Bachmann Software and Anycom Announce Bluetooth Printing Solution for Palm OS Devices.

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PrintBoy(TM) and Anycom Announce Wireless Printing for Palm OS Users

Today, Bachmann Bachmann may refer to: People

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Carl G. Bachmann, United States Congress Representative (1890-1980)
Ingeborg Bachmann, Austrian poet and author (1926-73)

Software and Anycom, Inc. announced that Bachmann's Bluetooth-enabled PrintBoy(TM) Anywhere software will be available with Anycom's Bluetooth A wireless personal area network (WPAN) standard for short-range transmission of digital voice and data. Bluetooth is widely used for hands-free cellphone operation, including wireless headsets and connecting to Bluetooth-enabled automobiles that turn the car's audio system into a printer module. PrintBoy Anywhere allows Palm OS(R) users to wirelessly print their data via Bluetooth. Bluetooth is a wireless technology that allows devices to communicate without the encumbrance A burden, obstruction, or impediment on property that lessens its value or makes it less marketable. An encumbrance (also spelled incumbrance) is any right or interest that exists in someone other than the owner of an estate and that restricts or impairs the transfer of the estate or of cables. As the leading producer of Bluetooth data products, Anycom markets a Bluetooth printer 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. that allows users to upgrade a parallel-based printer to be Bluetooth-compatible. The combination of Anycom's print adapter and PrintBoy Anywhere will provide Palm OS users equipped with Bluetooth-enabled handhelds to easily print their information to read, share or exchange.

"After recently announcing our new PM-2002 printer module, we are pleased to partner with Bachmann Software to distribute their new PrintBoy software enabling (programming) software enabling - (Or "enabling") Modification of the design or implementation of software to allow internationalisation to take place.

In particular, enabling may refer to the modification of software to support double-byte character sets, hence "Unicode Palm users to print to any parallel printer," said Tom Pocsics, Anycom, Inc.'s president.

"As the first company to demonstrate Bluetooth printing from a Palm OS device, we are very excited to have established such a strategic distribution partner in Anycom," said Dan Reuvers, Bachmann Software's vice president of business development. "We expect this agreement to be an ideal means of getting our solution to the people that need it."

A free trial version of PrintBoy Anywhere software will be distributed with each of Anycom's Bluetooth printer modules. PrintBoy Anywhere will also be available for sale from Anycom, with an expected MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price
MSRP Message Session Relay Protocol
MSRP Multi-Species Recovery Plan (US Fish & Wildlife Service)
MSRP Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (UK) of $39.99 each. PrintBoy Anywhere is available at www.anycom.com, or www.bachmannsoftware.com. Current users of PrintBoy Deluxe de·luxe also de luxe
adj.
Particularly elegant and luxurious; sumptuous: deluxe accommodations; a de luxe automobile.

adv. may upgrade to PrintBoy Anywhere (including Bluetooth and network printing support) for $14.99 at Bachmann Software's website.

About Bachmann Software & Services

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) Developer Kit, which provides a standard text and graphics printing engine that can be used by virtually any Palm OS application, and 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, designed to convert virtually 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 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 Programming; The Authoritative Solution," published in 1999.

For more information, visit www.bachmannsoftware.com.

About Anycom, Inc.

Anycom is leading the world in Bluetooth wireless technology solutions by having released the first compact flash card, the first printer module, having had the largest Bluetooth infrastructure deployment, having the world's first true early adopter customer, and having the first Bluetooth distribution application deployment. Anycom is the only company fully dedicated to Bluetooth and the only company with a full line of Bluetooth products guaranteeing compatibility and connectivity for any device you have.

PrintBoy is a trademark of Bachmann Software.

Anycom is a trademark of Anycom, Inc. Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. Bluetooth and the Bluetooth logo are trademarks of Bluetooth SIG, Inc, U.S.A. and licensed to Anycom, Inc.

Palm OS and PalmSource are registered trademarks, and Palm and Palm Powered are trademarks 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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