Danka And EFI Announce New Relationship - Companies Demonstrate Innovative Workflow Solution.Business Editors NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 29, 2000 Advanced Fiery(R) Server And Software As A New Front End For The Heidelberg 9110 Showcases The Capabilities And Value Of This New Development Danka Business Systems PLC (Nasdaq:DANKY) and Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (Nasdaq:EFII EFII Electronics for Imaging Inc (Foster City, CA) ) announced today they are collaborating on an innovative workflow The automatic routing of documents to the users responsible for working on them. Workflow is concerned with providing the information required to support each step of the business cycle. solution designed to give Danka customers a consistent user interface for scanning, building, editing, managing, and digitally printing color and black-and-white documents. This solution will improve user productivity, increase total throughput, and provide powerful, flexible document production capabilities. "The new Fiery(R) front end solution is the hub of Danka's open systems workflow strategy," said Brian L. Merriman, President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , Danka. "We asked Electronics For Imaging (EFI See UEFI. EFI - Extensible Firmware Interface ) to develop a new front - end for several important reasons. EFI leads this industry in software and hardware engineering, and they support the products we market. In addition, EFI has extensive engineering resources, and they impressed us with their commitment to bring this to market quickly." Merriman went on to say that Danka, as a value-added distributor, has a unique position in the marketplace to offer open-architecture printing systems that are device independent. And that, by utilizing the new Fiery front - end, Danka can provide enterprise-wide solutions to enable a wide range of printing platforms. Danka will debut a technology demonstration with a Fiery server and Heidelberg Digimaster 9110, as its centerpiece, at booth No. 2418 at the On Demand Printing and Publishing Show in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . In that demonstration, hard copy pages will be scanned and merged with digital files on an EFI document building/scanning station, then combined into a single, professional-looking document using DocBuilder(TM) Pro software. DocBuilder Pro is a server-based imposition application. It allows entire documents to be previewed, edited, and assembled on a Fiery color server before being RIPped. Documents can be imposed before the RIP process regardless of the application or platform in which they were created. This offers the user exceptional flexibility. The technology demonstration will also feature a new EFI software application called VelocitySplit(TM), which will automatically parse documents, sending black-and-white pages to the Heidelberg Digimaster 9110 and color pages to the Canon CLC (The Computer Language Company Inc.) The publisher of this Encyclopedia. See About this product. 1150 networked color copier. The pages will be automatically collated and finished using a duplo off-line collator (1) A punch card machine that merges two decks of cards into one or more stacks. (2) A utility program that merges records from two or more files into one file. . Typically, this printing scenario involves coordination of a number of different software applications and high manual involvement. "EFI is extending its product line to the high-end black--and--white market," said Guy Gecht, 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. , EFI. "This new Fiery server for the 9110 will bring to this market an unmatched feature-set, innovative workflow, and superior performance. Danka will be able to capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. providing its customers powerful solutions throughout their product line, solutions which extend across the entire enterprise." The new Fiery front - end for the Heidelberg Digimaster 9110 is expected to be in the hands of Danka's customers by mid year. System pricing will be based on the application configuration. About Danka Danka Business Systems PLC, headquartered in London, England and St. Petersburg, Florida St. Petersburg (often shortened to St. Pete) is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. The city is known as a vacation destination for North American and European vacationers, as well as a politically important battleground in U.S. Presidential politics. , is one of the world's largest independent suppliers of office imaging equipment and related services, parts, and supplies. Danka provides office products and services in 30 countries around the world. For additional information about copiers, printers, and other office imaging products, visit our web site at http://www.danka.com. Certain statements contained in this press release, including statements related to Danka's future business and financial performance, are forward-looking. Such statements reflect the current views of Danka with respect to future events and are subject to certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in the forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. , including but not limited to, the inability to introduce the new Fiery front-end to its customers by mid year and other risks including those identified in any of the Company's other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect management's analysis only as of the date they are made. About Electronics For Imaging Electronics For Imaging (http://www.efi.com) is the world leader in enabling networked printing solutions. EFI technology allows copiers, printers, and digital presses to be shared across work groups, the enterprise, and the Internet. The results are greater productivity, improved document management, seamless networking, and the assured quality of color not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color and black & white images. The company's OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and partners look to EFI to deliver products that help grow sales and reduce costs associated with internal development and support. Competitive, feature-rich solutions, such as the Fiery(R) and EDOX(TM) brands of networked image processors and the eBeam(TM) brand of Web-enabled whiteboard The electronic equivalent of chalk and blackboard, but between remote users. Whiteboard systems allow network participants to simultaneously view one or more users drawing on an on-screen blackboard or running an application. systems, are an outgrowth of our determination to offer OEMs and end-users alike the highest assurance of innovation, quality, reliability, and support. The company employs more than 750 people and maintains 22 offices worldwide. Additional information regarding EFI may be obtained by calling the company directly at (650) 357-3500 or through public sources, including the company's SEC filings. |
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