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PRESS RELEASE: Print Industry Leaders Publish Key Color
Standard
Dow Jones & Company, Inc. -- January 27, 2006
BOULDER, CO -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 01/27/06 --
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.
The consortium has been working collaboratively to
define the color
management portion of IBM's Advanced Function
Presentation(TM)(AFP(TM))
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, Oce, 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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