Oct. 12, 2006-- Bitstream Inc., the leading provider of variable data and Web-to-print software for personalized marketing, and Deutsch Technologies GmbH (www.deutsch-technologies.de and www.directype.org), a leading provider of image personalization and other direct marketing technologies for digital printing, web and cell phone applications, announced today an alliance that provides users of Bitstream's Pageflex product line for variable publishing with integrated access to Deutsch Technologies' DirecType(R) 2.0 image personalization software. Bitstream will demonstrate the integrated solution in the Pageflex booth (#4846) at Graph Expo. The largest US printing and graphic communications exhibition this year, Graph Expo will take place October 15-18 at McCormick Place South in Chicago, IL. The integration of Pageflex and DirecType software enables print service providers and marketers to customize not only the text and images in a document, but also to incorporate personalized messaging directly in the content of an image. For example, a direct mail postcard for a local garden center can display the recipient's first name spelled out using a variety of flowers. For targeted marketing campaigns this attention grabbing approach can increase the notice and retention of a product message. Anna Chagnon, Bitstream President and CEO, comments, "We are pleased to be able to offer the DirecType image personalization solution to our customer base. Pageflex users achieve significant response rates every day from one-to-one marketing materials created using our document customization software. By offering the ability to further personalize documents by manipulating the actual image to include a unique eye-catching message we enable our customers to drive even higher response rates." "Pageflex is one of the leading technologies in the field of variable data software. We are very happy that they are offering our DirecType picture personalization software as a part of their extensive product range in personalized communications. Whether print or Web, DirecType will be perfectly in line with Pageflex's solutions," said Christoph Deutsch, Managing Director of Deutsch Technologies. The DirecType plug-in is usable with all of the software applications in its Pageflex product line, including: -- Pageflex(TM) 5.0--a brand new variable publishing platform that enables companies to produce All Things Variable(TM) from one modular application, including data-driven document customization, cross-media publishing, interactive online editing of documents, and Web-to-print document customization portals; -- Pageflex Storefront--a powerful solution for creating and managing Web-to-print document customization sites through an easy to use Web-based interface. -- Pageflex Persona(TM) Cross Media Suite--an entry-level desktop software application that serves as campaign central for variable data and cross-media marketing programs ranging from print personalization, to variable-length documents with 100% content customization, to personalized emails.