Infowave Collaborates With Adobe Systems on Adobe PrintGear Macintosh Drivers.BURNABY, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 18, 1997-- Infowave Wireless Messaging Inc, a leader in printer driver software, announced today its collaboration with Adobe Systems Adobe Systems Incorporated (pronounced a-DOE-bee IPA: /əˈdoʊbiː/) (NASDAQ: ADBE) (LSE: ABS) is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California, USA. on the development of Macintosh printer drivers for Adobe PrintGear. Adobe PrintGear is an exciting new printing architecture that brings powerful Adobe imaging technology to low-priced laser and color inkjet printers A printer that propels droplets of ink directly onto the medium. Today, almost all inkjet printers produce color. Low-end inkjets use three ink colors (cyan, magenta and yellow), but produce a composite black that is often muddy. . PrintGear is designed to address the needs of small office and small workgroup users. Infowave's Imaging Group has developed these custom Macintosh drivers for Adobe PrintGear by leveraging off its proprietary PowerPrint technology. PowerPrint is an award winning software and hardware combination that allows Macintosh computers to use a PC compatible printer. The product is sold worldwide and enjoys a 90 percent share of the market. "Infowave is the world leader in Macintosh printer driver software and we are very pleased to be collaborating with them on Adobe PrintGear," said Susan Prescott, Adobe PrintGear's Product Marketing Manager. "Infowave's support for Adobe PrintGear enables us to deliver a best-of-breed Macintosh printing solution to our customers." Jim McIntosh, President and 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. of Infowave, said, "We believe Adobe's advancements with PrintGear are significant and, Infowave will actively support and participate in Adobe's continuing commitment to this leading edge printing technology." PrintGear's performance and quality is largely due to Adobe's 60MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. PrintGear imaging processor, a dedicated, highly integrated, rendering processor. This technology delivers speed, quality and network connectivity, all at breakthrough costs to the user. Infowave's Imaging Group is currently upgrading the Macintosh PrintGear drivers for use with the next release of PrintGear's firmware A category of memory chips that hold their content without electrical power. Firmware includes flash, ROM, PROM, EPROM and EEPROM technologies. When holding program instructions, firmware can be thought of as "hard software." See flash memory, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM and FOTA. . The enhanced drivers will feature watermarks, n-up printing and will support Apple's Desktop printing function. -0- Infowave Wireless Messaging Inc, formerly GDT GDT Global Descriptor Table GDT Geographic Data Technology Inc. GDT Gas Discharge Tube (energy, electrotechinical and electronics) GDT Getting Things Done GDT Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing GDT Ground Data Terminal Softworks Inc, is the world leader in Apple Macintosh Apple Macintosh - Macintosh printer driver development and has also developed client/server solutions for wireless enabling corporate message systems. The company offers its award-winning PowerPrint(TM) products around the world, providing thousands of Macintosh users access to more than 1,300 PC printers. The company also retails StyleScript(TM), a genuine Adobe PostScript The de facto standard page description language (PDL) in the graphics arts industry as well as in commercial printing. Developed by Adobe, many printers and most imagesetters support PostScript by having a built-in PostScript interpreter. interpreter by popular Mac inkjet printers -- along with its PowerPlot(TM) plotter driver package. The company's wireless products include Infowave Office Enabler and Wireless Enabler - a client/server solution providing wireless e-mail access to corporations and their employees. The Wireless Group has also established marketing partnerships with Microsoft, Lotus, and Megahertz One million cycles per second. See MHz. MegaHertz - (MHz) Millions of cycles per second. The unit of frequency used to measure the clock rate of modern digital logic, including microprocessors. . Originally founded in 1984, the company maintains its corporate headquarters in Burnaby, B.C. CONTACT: Infowave Wireless Messaging Inc. Alison MacDonald, 604/473-3647 alison@infowave.net OR SALES CONTACT Toll Free: 800/663-6222 Main Phone: 604/473-3600 Main Fax: 604/473-3699 Email: sales@infowave.net |
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