RSA Releases New Channel Solution.

Business Editors & Technology Writers

ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 24, 2000

Rochester Software Associates (RSA) today announced the availability of a new Channel Card Solution for conversion of channel attached (bus & tag) connectivity to LPS printers to network attached production printers. The new solution provides increased reliability at a reduced cost.

The RSA Channel Card Solution features a PCI card compatible with Sun Solaris, an intelligent cable to accept bus & tag input and 3211 printer emulation drivers. Many network production printers, such as the Xerox DP 65, include a Sun workstation as the print controller. RSA's channel card is inserted in this Sun print controller. This Sun compatible card eliminates the need to add a PC to act as a channel server to the printer. The bus & tag output from the host computer connects to the intelligent cable, which connects to the card in the Sun print controller. Print data streams are passed to the printer in a 3211 format to RSA's M.I.S.Print(TM) software that transforms the data into PostScript. The entire process is seamless and automatic. To the end user, the printer is now a dual function mainframe and network device.

The Channel Solution is used in conjunction with RSA's M.I.S. Print software. M.I.S. Print transforms line printer and Xerox LCDS (DJDE, Metacode and XES) data streams to PostScript for viewing or printing on PostScript printers. The RSA Channel Solution can also be installed in a daisy chain configuration. This enables users to connect multiple devices to one channel.

Lauren Straub, RSA's VP of Sales stated, "This provides a clean, integrated solution for customers upgrading channel attached printers to network printers. This solution eliminates the need for a PC channel server thereby avoiding a potential point of failure and the intelligent cable eliminates an external CAB with a separate power requirement."

RSA is a software development and consulting company that provides solutions for efficient and flexible document production. The company was named to the Inc. 500 list in 1997 and 1998 as one of the fastest growing private companies in America. RSA has also been selected as the Xerox Software Partner of the Year twice. Its software solutions are sold by industry leaders such as Xerox Corporation (NYSE: XRX) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) RSA's customers include major corporations, universities, medical, and financial organizations that generate more than 3 billion pages per year with RSA software. Applications range from conversion of mainframe, legacy output to PostScript and PDF for desktop viewing, or printing on PostScript printers (MIS. Print), to complete digital print-on-demand systems (JIT Print and GPMS) that automate document production.

M.I.S. Print and J.I.T. Print are trademarks of Rochester Software Associates, Inc. All non-RSA brands and product names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners.