Bachmann Software Launches New Version of PrintBoy for Palm Powered Handhelds at T+L Conference.Business Editors & High Tech Writers Technology + Learning Conference DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2002 Expanded Version of PrintBoy Enables Printing From Presentation Applications and Includes Support for International Languages and Characters Today at the Technology + Learning Conference in Dallas Dallas, city (1990 pop. 1,006,877), seat of Dallas co., N Tex., on the Trinity River near the junction of its three forks; inc. 1871. The second largest Texas city, after Houston, and the eighth largest U.S. , Bachmann Bachmann may refer to: People
"Whether used on an AlphaSmart Dana or a Palm Powered handheld, Bachmann's PrintBoy offers a complete input/output solution to students, enabling them to complete their assignments and easily print them out for review by their teachers," said Mike Lorion, vice president of education at Palm, Inc. The ability to run PowerPoint slideshow presentations from a Palm Powered handheld has been a major productivity enhancement for mobile professionals, and the ability to produce and share printed copies of presentations with clients and colleagues is invaluable. The new version of PrintBoy has been expanded to enable users to print their PowerPoint presentations directly from their handhelds. This new capability will be especially useful for mobile professionals who use Palm OS presentation software, such as Cutting Edge Software's Quickpoint, with presentation accessories, such as iGo's Pitch for Palm Powered handhelds. Now these users can produce and share high-quality printouts of their presentations via 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. , Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, or other network connection. "Most everybody appreciates a presentation with hand-outs -- otherwise participants are forced to scribble scribble - To modify a data structure in a random and unintentionally destructive way. "Bletch! Somebody's disk-compactor program went berserk and scribbled on the i-node table." "It was working fine until one of the allocation routines scribbled on low core. notes or leave with nothing but memories," said Holmes Lundt, Executive Vice President of Mobility Electronics' handheld computing computing - computer device business line. "PrintBoy is a powerful complement to the Pitch and Quickpoint solutions by enabling our customers to produce and share high-quality printouts on-the-go, whenever and wherever they are needed." Non-English speaking users of Palm Powered handhelds will enjoy newfound new·found adj. Recently discovered: a newfound pastime. Adj. 1. newfound - newly discovered; "his newfound aggressiveness"; "Hudson pointed his ship down the coast of the newfound sea" ability to print in their own languages and special characters. This new PrintBoy feature enables users to print documents that contain special characters used in English applications. Further, French, German, Italian and Spanish Spanish, river, c.150 mi (240 km) long, issuing from Spanish Lake, S Ont., Canada, NW of Sudbury, and flowing generally S through Biskotasi and Agnew lakes to Lake Huron opposite Manitoulin island. There are several hydroelectric stations on the river. users will be able to print content in their native languages, including support for all of the special accented characters and punctuation punctuation [Lat.,=point], the use of special signs in writing to clarify how words are used; the term also refers to the signs themselves. In every language, besides the sounds of the words that are strung together there are other features, such as tone, accent, and found in those languages and character sets. Bachmann Software continues to add new formatting features to PrintBoy by improving the output generated from such productivity applications as Documents to Go, Quickoffice and WordSmith word·smith n. 1. A fluent and prolific writer, especially one who writes professionally. 2. An expert on words. Noun 1. . Document printing now supports left, center and right paragraph alignment. The new formatting capabilities adds to users' existing ability to print documents formatted with bold, underlined, and italicized text, plus multi-sized fonts. PrintBoy Anywhere also now boasts of support for the most popular "outliner An outliner is a special text editor that allows text to be structured as an outline. Outliners are typically used for computer programming, collecting or organizing ideas, Getting Things Done, or project management. " application used in business and education, Hands High Software's ThoughtManager and ThoughtManager for Education. The new PrintBoy Outline module integrates directly into the ThoughtManager applications by adding a new Print menu option, enabling users to produce fast, high-quality printouts of ThoughtManager outlines used for project plans, to-do lists, presentations, lesson plans, class notes, ideas, etc. Bachmann Software is proud that PrintBoy has become the industry standard among educators for producing printed output from handheld and portable computers and has become one of the first and most commonly installed programs on Palm Powered handhelds deployed to students and teachers at schools. "As handheld computers A computing device that can be easily held in one hand while the other hand is used to operate it. The Palm devices are a popular example. See Palm, smartphone and palmtop. continue to infiltrate infiltrate /in·fil·trate/ (in-fil´trat) 1. to penetrate the interstices of a tissue or substance. 2. the material or solution so deposited. in·fil·trate v. 1. schools and the workplace, and more and more are being used as portable computers rather than mere organizers, users of these devices are realizing their need to produce printed output," said Glenn Bachmann, Bachmann Software's president and author of Palm OS Programming, now available in its 2nd edition. "Regardless of whether our customers need to print by beaming their documents to an IR port on a printer or through a network, PrintBoy provides them with unparalleled ability to produce high-quality documents from their PDAs." About PrintBoy PrintBoy allows Palm OS(R) users to print their critical information by selecting their wireless method of choice, and sending their data to the printer. Whether the users work in an environment supporting a network, Bluetooth(TM) technology, 802.11b (also known as Wi-Fi), have modem access, or infrared, PrintBoy allows them to produce their data to the printer of their choice. It includes support for many of the top Palm OS productivity applications on the market, including Cutting Edge Software's Quickoffice, DataViz' Documents to Go, and Blue Nomad's WordSmith. About Bachmann Software & Services Bachmann Software & Services is a leading provider of software products and development services for handheld computing and wireless applications. Based in Sparta, N.J., the company primarily develops applications for the Palm OS(R) platform. Its premier products include PrintBoy(TM), a suite of applets that allows users to wirelessly print highly readable read·a·ble adj. 1. Easily read; legible: a readable typeface. 2. Pleasurable or interesting to read: a readable story. output of most information stored on a Palm OS-based device. 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 virtually any printer's parallel port to accept an infrared beam. The company's newest product line, FilePoint, extends many of the "Windows-style" file management conveniences to Palm Powered(TM) devices that desktop users have long enjoyed. Bachmann has also been a leading contributor to the overall Palm Economy by producing over 50 products on the platform. The company has been engaged by many Fortune 500 companies 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, now available in its second edition. For more information, visit www.bachmannsoftware.com. Palm OS is a registered trademark and Palm Powered are trademarks of PalmSource, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. 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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