Luminous Corporation Ships Telecommunications Software For File Transfer and Remote Proofing; New Company is Exclusive Distributor of Adobe Virtual Network.

distributor for the Adobe(TM) Virtual Network telecommunications and remote proofing software product, recently formed Luminous Corporation today began shipments of Adobe Virtual Network 1.0 for the Macintosh(R).

The remote delivery tool enables geographically dispersed graphic arts service providers and their clients to exchange electronically produced documents over telephone and ISDN lines, AppleTalk(TM) networks or the Internet. Target customers range from print production operations to service bureaus, color trade shops, and corporate and in-house departments.

Luminous acquired exclusive distribution rights to the software when the company spun-off from Adobe in January, 1996.

"Increasingly, service providers and their clients are in different regions, which can make proofing work and exchanging files a costly and time-consuming nightmare," said Richard McCormick, Luminous program manager. "The Adobe Virtual Network is an effective means to move electronic files to and from client sites. Since it enables remote proofing, we now make distributed printing a simple reality for the graphic arts industry. And, as a hardware independent telecommunications tool, Adobe Virtual Network works equally well in both router-based and direct connection environments."

"We are pleased to see Luminous ship Adobe Virtual Network for the Macintosh so quickly after becoming an independent company," said George Cacioppo, Adobe director, engineering production imaging systems. "Both Adobe and Luminous customers will benefit from the expertise and support that Luminous will offer to Adobe Virtual Network users. As the sole Adobe Virtual Network distributor, Luminous has the exceptional resources needed to focus on the specific needs of customers in the prepress industry."

Consisting of a Host module at the service provider site and Client modules at the providers' customer sites, the Adobe Virtual Network from Luminous software uses point-to-point communications to link client sites to the provider's production system. The Host module receives incoming jobs and routes them automatically to processes within production workflows such as a Luminous OPEN(TM) program "pipeline" or a Luminous Color Central(TM) software printing queue. Conversely, customers can use the Client module to connect to their provider's network to either retrieve or submit job files.

Group Logic, a developer of telecommunications software for the desktop video-conferencing and graphic arts markets, helped design and develop Adobe Virtual Network.

System Configuration and Requirements

Adobe Virtual Network from Luminous is compatible with most analog and high-speed digital telecommunications systems, including, but not limited to, Integrated Switched Digital Network (ISDN) services, switched 56 digital services, WAN routers, high speed modems such as Global Village and other Hayes AT-compatible modems, Transware routers, MultiAccess MCC-256 cards with an Apple Internet router, and any communications method compatible with the Macintosh Communications Toolbox. Adobe Virtual Network software is a Luminous OPEN Aware(TM) application.

The minimum system requirements for both the Host and Client modules of the Adobe Virtual Network for the Macintosh are a 68030-based Macintosh or greater, Apple System 7.0 or greater, and 2 MB of RAM available to Adobe Virtual Network.

Pricing and Availability

The Adobe Virtual Network, distributed exclusively by Luminous Corporation, is available immediately in the U.S. and Canada for a suggested retail price of $1,695 (U.S.) for up to 10 customized Client sites, and $2,995 (U.S.) for an unlimited number of customized Client sites.

For more information about Adobe Virtual Network software or to obtain information about other Luminous Corporation products, customers should call Luminous at 800/685-6736.

Luminous Corporation is a privately held company based in Seattle, Wash. that develops and delivers innovative software and systems to the prepress, print production, printing and graphic arts industries. As a spin-off company of Adobe Systems Incorporated, Luminous owns or licenses the development, marketing and distribution rights to Color Central, OPEN, PressWise, TrapWise, PrePrint Pro, the Adobe Virtual Network and Print Central. Luminous employs over 40 people worldwide, and has regional sales offices and distribution channels worldwide. -0-

Note to Editors: Color Central, OPEN, PressWise, TrapWise, Print Central and PrePrint are trademarks of Luminous Corporation. Luminous owns exclusive distribution rights to Adobe Virtual Network. Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat, Illustrator, PostScript and PageMaker, are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated or its subsidiaries and may be registered in certain jurisdictions. Apple, Macintosh and Power Macintosh are registered trademarks and AppleTalk is a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. Windows is a registered trademark and Windows NT is a trademark of Microsoft in the United States and other countries. All other brand or product names are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective holders.

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