April 10, 2001- Rockville, MD- IDEAL.com won the coveted Distributor of the Year award once again for Contex Scanning Technology. Previously, IDEAL earned Distributor of the Year for 2000, 1999, 1998, 1994 and 1993. IDEAL introduced the first Contex Scanner in 1989 at AutoFact and is Contex's largest distributor. IDEAL.com adds value to Contex scanners by offering customers total solutions such as Scan to CAD, Scan to Index, Scan to Print and Scan to the Web for the CAD, A/E/C, GIS, Color Graphics, and Reprographics markets. "We are excited about this award and believe our success is attributed to providing customers with more than just scanners," states Jay Magenheim, president of IDEAL.com located in Rockville, MD. " I would also like to thank our customers and resellers for their commitment to our products and solutions," continues Magenheim. The evolution of the Internet has opened up new opportunities for IDEAL/Contex Scanners. Document management has moved to a new level. With IDEAL's IntraNETIX browser based software, companies have access to their large scanned documents anywhere they have a web browser. "As with all existing drawings and documents, first you have to scan them," continues Jay Magenheim.