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Sharp chooses Software 2000's CDA Driver technologies in latest Digital Copiers

OXFORD — June 16, 1999 — Software 2000, the world's leading third-party OEM printer driver supplier, today announced the use of its CDA (Component Driver Architecture) driver technology in the latest Digital Copier products from Sharp.

Sharp's new AR-160/200/300/400 Series of multi-function digital copier are capable of copying, and printing with use of Printer Expansion Kit. Users can benefit from a wide range of options, including high-speed A3 printing, Fit-to-page, N-up, Watermarks etc. Network options include 10BaseT/100BaseT support.

Software 2000's CDA technologies are used to provide Postscript, PCL 5e and PCL XL technologies for Windows NT and Windows-based printing. By utilizing CDA technologies Sharp benefit from consistent multi-driver support across the range of Microsoft operating system platforms together with access to Software 2000's on-going driver development programme.

Sharp commented "Using CDA has given us the ability to effectively support the features of AR-160/200/300/400 Series, and allows us to support Windows versions from Windows 3.1 through Windows NT 4.0. CDA allows Sharp to respond quickly to the changing marketplace and to new trends". More details can be found at www.sharp-usa.com

Software 2000 launched its Component Driver Architecture (CDA) in August 1996 to enable the rapid development of robust, high performance, superior quality print drivers for Windows platforms.

Customer benefits enjoyed by Sharp include:

Faster time to market
Easy user access to Printer and Digital Copiers feature-sets
Inherent reliability and stability
Low cost of support and ongoing maintenance

About Software 2000

Since 1989 Software 2000 has grown into a multi-million dollar company with offices in Oxford (UK), Monterey (CA, USA) and Raleigh (NC, USA). The company is recognized as the largest third party developer of Windows and Macintosh printer driver technologies in the world.

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