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New Version of Sorcerer™ Driver Development Kit Launched

OXFORD — March 12, 2003 — Software 2000 today announced the availability of the next release of their multi-platform Sorcerer Driver Development Toolkit. Building upon the success of the initial release, Sorcerer 2.5 includes a number of additions to further enhance the process of creating ultra high quality printer drivers for multiple operating systems in the shortest possible time.

A key productivity addition has been made in the form of ‘Team Design', an environment that facilitates multiple Engineers working within a parallel design structure. The process controls the entire driver development and can dramatically reduce the overall time required to bring new products to market.

Support has also been extended for AutoEZ-Cal™, a Wizard based automatic calibration system. Sorcerer 2.5 includes the ability to calibrate extended ink-sets such as those used within the Hexachrome™ process. This is particularly important to OEMs supporting the wide-format markets where the use of Orange, Green, Red and Blue ink tanks are typically employed. Calibrations for these devices may now be completed within hours rather than days or weeks.

"It is vital that we make technology available ahead of market demands in order to ease the pressures on OEMs looking to deliver drivers of the highest possible quality to increasingly discerning end-users.", said Tony Harris, Chief Technology Officer at Software 2000. "The updates included within Sorcerer 2.5 are based upon the feedback received from a range of research that we regularly commission."

About Software 2000

Formed in 1989, Software 2000 is the world's largest independent developer of inkjet, laser printer and digital copier driver technology for multiple operating systems platforms including all variants of Microsoft Windows, Linux and Macintosh environments. In excess of 60 million units of the company's driver software are currently in use. The company supplies Driver Development Kits and custom driver development services to Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) customers including Canon, Epson, Hewlett-Packard, Konica, Lexmark, Océ, Olivetti Tecnost, Ricoh, Samsung, Sharp, Toshiba, Xerox, and many others. The company also supplies award-winning end-user printer driver solutions through its international retail operation Strydent Software, based in Vancouver, Canada.

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