New Printing Solution Closes Critical Document Security Gap

Software Imaging Enables End-to-end Secure Printing Through the Introduction of PrintSec™.

Oxford, United Kingdom - March 13, 2006 - Software Imaging, a market leader in printing and imaging technologies, is pleased to announce the launch of PrintSec™, a new secure printing solution that addresses significant security holes in existing enterprise printing systems.

Document security is a major concern for today's organizations. The need to protect personal and financial information has led to strict privacy legislation being introduced around the world and has created significant pressure for organizations to protect sensitive data or risk a major security breach and the resulting media and legal exposure.

In response, printer manufacturers have added a variety of security features to their devices (for example, features that can "hold" a sensitive document on the device until the end user enters a personal identification number (PIN) or swipes a security card). In practice, however, such solutions fail to offer true end-to-end security, leaving open a gap that can be easily exploited.

PrintSec is designed to eliminate this gap by securing the weakest link in today's printing infrastructure - the routing of data over a network from the desktop PC to the print device. Using industry standard security technology such as Private/Public key encryption, Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and HTTPS, PrintSec offers printer manufacturers uncompromised end-to-end secure printing across enterprise networks and the Internet.

"Secure printing has become a critical concern for our partners and their enterprise customers," explained Kevin Jampole, Vice-President of Sales for Software Imaging, "Both device manufacturers and their customers require a much higher level of data security than is currently available and must protect themselves from potential liability."

"Software Imaging has leveraged its extensive knowledge of printing technology to build security directly into the print process," added Jon Williams, Group Product Manager, "PrintSec is the simple way for digital copier and network printer/MFP manufacturers to close this potentially damaging hole in today's so-called 'secure' solutions."

PrintSec is available now and can be licensed both as part of Software Imaging's Component Driver Architecture (CDA) toolkit or independently, enabling security for non-Software Imaging driver technologies such as Microsoft Unidrv or printer manufacturers' own custom drivers.

A working PrintSec reference design is also available to help customers minimize their development costs and expedite the support of true end-to-end security within their devices.

Full details can be found at: softwareimaging.com/printsec

Software Imaging is a member of P2600 IEEE Working Group, a globally recognized standards body mandated with defining security requirements for companies who manufacture, create software for and use printers, copiers, multifunction devices and other hardcopy devices, as well as for the computer systems that support them.

For further information, please see http://standards.ieee.org/announcements/pr_p2600.html

About Software Imaging

Founded in 1989, Software Imaging delivers Printer Driver Technologies, Embedded Systems, Specialty Applications and Imaging Consultancy to customers around the world and is the world's largest independent supplier of Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh and Linux imaging technologies, printer drivers and related devices.

Headquartered in Oxford, England, with offices in Japan, Korea, the United States and Canada, the company is at the forefront of global innovation in print software, and has licensed technology to major suppliers of printer and digital copiers. Customers include Canon, Epson, Hewlett Packard, Konica Minolta, Lexmark, Microsoft, Océ, Olivetti, Ricoh, Samsung, Sharp, Toshiba, Xerox and many others. There are now over 85 million devices containing Software Imaging technology in use around the world. Software Imaging is also the Microsoft development partner for Unidrv.

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