YARC releases new RIPs for EPSON Desktop Inkjet Printers

Business Wire, Oct 13, 1998

NEWBURY PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 12, 1998--YARC Systems Corp. (OTC BB:YARC) Monday announced two new, low-cost, Postscript RIP products for EPSON professional desktop printers.

The new products were developed with technical assistance from the Epson Imaging Technology Center.

"Epson has been a great help to us on this project," said Dr. Karsten Jeppesen, YARC's vice president of Research and Development. "Epson freely provided us with all the technical assistance, manuals and equipment that we needed to get these products to market so quickly."

The new products are both based on YARC's `EZ' software RIP technology (announced June 29, 1998).

The first, YARC-EZ-3000, is for the Epson Stylus Color 3000 printer, which is widely used by graphics professionals as a photographic quality proofing device. The YARC-EZ-3000 sells for $995 M.S.R.P. When teamed with the Stylus Color 3000 printer, it will print on papers up to 13 x 19 inches at resolutions up to 1440 x 720 dpi.

Also released is the YARC-EZ-EX, for the Epson Stylus Photo EX. It is intended for professional photographic printing on papers up to 11.7 x 22 inches in size. It sells for $495 M.S.R.P.

"I was very impressed with YARC's product and how well it worked with the Stylus 3000 printer," said Andy Darlow, a New York professional photographer. "I run a studio in Manhattan, shooting primarily with a high-end studio digital camera system. I also teach two courses for the International Center of Photography in Manhattan.

"In both courses I teach calibration and the superiority calibrating printers to a SWOP color standard as opposed to adjusting files to match every different device. I found YARC's software, particularly the ICC Tuning curves, excellent; I was able to get a 98% match to a 4-color contract proof under 5000K light in less than 20 minutes."

"I am particularly excited that Epson has offered to help us promote our new products to their sales channel," said Dr. Trevor Marshall, YARC's CEO. "The size of the installed base for these printers is huge, in the tens of thousands, and even modest success in this market would have a significant impact on our bottom line."

About YARC

YARC Systems designs and manufactures high performance systems for the personal computer and digital printing marketplace. YARC has long been the acknowledged leader in Mac 3D Graphics multiprocessing technology. Since 1993, YARC has focused its expertise on optimizing Postscript interpretation.

The YARC-EZ is an imaging system consisting of a set of Postscript interpretation Software and a PCI interface accelerator board that plugs into a Macintosh computer, and turns that Macintosh into a basic print-server.

YARC maintains a presence on the Internet at http://www.yarc.com. Andy Darlow, professional photographer, can be found at http://www.andydarlow.com

Certain of the above statements may be forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. In such instances, actual results could differ materially as a result of a variety of factors, including competitive developments and risk factors listed from time to time in the company's disclosure statements and/or SEC reports.

Note to Editors: Raster Image Processor (RIP): a device that converts Postscript graphics and text into high-resolution images that can be output on film, paper, fabric and other media. Postscript: a software language that is widely used by graphics and digital printing applications.

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