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Software 2000 Announces Collaboration with Hewlett-Packard on LaserJet 1100/1100A Project

OXFORD — October 12, 1998 — Software 2000 today announced that it was chosen by Hewlett-Packard to provide the PCL 5e print driver technology for the Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 1100 multi-function printer.

The PCL 5e device drivers are Windows 3.x/95/98 and Windows NT 4 compatible and were developed by Device Guys (Redmond, WA), for HP using Software 2000's "Component Driver Architecture" (CDA) Device Driver Kits (CDA DDK). Drivers created using the Software 2000 Driver Development Kit are "World Ready" and support Pan European, Far Eastern, Middle Eastern, USA and other variants of Windows 3.x/95/98 and Windows NT 4.

Software 2000's PCL 5e drivers incorporate driver-based printer job finishing features including n-up printing, booklet printing, scale to page, watermarks, manual duplex and more.

Chris Mesa, [Hewlett-Packard] commented that "Software 2000's CDA was chosen in part because of the speed at which very robust drivers can be developed, and the rich set of driver-based functionality that can be used to simulate features usually only found in expensive high end printers."

CDA is a modular driver development technology which significantly accelerates the development of printer drivers and de-skills the work involved. A CDA driver is developed using a scripting or description language. The same CDA driver descriptions created on one operating system platform may also be used to create a driver for the other. CDA driver cores exist for color raster, PCL 5e, PCL 5c, PCL XL PostScript Level 2 and PostScript 3 on Windows 3.x/95/98 and Windows NT 4.

Since its launch in 1996, numerous major printer OEMs have leveraged CDA driver technologies. Manufacturers including Canon, OCE, Hewlett-Packard, Ricoh, Samsung, Xerox have chosen CDA to satisfy some or all of their driver needs. Nigel Hearne, President of Software 2000's US operation stated "we are very excited that HP chose Software 2000 as its driver technology vendor, we have had a long-standing relationship with HP and the DJ 1100 project further validates CDA."

About Software 2000

Software 2000 specializes in the development of driver technology for Windows 3.x, Windows 95/98, Windows NT and supplies to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) throughout the world.

In just eight years, Software 2000 has grown into a multi-million dollar company with offices in Monterey, California and Oxford, England. The company is recognized as the largest third party developer of printer drivers in the world.

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