Zenographics Announces OEM Partnership with Oki Data of Japan - SuperPrint and Zj imaging Technologies Adopted by Yet Another Major Printer Manufacturer.Business Editors and High-Tech high-tech also hi-tech adj. Informal Of, relating to, or resembling high technology. high-tech Adjective same as hi-tech Adj. 1. Writers IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 2002 Zenographics, Inc. announced today an agreement with Oki Data Corporation of Japan to license Zenographics' SuperPrint(R) and Zj(TM) imaging and driver technologies for use with an as-yet announced Oki Data high-performance digital LED printer for the office market. Under the agreement, Zenographics will provide Oki Data with its SuperPrint host-based raster image processor See RIP. Remember... try the acronym first! (application, printer) Raster Image Processor - (RIP) A device (usually hardware but can be software) that takes a Page Description Language description of a page and converts it into a bitmap for printing. and driver technology, together with its Zj PC-based compression technology, controller-based decompression decompression /de·com·pres·sion/ (de?kom-presh´un) removal of pressure, especially from deep-sea divers and caisson workers to prevent bends, and from persons ascending to great heights. technology and engine control/page management firmware A category of memory chips that hold their content without electrical power. Firmware includes flash, ROM, PROM, EPROM and EEPROM technologies. When holding program instructions, firmware can be thought of as "hard software." See flash memory, ROM, PROM, EPROM, EEPROM and FOTA. . Following the recent introduction by major printer manufacturers of laser printers incorporating SuperPrint and Zj, this Oki-Zenographics agreement signifies the recognition from yet another leading printer manufacturer that Zenographics provides superior raster-based technology offering high performance at a low cost. "Zenographics is pleased to participate in this exciting new partnership with Oki Data - a leader in high-quality, high-performance printing solutions," stated Bob Romney, president of Zenographics. "Using our innovative SuperPrint and Zj technology, Oki Data will be in an excellent position to strengthen its leadership in delivering digital LED printers with superior performance to the market." About Zenographics: Zenographics is a privately-held, Southern California-based software and hardware development company located in the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). , Irvine (UCI UCI University of California, Irvine UCI Union Cycliste Internationale (International Cycling Union) UCI Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos UCI United Cinemas International (UK) ) Research Park. The company has been supplying innovative technologies to the 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 imaging and printing systems industry for over two decades. Zenographics provides high-performance, high-quality, low-cost digital output solutions -- including PC- and Mac-based printing, firmware, controller and wireless printing technologies -- to manufacturers of printers, MFPs and digital copiers worldwide. For more information about Zenographics, please visit the Company's website at www.zeno.com About SuperPrint and Zj: SuperPrint is a high-performance PC-based rasterization and driver technology that has been licensed to millions of users. Zj is a highly scalable raster-based controller architecture for low-cost, high-performance printing with over one million users. SuperPrint and Zj provide a complete system architecture for high-performance, high-quality, low-cost raster-based printing. SuperPrint and Zj are the result of a significant investment in R&D, including software, hardware and firmware engineering, for over a decade. This investment and experience base gives Zenographics an unparalleled level of expertise in Windows printing and positions the Company as the premier supplier of raster-based printing solutions. Zenographics targets its SuperPrint and Zj products at manufacturers developing printer, MFP (MultiFunction Printer, MultiFunction Peripheral) See all-in-one and MFD. and digital copier products for the SOHO Soho (sōhō`, sə–), district of Westminster, London, England, known for its continental restaurants. Once a fashionable quarter, it became popular among writers and artists in the 19th cent. and office markets. For more information, see www.zeno.com Copyright(c)2002 Zenographics. All rights reserved. All trademarks are properties of their respective holders. |
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