Blanks Color Imaging Counts On RealTimeImage for Proofing Solutions.

Business/Hi-Tech Editors

SAN BRUNO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 2000

Blanks Color Imaging, a top printer and pre-press house, has announced Blanks' ongoing commitment to RealTimeImage proofing technology following nine months of successful integration of the technology into their suite of remote proofing services.

Blanks offers high quality sheet-fed printing, full bindery capabilities and electronic pre-press services. In May 1999, the company incorporated RealTimeImage's flagship software product, RenderView(TM), and packaged it with other Blanks technologies to create an entire full-service desktop system the company branded as "Virtual Vision(TM)."

RealTimeImage solutions, which enable rapid image sharing through RealTimeImage's Pixels-on-Demand(TM) technology, help Blanks clients save up to 50 percent on their proofing costs and significantly reduce turnaround times. Blanks purchased RenderView through Scitex Corporation Ltd., one member of a distinctive group of leading vendors in the graphic arts industry that are partnering with RealTimeImage to distribute the company's cutting-edge products and services.

"No other company offers a remote proofing solution like this," said Terry Rayner, vice president sales and marketing, Blanks Color Imaging. "RealTimeImage innovative technologies bring a lot to the table. The information highway is definitely where our clients want to be and RealTimeImage puts Blanks online for success."

Currently, ten percent of Blanks clients are using RealTimeImage technology for intermediate proofing or for last-minute changes when a job is going to press late at night. RealTimeImage technology streamlines the proofing process by taking the workflow online. Blanks clients proof RenderView graphic files, rather than hard copies transferred via traditional delivery services, allowing them to immediately print final versions or respond to Blanks with necessary edits or changes.

"Blanks has proven the viability of RealTimeImage technology in today's graphic arts and printing marketplace," said Zvi Eintracht, president and CEO, RealTimeImage. "Customers today are demanding a transition to more efficient and cost-effective proofing systems. The success of RealTimeImage remote proofing is evident in the new accounts that Blanks has gained due to these capabilities."

Blanks features RealTimeImage products and services during open houses, giving potential customers an opportunity to see the future of online proofing. Blanks has also integrated RealTimeImage technology into its quarterly client educational seminars -- Blanks Electronic School of Technology (BEST) -- where clients learn about the technology capabilities in sessions such as "How to Produce a Production-Friendly File." Blanks clients using RenderView include numerous agencies, such as Brann Worldwide/ABC Radio, Shelton Communications, PPAI, and Mervyn's California.

"RenderView is a hit wherever we demonstrate the technology," said Rayner. "In the next two to five years, as our clients learn more about calibrating their monitors and advancing in-house equipment to match the improvements in proofing technology, we expect that over 80 percent of the proofing services we provide will be enabled by RealTimeImage."

Blanks has also begun to test RealTimeImage's new service RealTimeProof -- the first one-stop, real time online proofing service delivering unsurpassed imaging quality for Web-based soft and remote hard proofing services. RealTimeProof's unique features include no up-front costs or capital investment, no need for additional hardware or configurations, and a collection of customizable data-management tools. Blanks plans to integrate RealTimeProof (www.realtimeproof.com) into its systems by July 2000.

About RealTimeImage

RealTimeImage is a leading developer of innovative imaging products and services for the graphic arts and medical communities. By providing high quality, real time image streaming technologies, RealTimeImage improves efficiency, streamlines workflow and facilitates online collaboration.

Launched at Seybold Boston, RealTimeProof(TM) is the first one-stop online proofing service delivering unsurpassed imaging quality for Web-based soft and remote hard proofing services. With RealTimeProof(TM), gigabytes of original production data can be viewed in full resolution with a Web browser, even over a dial-up connection.

RealTimeImage's Internet-based medical imaging service, iPACS(TM), provides physicians and radiologists instant access to diagnostic-quality digital images using low-speed connections. Using Pixels-on-Demand(TM) technology, physicians can call up any view of a DICOM study.

Leading corporations such as Digital Art Exchange, Inc. (DAX), Marubeni Corporation, Scitex and VIO currently partner with RealTimeImage to distribute and develop cutting-edge solutions. RealTimeImage's financial partners include: Citicorp International Finance Corporation; ComSor; Newbury Ventures; Scitex Corporation Ltd.; TDA Capital Partners Inc. (formerly Templeton Direct Advisers, Inc.); THCG, Inc.; the Intel IA64 Fund; and private individuals. Founded in 1996, the venture capital backed company is headquartered in San Bruno, California. Research and development is conducted in Israel. Further information on RealTimeImage can be obtained at www.realtimeimage.com.