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FusionPro Desktop Used to Produce Personalized Guides for 2006 PODI Applications Forum

Press release from the issuing company

Solana Beach, CA – February 24, 2006 – FusionPro Desktop from Printable Technologies is a powerful, versatile variable data printing (VDP) application that can be used to produce anything from post cards and labels to books and posters. This year, a personalized event guide for the 2006 PODi Applications Forum was created with FusionPro Desktop for each attendee according to their planned activities and printed by EarthColor Business Solutions, Moonachie, NJ. Starting with a 93-page FusionPro Desktop template, documents up to 140 pages long were produced using data collected during the attendee registration process. The tabbed binders - with color covers and black and white contents – were delivered with dynamic tables containing personalized agendas. Embedded PostScript commands – something ordinarily possible only with applications costing tens of thousands of dollars – automated the process of inserting tabs and slip sheets during the print run. By inserting pages on the fly each attendee received all the available handouts for the sessions he or she attended. Print output consisted of more than 500 copies of the books, comprising nearly 30,000 pages. “FusionPro Desktop is an all-in-one free-standing variable data printing solution incorporating design, data definition, and document creation. The production of the personalized attendee guides is a prime example of its power,” said Coleman Kane, president and CEO of Printable Technologies. “While we have reduced the price of FusionPro Desktop with the intent to accelerate the adoption of personalized and variable printing, we have not reduced its sophistication and versatility. Low price certainly does not mean low end!” The FusionPro Products FusionPro Desktop is a desktop variable data printing solution that incorporates design, data definition, and document creation in one application. FusionPro Desktop is supports an Adobe PDF workflow including document composition from Quark, InDesign, or any PDF document and produces nine different output formats, all included. FusionPro Desktop sells for $399 and is backed by e-mail product support, access to a knowledge base that includes a library of detailed JavaScripts, and peer support through the FusionPro User Forum. FusionPro Desktop with full telephone product support is priced at $599. FusionPro Server, suited for high-volume hands-off print production, is the core composition engine of the FusionPro family of VDP solutions. FusionPro Server includes the DL Queue Scheduler API for FusionPro Server job submissions, the DIF API template API for programmatic modification of FusionPro template files, and the PDF2Image utility for generating raster images of PDF documents for online preview. Templates created with FusionPro Desktop are compatible with FusionPro Server. About Printable Technologies Printable Technologies is a world leader providing online Variable Data Printing (VDP) and Web to Print (W2P) solutions. Printable delivers FusionPro VDP applications to commercial and digital print service providers, ad agencies and direct marketing companies, and enterprise administrative, sales, and marketing operations. The Printable W2P System is comprised of three modules – PrintOne Customer Center, Printable Dashboard, and Printable Manager – and delivers real-time integrated business communications applications, online ordering and e-commerce, versioned and variable documents, job submission, and file transfer. Printable solutions easily integrate with ERP solutions such as Ariba, SAP, and Oracle; content management solutions like Documentum; accounting and shop floor management applications such as Enterprise Print Management Solutions (EPMS) and Quantum; and digital production workflows from Hewlett-Packard, Canon, Xerox, NexPress, and more. Today more than 500 service providers around the world use the Printable VDP and online workflow systems to serve over 1,500 corporate customers. Seventy four of the Fortune 500 offer desktop access to Printable’s products. Improved efficiency for every aspect of the procurement process means users enjoy higher revenues, new business growth, and better customer retention. For more information see www.printable.com or call 800.220.1727.