Okidata Introduces the OKIOFFICE 44, the Simple Office Solution for Printing, Faxing, Copying and Scanning

Business Wire, Sept 2, 1997

Headquartered in Mount Laurel, N.J., Okidata, a division of Oki America Inc., is a full-line supplier of PC peripheral equipment, including serial impact dot matrix printers; ink jet printers; LED page printers; and a full line of plain paper multi-function products and facsimile machines. Okidata's entire line of ink jet, LED page printers and multi-function products and facsimile machines are in compliance with the EPA's Energy Star(R) Program. Its parent company, Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd. a $7.1 billion multinational corporation with headquarters in Tokyo, is a world leader in information processing systems, telecommunications and electronics. -0-

Okidata is a registered trademark of Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd. OKIOFFICE is a trademark of Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd. DOS and Windows are trademarks of Microsoft Corp. Energy Star is a registered trademark of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, JetSuite is a trademark of Jetfax Inc. HP and PCL are trademarks of Hewlett- Packard Corp. All other trademarks belong to their respective companies.

CONTACT: Okidata, Mt. Laurel

Paul Manuele, 609/222-7497

or

Manning, Selvage & Lee, New York

Brian Moran, 212/213-7174