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Software 2000 Extends Market Lead in Wide Format

OXFORD — September 1, 2003 — Software 2000 announced today that it has significantly increased its penetration into the wide format printing market by adding to its established base of partnerships with industry leaders. Joining a number of key OEMs including Océ, Harlequin and Xaar, Roland is the latest OEM to take advantage of the Sorcerer multi-platform Driver Development Kit (DDK). Roland will develop custom printer drivers for Windows and Macintosh platforms for a range of new wide format printers.

Software 2000's established presence in the wide format market is due to quality customer support and cutting edge technology. Specific wide format enhancements have been added to the latest editions of the Sorcerer toolkits, including:

Support for increased resolution over large print areas
N-color calibration support, such as Photo-Ink Hexachrome® (CMYKOG) and Pentachrome™ color support for wide format devices
Macintosh OS X support within the Sorcerer environment
Optimized performance for large print jobs of multiple Gigabytes
"Media Saving" options (multi-up, nesting)
Industry leading halftoning performance
Ability to monitor media and ink resources

Peter Lismer, Chief Executive Officer of Software 2000 said "We are proud to have built business relationships with key companies within the wide format market. Our partnerships allow us to understand emerging requirements and respond with enhanced Driver Development Toolkits, thereby allowing OEMs to release maximum quality, high performance printer drivers."

About Software 2000

Founded in 1989, Software 2000 is the world's largest independent developer of printer driver and imaging technologies. The company licenses these technologies to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) of printer and digital copiers, through Driver Development Kits (DDKs) and custom driver developments. These customizable technologies support Microsoft Windows, Macintosh and Linux environments. Software 2000 technologies reduce cost and time to market whilst increasing driver performance. Since the company began, Software 2000 has been at the forefront of innovation in print-imaging and has worked with all of the major OEM suppliers of printers and digital copiers. These OEMs include Canon, Epson, HP, Konica, Lexmark, Océ, Olivetti, Ricoh, Samsung, Sharp, Toshiba, Xerox and many others. There are now over 70 million drivers containing Software 2000 technology in use around the world. Software 2000 is headquartered in Oxford, England, with offices in Japan, the United States and Canada.

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