Bachmann Software's PrintBoy Bundled with AlphaSmart's New Portable Computer for Students.Business Editors & High Tech Writers SPARTA, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 6, 2002 PrintBoy Gives Students and Faculty the Ability to Quickly and Wirelessly Print Assignments From New Portable Computer Bachmann Software is pleased to announce that its PrintBoy software is bundled on the new AlphaSmart Dana, a Palm Powered(TM) handheld portable computer designed to provide powerful yet affordable computers to students. Students will be able to use PrintBoy to print their assignments to any IR or USB printer A printer that plugs into the USB port of a computer. See USB. directly from their AlphaSmart Dana computer. Viewing printing as an essential function for students, whether they are using desktop PCs or handheld portable computers, AlphaSmart has chosen to include PrintBoy printing support for its Alphaword word processing word processing, use of a computer program or a dedicated hardware and software package to write, edit, format, and print a document. Text is most commonly entered using a keyboard similar to a typewriter's, although handwritten input (see pen-based computer) and application on the ROM of its new computer, rather than offering it as an optional program. AlphaSmart will also distribute a trial version of PrintBoy Deluxe de·luxe also de luxe adj. Particularly elegant and luxurious; sumptuous: deluxe accommodations; a de luxe automobile. adv. , which will introduce its customers to convenient printing of spreadsheet, database, email, Memo Pad memo pad n → bloc m de notas memo pad n → bloc-notes m memo pad memo n → Notizblock m , Date Book, and Address Book files from their AlphaSmart computers. "PrintBoy is viewed as the industry standard among educators when it comes to printing from Palm OS(R) handhelds," said Glenn Weyhausen, senior director of product marketing at AlphaSmart. "A computer of any type just isn't complete without the ability to print, especially in the education market where collaboration and paper grading requires hard copies to be produced." "The education market has strongly embraced the necessity of printing from PDAs," said Glenn Bachmann, president of Bachmann Software. "As schools are under increasing pressure to provide every student with access to a computer, and budget constraints A Budget Constraint represents the combinations of goods and services that a consumer can purchase given current prices and his income. Consumer theory uses the concepts of a budget constraint and a preference ordering to analyze consumer choices. and anytime/anywhere learning opportunities prevail in today's education system, the adoption of AlphaSmart's cost-effective portable computers is sure to grow, and with it the need for users to be able to quickly and easily print their assignments." About PrintBoy PrintBoy software provides the users of Palm Powered handhelds with the ability to print their most important content. By including driver support for most of the popular printers on the market, users can simply select the application that they want to print and beam their data to a printer. PrintBoy supports appointments, contacts, memos, to-do items, email, and the clipboard A reserved section of memory that is used as a temporary holding area for data that is copied or moved from one application to another using the copy and paste and cut and paste (move) menu options. Each time you transfer something into the clipboard, the previous contents are deleted. . PrintBoy Deluxe includes all of those same functions, with the addition of documents, spreadsheets and databases, allowing users to print imported Word and Excel compatible documents. About Bachmann Software Bachmann Software & Services is a leading provider of software products and development services for handheld computing computing - computer and wireless applications. Based in Sparta, N.J., the company primarily develops applications for the Palm OS platform. Its premier products include PrintBoy(TM), a suite of applets that allows users to wirelessly print highly-readable output of most information stored on a Palm OS based handheld. PrintBoy is based on Bachmann's printing SDK (Software Developer's Kit) See developer's toolkit and Windows SDK. SDK - Software Developers Kit (or "Software Development Kit"). which allows users to easily add printing to their applications. Bachmann also produces the InfraReady adapter A device that allows one system to connect to and work with another. An adapter is often a simple circuit that converts one set of signals to another; however, the term often refers to devices which are more accurately called "controllers. , designed to convert nearly any printer's parallel port to accept an infrared An invisible band of radiation at the lower end of the visible light spectrum. With wavelengths from 750 nm to 1 mm, infrared starts at the end of the microwave spectrum and ends at the beginning of visible light. beam. The company's newest product line, FilePoint, extends many of the "Windows-style" file management conveniences to Palm Powered devices that desktop users have long enjoyed. Bachmann is a leading contributor to the overall Palm Economy by producing more than 50 products for the Palm OS platform. Many Fortune 500 companies have engaged Bachmann to develop mobile computing Using a computing device while in transit. Mobile computing implies wireless transmission, but wireless transmission does not necessarily imply mobile computing. Fixed wireless applications use satellites, radio systems and lasers to transmit between permanent objects such as buildings solutions. The company's president, Glenn Bachmann, is also the author of the book Palm OS Programming, published by Sams Publishing and now available in its 2nd edition. For more information, visit www.bachmannsoftware.com. About AlphaSmart AlphaSmart, Inc. is a leading provider of technology solutions for education, focused on reducing the cost of computing for educators and students. AlphaSmart's portable computer-companion products are used by millions of students to enhance writing, keyboarding and comprehension in sixty-five hundred U.S. school districts and in more than fifteen countries. Based in Cupertino, Calif., the privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. was founded in 1993 by former Apple engineers. Additional information about AlphaSmart can be obtained at the company's Web site: http://www.alphasmart.com Palm OS is a registered trademark, and Palm Powered is a trademark of Palm, Inc. All other products, services and company names are trademarks, registered trademarks or services marks of their respective owners. |
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