Micrografx Signs Worldwide OEM Agreement with Mustek; Mustek to Bundle Picture Publisher with all Scanners.RICHARDSON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 1998--Micrografx(R), Inc. (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 :MGXI), a global leader in graphics software, today announced the signing of a worldwide 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 agreement with Mustek that extends an agreement already in place. Mustek plans to now bundle Micrografx Picture Publisher(R), an intuitive image editing Changing or improving graphics images. It typically refers to bitmapped images rather than vector graphics drawings. Using an image editor, images can be modified by an artist using pen, brush, airbrush and other "painting" tools. software, with virtually every model in all three lines of scanners it manufactures-Plug-n-Scan, TwainScan and Paragon. Mustek is a leading, global supplier of image scanners. Its offerings cover a broad range of the market, from the low-end ($99) to the high-end ($1,299). "In today's computing markets, ease of use and value is what people are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ," said Doug Richard, Micrografx 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. . "By giving end users the ability to edit their scanned documents with the award-winning Picture Publisher editing package, Mustek is making their scanners even easier to use. And that's adding real value to the total product," he added. According to Mustek president Michael Feng, "We chose to extend our use of Micrografx Picture Publisher because of the software's unique combination of features, performance and ease of use for both the professional graphics designer and occasional user alike." Adding to Picture Publisher's appeal is its suitability for the Web. Mustek customers have commented that the Micrografx software is both flexible and powerful for Web applications. "It's excellent for producing graphics for HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. documents," added Feng. "In fact, Mustek's Web site was created entirely with Micrografx products, including Picture Publisher." "Mustek enjoys the long-standing relationship we've had with Micrografx. So do our customers! It's definitely a win-win," concluded Feng. Current plans call for Mustek to bundle Picture Publisher version 5.0 (for Win 3.1 users) and 6.0 (for Win 95/NT users) on one CD with all current Mustek scanners. Version 7 will most likely be introduced as Mustek migrates to a new CIS Cis (sĭs), same as Kish (1.) (1) (CompuServe Information Service) See CompuServe. (2) (Card Information S technology from its current CCD CCD in full charge-coupled device Semiconductor device in which the individual semiconductor components are connected so that the electrical charge at the output of one device provides the input to the next device. technology. About Mustek Mustek is one of the world's largest manufacturers of flatbed scanners. Models currently shipping include the TwainScan 600 III EP Plus, Plug-n-Scan 1200 III EP, TwainScan 1200 III EP, Paragon 1200 III SP, and the Paragon A3 Pro. New Mustek models include legal-size scanners (Plug-n-Scan 1200 LP, TwainScan 1200 LP, Paragon 1200 LS) an affordable A3-size scanner (Plug-n-Scan A3 EP), models that will implement new CIS technology and a new high-speed scanner. Mustek, located in Irvine, California, is experiencing rapid growth. Mustek is an international company with offices in California, Germany and Taiwan. About Micrografx Founded in 1982, Micrografx (NASDAQ: MGXI) is the global leader in enterprise graphics and personal creativity software and is the acknowledged pioneer of Windows business and consumer graphics software. Award-winning graphics software titles include American Greetings(R) CreataCard(R) Gold(tm) and CreataCard(R) Plus(tm), Micrografx FlowCharter(tm), Micrografx Graphics Suite A suite of Windows graphics applications from Micrografx that included the Designer drawing program, Picture Publisher image editor, FlowCharter diagramming tool and Simply 3D 3D modeling and animation program. In 2001, Micrografx was acquired by Corel. See Corel DESIGNER. (tm), Simply 3D(tm), Optima(tm), Webtricity(tm), Micrografx Designer(tm), Picture Publisher(R), and Windows Draw(R). Celebrating its 15th year anniversary, the company's U.S. operations are based in Richardson, Texas, with development offices located in Los Angeles and Portland, Oregon. International subsidiaries are located in Australia, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Representative agent offices are located in Denmark, Poland, Spain and Switzerland. For trial downloads and more information about Micrografx's exciting graphics software, visit www.micrografx.com. About the Micrografx Chili for Children Cook-Off For more information about the Micrografx Chili for Children Cook-Off, the technology industry's premier fund-raising event benefiting the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) is a private, non-profit organization established in the United States in 1984 under United States government mandate. , visit www.micrografx.com/chili. CONTACT: Reba Reid or Michelle Rutledge Edelman 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 Worldwide 713/623-2666 or 214/520-3555 rreid@edelman.com or michelle_rutledge@edelman.com or Kim Tompkins Micrografx, Inc. 972/994-6389 kimt@micrografx.com |
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