems is part of the Agfa-Gevaert Group, a leading worldwide manufacturer of imaging products and systems, with annual sales of $4.5 billion. Agfa-Gevaert manufactures and markets products and systems for the electronic and photographic prepress, medical and technical diagnostic, and amateur and professional photographic markets. Headquartered in Europe, Agfa-Gevaert is wholly owned by Bayer AG Bayer AG German chemical and pharmaceutical company. Founded in 1863 by Friedrich Bayer (1825–1880), it now operates plants in more than 30 countries. Bayer has originated scores of pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and synthetic materials; it was the first developer and . In the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , Agfa operates as a division of Bayer Corporation, with headquarters in Ridgefield Park, New Jersey Ridgefield Park is a village in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The population was 12,873 at the 2000 census. Out of 566 municipalities statewide, Ridgefield Park is only one of four villages in New Jersey, joining Loch Arbour, Ridgewood and South Orange. . Bayer, headquartered in Pittsburgh, is a research-based company with major businesses in chemicals, health care and imaging technologies. Bayer employs 23,500 people. Additional information on Agfa Typographic Systems may be found on the company's home page at: http://www.agfahome.com/agfatype About Xionics Xionics is a leading developer of innovative silicon and software for printing, scanning, copying, processing and transmitting documents to computer peripherals. Xionics partners with the industry's leading OEMs, including Hewlett-Packard, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Ricoh, Xerox, Seiko Epson and Sharp, to develop peripherals that provide the performance, output quality and network connectivity for today's office computing market. The Company's corporate headquarters is based in Burlington, MA, with offices in Japan and Germany. Xionics is a registered trademark and IPS/2000 is a trademark of Xionics Document Technologies, Inc. PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated, which may be registered in some jurisdictions. All other company and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
CONTACT: Agfa Typographic Systems
Christine Turner
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Bill Dorfman
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Xionics Document Technologies, Inc.
Jim Welch
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Bridgeman Communications
Dan Dent
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