Samsung and E-Color Partner to Deliver True Internet Color to Millions of Consumers; New Licensing Agreement Expands Existing Partnership

Business Wire, Sept 15, 1999

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 15, 1999--

E-Color, Inc. announced today that Samsung Electronics, the world's largest manufacturer of monitors, will include Colorific(R) color matching software in their Samsung branded LCD monitor shipments as well as high-end 17, 19 and 21" CRTs.

Colorific, the world's leading color matching software, provides Samsung users with better control over display colors, screen-to-printer color matching and True Internet Color(R) for viewing accurate color when shopping on the Web.

Colorific, widely know for its consumer friendly, set-and-forget color tuning sequence, provides screen-to-printer (WYSIWYG) color matching and now delivers the same color fidelity from screen to screen on the Web. Users run the Colorific tuning sequence (calibrator) once, and get perfect color on screen and in print, every time.

"The True Internet Color feature of Colorific enhances Samsung's e-commerce message," said Taeho Roh, product marketing manager for Samsung Electronics. "True Internet Color, enables our customers to see accurate color when shopping online, ensuring that what they see on a Web site is what they get in the mail."

Colorific provides the first and most robust method for on-screen color management to date. This function is recognized by leading computer and graphics magazines, PC World, Publish and PC Magazine, all citing Colorific as a solid utility for keeping colors in tune.

Since its inception in 1993, Colorific has grown to become the world's leading utility for helping non-technical PC users get the best color results from their PC's and imaging peripherals. A few of the latest feature additions include: flat panel display calibration, multi-monitor support, an updated, even simpler setup sequence, optimization of Microsoft Office 2000(R), and True Internet Color(R).

E-Color is an innovator in color matching and other software technologies for enhancing computer displays, video cards, Web browsers and authoring applications, 3D and PC gaming software, digital cameras, and printing.

More than 10 million copies of E-Color's client products have been shipped to date through OEM relationships with major monitor, video card, and printer manufacturers, as well as through retail channels. For further information, visit www.ecolor.com.

E-Color, Inc. 739 Bryant Street San Francisco, CA 94107 415/957-9940 www.ecolor.com