Foster City, Calif. - Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (EFI) (NASDAQ: EFII), the world leader in enabling networked printing solutions, announced today two initial strategic investments from its new venture capital fund including investments in D2P (Australia) Pty Limited and DOR Ventures Partners. On October 3, EFI announced the creation of a venture fund to invest in early-stage companies in imaging technology, complementary to EFI's own technology. The Company believes the Fund provides access to new technologies in the imaging space, supplementing the firm's internal R&D efforts. The initial allocation to the fund totaled $20 million. EFI's initial investment from the fund is in D2P, a national subscriber network company based in Melbourne, Australia, http://www.d2p.com.au/. D2P has a proprietary network for digital file-transfer and communications in the graphic arts industry. The Company links publishers, advertising agencies, design studios and their clients with printers, output bureaus and copy centers. D2P has seen wide acceptance for its Internet plug and play servers in Australia and intends to expand to other geographies. Working with D2P provides EFI with the ability to interact directly with its customers, expanding its traditional OEM-based relationships. This critical knowledge of customers' needs and issues will allow EFI to work closely with its OEM partners to develop ever-more unique, advanced products. EFI has also recently invested in DOR Ventures Fund. DOR Ventures invests globally in emerging technology companies that specialize in new media publishing, digital printing technologies and other imaging related areas. This investment provides EFI with access to emerging imaging technologies being developed around the world, furthering its technological dominance of the imaging space. "We are very pleased by the initial two investments made by the Venture Fund, as we believe they provide access to exciting technologies and expand our reach globally," said Guy Gecht, CEO of EFI. "We are confident that these investments will stimulate our growth by better diversifying our business mix and are only the first of many key investments by the Fund," concluded Gecht. About D2P D2P, launched in July 1999, has developed a system to ease and stabilize the transfer of the large and complicated files used in publishing. The D2P System comprises a national, virtual private network and the D2P Box: an intelligent network server and PDF renderer. D2P enables a dramatic reduction in errors and the time and money wasted in the frustrating process of last Century's publishing methods. The D2P System enables a company to move to a truly digital workflow all the way from client concept through production to distribution. About DOR Ventures Partners DOR Ventures Management invests in technology-based companies that specialize in all areas of new media publishing, as well as print and document imaging. Founded by leading publishing executives, DOR Ventures concentrates its investments in emerging, early stage, pre-IPO and public companies that are based primarily in the United States, Europe and Israel. With more than $50 million under management, DOR Ventures is currently focusing on areas of opportunity that include: content creation and electronic delivery; content storage and management; content transactions enablers; and digital printing. About Electronics For Imaging Electronics For Imaging (www.efi.com) is the world leader in enabling networked printing solutions. EFI technology allows copiers, printers, and digital presses to be shared across work groups, the enterprise, and the Internet. The results are greater productivity, improved document management, seamless networking, and the assured quality of color and black-and-white images. The company's OEM partners look to EFI to deliver products that help grow sales and reduce costs associated with internal development and support. Competitive, feature-rich solutions, such as the FieryÆ and EDOXÅ brands of networked image processors and the eBeamÅ brand of Web-enabled whiteboard systems, are an outgrowth of our determination to offer OEMs and end-users alike the highest assurance of innovation, quality, reliability, and support. The company employs more than 800 people and maintains 22 offices worldwide.