Peerless Systems to Integrate Agfa Monotype Technologies into Color Printer and Copier Controllers.Business/Technology Editors WILMINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 15, 2000 Agfa Monotype monotype, type set by the Monotype machine. See printing. monotype or monoprint In art printmaking, a technique prized because of its unique textural qualities. (TM) Corporation and Peerless Systems(R) Imaging Products (PSIP PSIP Program and System Information Protocol (Digital TV data standard) PSIP Police Schools Involvement Program (Australia) PSIP Profit Sharing Investment Plan PSIP Pollen Signalling Protein ), a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Peerless Systems Corporation, announced today a co-developers agreement whereby PSIP will utilize Agfa Monotype's color management and screening technologies to enhance the color quality offered in their embedded controllers for manufacturers of printers, MFPs and digital copiers. Agfa Monotype is known both as an innovator in color and screening technologies and as the leader in embedded font solutions. Recently, Agfa Monotype has extended their success in high-end color technology, originally developed by Agfa for the printing and publishing world, to the office environment. Agfa Monotype color solutions include ICC ICC See: International Chamber of Commerce color profiles, Color Management Modules (CMM (Capability Maturity Model) A process developed by SEI in 1986 to help improve, over time, the application of an organization's supporting software technologies. ) and Agfa Balanced Screening(TM) (ABS) technologies. All Agfa Monotype product configurations are flexible and adhere to adhere to verb 1. follow, keep, maintain, respect, observe, be true, fulfil, obey, heed, keep to, abide by, be loyal, mind, be constant, be faithful 2. 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 requirements for quality, reliability, size and performance. "Agfa Monotype has a long-standing reputation for working closely with its OEM business partners as does Peerless," said Doug Shaw, Agfa Monotype's senior vice president of OEM business. "Our goal is to be the best source in the industry for font and color technologies. Together, Agfa Monotype and Peerless will provide OEMs with flexible products that produce the highest quality color and text." "Peerless is pleased to be working with an industry leader such as Agfa Monotype," said Gordon Hanson, vice president and general manager of Peerless' Seattle operations. "By utilizing Agfa Monotype's screening technologies, Peerless will be able to offer Adobe PostScript(R) customers a broader selection of color options. The quality and performance we have seen with the Agfa Monotype screens has been impressive." Peerless will offer the Agfa Monotype color management in it's implementations of the Adobe PostScript 3 page description language A high-level language for commanding a printer to print text and graphics on a page. The two major languages are Adobe's PostScript and HP's PCL, which are device independent and supported by most every printer. into embedded controllers for use by original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) of color digital imaging products. About Peerless Systems Corporation Peerless Systems is a leading provider of software-based embedded imaging and networking systems to these OEMs and has an extensive customer and strategic partners base including industry leaders such as Adobe, Canon, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Kyocera, Minolta, Xerox, 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. , AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. , Intel, Microsoft, Mita, Ricoh, IBM, Novell, Motorola, Citizen, Okidata and Epson. About Agfa Monotype Corporation Agfa Monotype Corporation is a major provider of digital content for graphic professionals. The company is a recognized leader in fonts and font technologies and an innovator in color and screening technologies. Agfa Monotype is a wholly owned subsidiary of Agfa Corporation, headquartered in Ridgefield Park, NJ. Agfa is part of the Agfa-Gevaert Group, one of the world's leading imaging companies, headquartered in Mortsel, Belgium. Agfa develops, produces and markets analog and digital systems, primarily for the graphics, medical and industrial radiography, and consumer imaging and photography markets. Worldwide, Agfa's annual sales are approximately $4.7 billion. Additional information about Agfa Monotype Corporation can be found on the company's Web site at www.agfamonotype.com. Agfa Monotype Locations Corporate office: Agfa Monotype Corporation Agfa Monotype Ltd. 200 Ballardvale Street Unit 2, Perrywood Business Park Wilmington, MA 01887-1069 Salfords, Redhill, Surrey RH1 5DZ phone 978.658.5600 phone (44) 01737 765959 fax 978.657.8268 fax (44) 01727 769243 Agfa Monotype Corporation Agfa-Gevaert Japan, Ltd. 985 Busse Road 8-1, Higashiyama 3-chome Elk Grove Village, IL 60007 Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0043 phone 847.718.0400 phone 81-3-5704-3141 fax 847.718.0500 fax 81-3-5704-3089 |
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