PrinterOn Unveils PrintWhere Focus to Simplify Internet Printing for Corporations; Improvements in Document Delivery Time, Security and Quality.

Business Editors and High-Tech Writers

Internet World Spring 2001

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 2001

PrinterOn Corporation, developer of a Global Printer Network and innovative printing software, today announced the launch of PrintWhere(TM) Focus, software that simplifies the implementation of Internet printing for corporations. Focus has two basic functions: to connect printers to the Internet while preserving firewall integrity and to adapt legacy printers so they understand the Internet Printing Protocol. PrinterOn is pleased to unveil this new product at Internet World Spring.

Internet printing is the process of printing a document over the Internet. PrinterOn products and services are based on the Internet Print Protocol (IPP), a sanctioned Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) standard. PrinterOn created Focus to remove the barriers of adoption of Internet printing for corporate clients.

To attach printers to the Internet and allow them to remain behind the firewall, Focus has two components, Gateway and Director, which work together to securely move print data from the Internet into corporate printing systems. Focus Gateway resides outside a firewall and accepts print requests from the Internet. Focus Director, located inside the firewall, collects the print requests from Gateway and submits them to the correct network printer within the organization.

To adapt legacy printers for Internet printing, Focus is capable of presenting an IPP interface to the Internet and converting print requests to standard printing protocols inside the firewall. This conversion capability reduces the cost of adopting Internet printing for corporations by allowing existing printers to be used for Internet printing, without the need to upgrade printers or add IPP protocol adaptors.

Internet printing has many benefits over traditional forms of document delivery such as courier, fax and email. For corporations, Internet printing improves document security, delivery time and quality, and generates cost savings for documents delivered outside of the organization. In addition, IT managers have the advantage of working with a universal print driver, PrintWhere, for all corporate printers, making printer set-up for the end user fast and simple without the logistical issues of loading new print drivers when an existing network printer is updated.

For the end user, the benefits of Internet printing include the ability to send high-resolution color or black and white documents to a printer as easily as sending a fax, avoiding viruses associated with email attachments and avoiding the uncertainty of whether the recipient has the correct application software required to open the attachment.

PrinterOn Corporation provides products and services that enable users to print documents from any Internet-enabled computer or wireless device to virtually any printer in the world. PrinterOn's globally distributed software solutions include PrintWhere, a global printer driver that makes interoperability possible with any IPP-enabled printer and PrintWhere Envoy for printing email attachments from any wireless Internet-enabled device. PrinterOn was founded in April 2000, and is headquartered in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. For more information, visit the PrinterOn website at www.PrinterOn.net.