An Industry First, TROY Group's NetSend Makes Up to 9 Million HP Legacy Printers Internet-Ready.SANTA ANA Santa Ana, city, El Salvador Santa Ana (sän'tä ä`nä), city (1993 pop. 129,873), W El Salvador. It is the second largest city in the country and the commercial and processing center for a sugarcane, coffee, and cattle region. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 1999-- TROY XCD's Breakthrough Internet Solutions Developed at Request of Hewlett-Packard New Products to Debut at COMDEX The former, premier computer trade show in the U.S. Although it grew into an end user event, it was originally created for dealers and distributors (it was the COMputer Dealers EXposition). Fall '99 TROY Group (Nasdaq:TROY) announced today that its subsidiary TROY XCD XCD The ISO 4217 currency code for the East Caribbean Dollar. , Inc. is introducing and demonstrating its newly developed NetSend(TM) Internet print servers at the HP JetSend Solutions Pavilion as part of COMDEX Fall '99, the major computer trade show being held November 15-19 in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. . The NetSend family of Internet print server products enables a wide range of Hewlett-Packard ("HP") printers produced between 1992 and 1998, called "legacy" printers, to receive and print data directly from peripheral devices, such as scanners or digital cameras, without the need for a PC or device driver to format the data prior to output. For example, a photographer using a digital camera could instantly produce a printout using NetSend on his local color local color n. 1. The interest or flavor of a locality imparted by the customs and sights peculiar to it. 2. The use of regional detail in a literary or an artistic work. printer, or could transmit the image over the Internet to a printer in a remote location. This communication is made possible because the NetSend products incorporate Hewlett-Packard's JetSend(R), a unique device-to-device protocol that is included standard with many of HP's newest printers and scanners. "These new print servers will update and upgrade as many as 9 million popular, durable HP legacy printers to make them compatible with the Internet world," according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Patrick Dirk, Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of TROY Group, Inc. "This product introduction is a continuation of TROY's global strategy to connect virtually any device to the Internet." Developed at the request of Hewlett-Packard (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :HWP HWP Height (and) Weight Proportionate HWP Half-Wave Plate HWP Highway Patrol HWP Height Weight Proportional HWP Hewlett-Packard Corporation (stock symbol) HWP Hydrolyzed Whey Peptides ), the new TROY XCD products provide JetSend connectivity to an estimated 9 million HP legacy printers, including the HP LaserJet 5Si, 5, 4, 4V, DeskJet 1200/1600 and Color LaserJet 5/5M series, as well as several other models. "Legacy HP products have proven so popular and durable that there is a current and pressing need in the marketplace for the servers that TROY XCD has created," said Keith Sugawara, President of TROY XCD. "These products make it possible for the user to upgrade his printer without replacing it, enhancing its functionality and effectively extending its useful life." "JetSend promises to simplify the way we interact with devices, allowing the intelligent exchange and printing of meaningful information without end-user intervention," commented Atul Bhatnagar, general manager of HP's Information Appliance Operation. "We are pleased to be working with TROY XCD, Inc. to JetSend-enable HP's legacy printers." About JetSend HP developed JetSend as an open device-to-device communications protocol designed to simplify interaction between information appliances. Since its introduction in 1997, JetSend has generated a great deal of interest from computer and information appliance manufacturers as well as software vendors. There are currently more than 5 million JetSend-enabled devices in the marketplace. About TROY XCD TROY XCD, Inc. is a leading supplier of network printing and Internet imaging solutions. The Company is widely recognized as a technology leader, with innovations such as the industry's first 100baseTX external print server, the first PCI-compatible print server, and the first print server with Internet remote printing capabilities. TROY XCD, Inc. is a Hewlett-Packard Extended Solutions Provider (EXP), and has been an HP development partner since 1992. TROY XCD, Inc. is a subsidiary of TROY Group, Inc., an innovative e-commerce printing solutions provider. About TROY Group, Inc. TROY is recognized worldwide as a leading provider of output enhancement solutions and connectivity solutions. TROY has established a number of partnerships with companies such as 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) Standard Register and Equifax. TROY's current technologies in software, firmware and connectivity allow the Company to move toward its goal of becoming a leading provider of e-commerce solutions. Forward-looking statements of TROY (statements that are not historical fact) in this news release are made pursuant to the safe harbor Safe Harbor 1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated. 2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive. provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. Certain important factors could cause results to differ materially from those anticipated by the statements made in this release, including the failure to successfully develop and market Internet output solutions, the impact of competition from other companies and technologies, the continued demand for printed financial documents and the other factors set forth in TROY's periodic reports and other documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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