YARC Opens Internet Online Store to Sell RIPs for EPSON Inkjet Printers

Business Wire, Oct 16, 1998

NEWBURY PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 16, 1998--YARC Systems Corp. (OTC BB:YARC) Friday announced that it has commenced selling its new, low-cost, Postscript RIP products for EPSON professional desktop printers from its own Internet Web site using Secured Transaction technology.

"The potential marketplace for these new EPSON inkjet RIPs knows no national boundaries and covers an installed base of tens of thousands of units," said Dr. Trevor Marshall, YARC's chief executive officer.

"Many of the potential customers are not within convenient distance of a local YARC distributor, and some are not comfortable with speaking English. Selling our product via the Internet allows us to overcome both these barriers and potentially tap into a much larger user base than we can reach with conventional sales techniques."

The products may be ordered by following links from YARC's main Web site, http://www.yarc.com, or by accessing it directly using http://SecureShop.yarcrip.com/shop.> All transactions, especially credit card and personal details, are fully secured using Secure Sockets Technology. Browsers currently supporting this security technology include Internet Explorer 4 and Netscape Navigator.

YARC is also offering an "Easy Payment" option for Internet transactions. For example, the RIP for the Epson Stylus Photo EX may be purchased with one single payment of $480 or two easy payments of $249, billed at 30 day intervals.

Details on the new products were announced in a news release dated October 12, 1998, which may be accessed from the URL, http://www.yarc.com/press.htm.> 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.

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 Securities and Exchange Commission 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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