HP And Indigo to Demonstrate Digital Camera-to-press Capabilities At DRUPA.Business Editors PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif., and MAASTRICHT, the Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 7, 2000--Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :HWP HWP Height (and) Weight Proportionate HWP Half-Wave Plate HWP Highway Patrol HWP Height Weight Proportional HWP Hewlett-Packard Corporation (stock symbol) HWP Hydrolyzed Whey Peptides ) and Indigo N.V. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :INDG) today announced their plans to demonstrate live camera-to-press printing at the DRUPA printing exhibition in Dusseldorf, Germany, in May, using HP PhotoSmart Hewlett-Packard's line of digital cameras and photo printers is called Photosmart. Digital cameras The original HP digital camera was a CompactFlash-based model simply called the Photosmart. It was a VGA-resolution camera with a simple LCD. digital cameras, Indigo's SNAP personalization technology and Indigo Digital Offset Color presses. &uot;This digital camera-to-press capability is the first result of the HP and Indigo strategic alliance we created in November 1998,&uot; said Dick Lampman, vice president and director of HP Labs. &uot;Combining HP's PhotoSmart digital cameras with quality Indigo Digital Offset Color presses is a great way to show off the outstanding capabilities of both.&uot; The live camera-to-press demonstrations will be part of Indigo's &uot;Fasten Your Seatbelt&uot; presentation at DRUPA -- a look ahead at digital printing in the New Millennium. Five times a day, for the entire 14 days of the DRUPA exhibition, members of the audience in Indigo's 300seat theater will become active participants in the industry's first large-scale, live photo-personalization demonstration. &uot;Digital photography will replace conventional photography just as digital printing will replace conventional printing,&uot; said Benny Landa, Indigo's chairman and chief executive officer. &uot;The HP and Indigo demonstration of the power of digital camera-to-press capabilities will give DRUPA visitors an insight into tomorrow's world Tomorrow's World was a long-running BBC television series, showcasing new (and often wacky) developments in the world of science and technology. First aired in 1965, it ran for 38 years until it was axed at the beginning of 2003, ostensibly because of falling ratings. of digital image capture and reproduction to which HP and Indigo are committed.&uot; At DRUPA, pictures of visitors will be captured on HP PhotoSmart digital cameras, combined in real-time with personalized text and other images using Indigo SNAP (Swift Native Accelerated Personalization) technology, and printed on Indigo Digital Offset Color presses. The products will include portraits, brochures and audio CDs. Approximately 20,000 DRUPA visitors are expected to participate in Indigos &uot;Fasten Your Seatbelt&uot; experience. About DRUPA Held just once every five years, DRUPA is the largest trade event in the commercial printing and graphic arts graphic arts: see aquatint; drawing; drypoint; engraving; etching; illustration; linoleum block printing; lithography; mezzotint; niello; pastel; poster; silk-screen printing; silhouette; silverpoint; sketch; stencil; woodcut and wood engraving. industry. Approximately half a million visitors are expected to attend the exhibition in Dusseldorf, Germany, May 18 through 31. About Indigo Indigo N.V. (www.indigonet.com), is the leader in digital 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). systems. Indigo's Digital Offset Color technology combines the quality of inkbased offset printing with the performance advantages of electronic imaging. Its products, including its proprietary ElectroInk, provide solutions for the commercial and industrial printing markets. Indigo is headquartered in The Netherlands, with R& and manufacturing operations Manufacturing operations concern the operation of a facility, as opposed to maintenance, supply and distribution, health, and safety, emergency response, human resources, security, information technology and other infrastructural support organizations. in Israel. Indigo and Hewlett-Packard are in a Strategic Alliance. Indigos DRUPA exhibition stand spans some 1,700 square meters (18,000 square feet) and features two dozen Digital Offset Color presses in a &uot;production arcade&uot; as well as a 300-seat theater. About HP Hewlett-Packard Company -- a leading global provider of computing and imaging solutions and services for business and home -- is focused on capitalizing on the opportunities of the Internet and the proliferation of electronic services. HP plans to launch Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. as an independent company by midcalendar 2000. Agilent consists of HP's test and measurement, semiconductor products, chemical analysis and healthcare solutions businesses, and has leading positions in multiple market segments. HP has 83,200 employees worldwide and had total revenue from continuing operations continuing operations Parts of a business that are expected to be maintained as an ongoing segment of an overall business operation. Income and losses from continuing operations are reported separately if any segments have been discontinued during the of $42.4 billion in its 1999 fiscal year. Information about HP, its products and the company's Year 2000 program can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com. Indigo, ElectroInk and Digital Offset Color are trademarks or registered trademarks of Indigo N.V. Certain of the statements contained herein, including statements relating to Indigo's expected future performance are forward-looking. Actual results could differ materially as a result of various factors set forth in the Company's reports and forms filed with the SEC. |
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