Fargo Electronics to become first printer maker to supply Colorific software for "no-surprises" color printing; PC Expo announcement.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 20, 1995--Fargo Electronics and Sonnetech Ltd. announced today an agreement in principle to provide Sonnetech's Colorific col·or·if·ic adj. Producing or imparting color. (TM) color management software with all Fargo color printers. Colorific is being packaged by Fargo with its Primera(TM), PrimeraPro(TM), and Pictura(TM) 310 color printers for Windows computers at no charge to purchasers. Fargo is the first printer manufacturer to offer Colorific color management software with its products. Colorific is the standard color matching feature on monitors from many leading manufacturers, including Nanao, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Nokia, and ViewSonic. When installed on a user's personal computer, Colorific color management software gives users better on-screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. color and "no-surprises" color printing “colour separation” redirects here. For other uses, see colour-separation overlay. Color printing is the reproduction of an image or text in color (as opposed to simpler black and white or monochrome printing). from any Windows application. As the user prints artwork and CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). images such as illustrations and photos, Colorific makes sure that the colors printed match closely those proofed on-screen. A software-only solution, Colorific does not require costly added graphic arts peripheral hardware. "Fargo offers a wide range of affordable dye-sublimation and thermal-wax printers. For our customers in design and graphic arts, Colorific delivers a simple and straightforward way to match printed output to screen colors. The addition of Colorific is consistent with our strategy of making the best possible use of personal computer processing power to provide high-quality color printing at a low price," said Mark D. Strobel, vice president of sales and marketing at Fargo Electronics. Colorific provides Kodak technology to all Fargo printers for Windows. Familiar to graphic arts professionals, Kodak's Precision(TM) color management system Software that translates the colors of an original image into the truest representation obtainable on the output device. Color management works from a profile of the output device, typically a digital printer or offset press, and works backward to the source of the material such as a provides a complete end-to-end standard for color rendering. Headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minn., Fargo Electronics is a leading developer and manufacturer of dye-sublimation and wax-thermal transfer color page printers. Fargo does business in more than 80 countries worldwide. For more information, contact Fargo at 800/327-4522. Outside the United States and Canada call 612/941-9470 or fax: 612/941-7836. Electronic mail inquiries to webmaster@fargo.com. Sonnetech Ltd., based in San Francisco, Calif., is an innovator in color management and other system software for enhancing computer displays and printing. The company's first product, Colorific color management for monitors, is marketed through manufacturers of monitors and printers. Customer inquiries: 415/957-9941 or colorific@aol.com. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: All trademarks are the property of their owners. CONTACT: Leslie Schroeder Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most & Marketing Leslie Schroeder, 408/446-9158 lschroeder@wynd n. 1. A narrow lane or alley. The narrow wynds, or alleys, on each side of the street. - Bryant. .net or Sonnetech Bill Hilliard, 415/957-9940 or Fargo Electronics Patrick Fitzgerald, 312/645-4835 |
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