VANCOUVER, British Columbia--March 8, 2004-- Creo Inc. is pleased to announce that the company has been honored by Xerox Corporation with the title of Software Partner of the Year. Creo was acknowledged for its outstanding partnership and business success in 2003 by Xerox. The announcement was made at the annual Xerox Business Partner Conference, held February 23-25 in Rochester, N.Y. Creo develops the Spire(TM) color servers that optimize the performance of Xerox's DocuColor digital color presses, including the DocuColor iGen3 digital production press. The highly flexible Spire color server provides enhanced image and color quality, high-caliber print quality tools, and variable information printing capabilities for the Xerox DocuColor presses. Creo and Xerox have also entered into an agreement under which Creo will resell Xerox's mid-range and entry-level production color digital presses in the United States and Canada. "We are very pleased that Xerox has recognized our contribution to its success," said Ronen Cohen, Creo corporate vice president, Print On-Demand Group. "The relationship our companies enjoy is based not only on excellent products. We also cooperate in workflow development to create new ways for our customers to be successful. We are also introducing our offset printing customers to the opportunities that digital printing offers." "Creo and its print on-demand teams deserve to be recognized for their dedication to creating effective solutions that drive Xerox's DocuColor digital presses," said Mike Kucharski, vice president and general manager, Xerox Workflow Business Team. "They provide a unique value through the full array of Creo solutions and we value their partnership." See Creo and its print on-demand solutions at booth #2647 at the On Demand Expo at the Javits Center, New York, from March 8-10, 2004.