Print Industry Leaders Publish Key Color Standard

A 27-company print industry consortium today began releasing key color components of the architecture used by clients worldwide for the high speed printing of bills, statements and other customer communications. The AFP Color Consortium, created by IBM in October 2004, is publishing the new open standard as part of an effort to spur innovation in the rapidly accelerating high-end color print arena.

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The consortium has been working collaboratively to define the color management portion of IBM's Advanced Function Presentation™(AFP™) architecture. Members are designing the architecture to help businesses develop device-independent color applications, resources and workflows that can be printed initially with high-quality grayscales and, eventually, in color.

"This marks a milestone in the evolution of high-volume business printing," said Keenie McDonald, General Manager of IBM's Printing Systems Division. "By addressing the full range of technical specifications associated with printing in color, the consortium is helping take the industry to the next level and is paving the way for future innovation across the AFP architecture."

The AFP Color Consortium currently includes members from 27 international companies:

-- Hardware vendors IBM, Kodak, Lexmark, Océ, Xeikon, and Xerox.

-- Software vendors CDP Communications, Cincom, Compart Systemhaus, COPI,

Crawford Technologies, DocuCorp International, Document Sciences

Corporation, Elixir Technologies, Emtex, Exstream Software, GMC Software

Technology, Group 1, Intermate, Inventive Designers, ISIS Papyrus,

Metavante, MPI, Printsoft, Solimar Systems, StreamServe and Xenos Group.

Also today, the consortium announced the formation of a new on-line community -- afpcolor.org. The web site is designed to provide information and documentation on the open color elements of the AFP architecture, which the consortium believes will help speed adoption of color transaction printing and offer more flexibility to clients.

About IBM Printing Systems Division

With more than 40 years of experience in helping customers with print solutions, IBM Printing Systems Division specializes in output solutions for the on demand era. A leader in production print solutions, print-on- demand technologies, distributed print technologies, one-to-one marketing initiatives and print management software; IBM Printing Systems' offerings include printers, software, consultation, systems integration, supplies, service and support. For more information visit www.ibm.com/printers.

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David Scholes

IBM

(303) 924-6460

scholesd@us.ibm.com

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