Wood Dale, IL (USA) - Marconi Data Systems Inc. (MDS) announces the release of the new Excel WebLink -a printer management tool which provides for remote status monitoring of one or more Marconi Data Systems Excel series ink jet printers. The Excel WebLink allows a Videojet Excel printer to be connected to a LAN/WAN, intranet or even the internet and act as a web server. This gives any standard web browser the ability to connect to the printer over a typical Ethernet connection. The Excel WebLink information can be viewed remotely from any web browser worldwide. Users can easily connect to an Excel printer and monitor production volumes using the "Status Page". The Excel WebLink also provides a service page to monitor the printer's internal functions. This allows maintenance personnel to respond before the phone even rings! It also enables Marconi Data Systems' Technical Support personnel to connect to a specific printer anywhere in the world, and assist with troubleshooting that unit. The Excel WebLink is easy to set up and even easier to use. There is no learning curve because it is compatible with software you already know. The option of using the internet as the communications medium for this tool provides a flexible, yet universally open standard for communication between systems. A Marconi plc company, Marconi Data Systems Inc. has an installed base of over 200,000 units worldwide, and employs over 1800 persons in 26 operations around the world. It operates nine subsidiaries/direct sales organizations located in Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, The Netherlands, Singapore, Spain and the United Kingdom. MDS' distribution network includes over 250 Distributors and OEMs worldwide serving over 135 countries, and more than 280 direct sales and service personnel in the USA alone. Marconi plc is a global communications and IT company, with 45,000 employees worldwide and sales in over 100 countries. It supplies advanced communications solutions and the key technologies and services for the Internet. Marconi plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol MNI. Additional information on the Excel WebLink software, small and large character ink jet printers and fluids, labeling equipment and accessories, high speed imaging, addressing and mailing equipment, in-line graphic control and postal coding systems is available from Theresa DiCanio at Marconi Data Systems Inc., 1500 Mittel Blvd., Wood Dale, IL, 60191-1073;1-800-654-4663; [email protected].