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Lexmark to showcase how smart MFPs accelerate benefits of key healthcare IT initiatives at HIMSS

LEXINGTON, Ky. - 02/26/2008 - Lexmark International, Inc. (NYSE: LXK) is attending the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference to present solutions and services that complement key IT initiatives such as Electronic Medical Records (EMR) and physician order management to quickly enhance clinician productivity and patient safety.  The 2008 Annual HIMSS Conference & Exhibition is being held Feb. 24-28 in Orlando, Fla."Lexmark’s solutions let healthcare providers affordably take immediate action to help free clinicians from the burden of time-consuming, paper-based processes," said Marty Canning, Lexmark vice president and president of its Printing Solutions and Services Division. "Lexmark understands the needs of clinicians and is uniquely positioned to help them move toward an optimized EMR infrastructure."Lexmark will demonstrate its cost-effective document capture solutions that help healthcare facilities automatically scan documents into EMR management systems and easily integrate with a hospital’s existing IT infrastructure. The solutions are part of Lexmark’s healthcare solutions and services suite, which also features: Documents on Demand Documents are essential tools in a clinician’s day-to-day operations. There may be hundreds of documents and forms used in clinical areas with as many as 30 commonly used documents at a nursing station. These documents are created, ordered, distributed, stored and...

EFI Delivers Fourth Consecutive Year of Growth for MIS, Web-to-Print and Workflow Business

FOSTER CITY, Calif. – Feb. 29, 2008 –  EFI (Nasdaq: EFII), the world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, today announced that its Advanced Professional Print Software (APPS) business delivered record growth for the fourth year in a row, with approximately 8 percent topline growth in 2007, compared to 2006, from $56 million to $60 million in full-year revenues. EFI’s APPS business unit comprises the company’s industry-leading MIS, web-to-print, and inkjet proofing and production workflow solutions.“APPS achieved a record year of revenue in 2007, and this EFI business unit’s topline growth exceeds that reported by many of the leading companies in our industry,” said Guy Gecht, CEO, EFI.  “Our APPS success helped EFI achieve strong continued growth and profitability in 2007, combined with our VUTEk business unit contributing more than 20 percent revenue growth and our Fiery business unit continuing to generate strong profits for our company. This success validates EFI’s strategy to add high-value offerings that help print service providers improve business productivity, make it easier for their customers to do business with them, and allow them to add high-potential services and capabilities that drive customer loyalty and business growth.”EFI’s APPS business delivers print management solutions that connect business and production processes with powerful specification, estimating, planning, purchasing and costing tools. EFI’s...

EFI Digital StoreFront Web-to-Print Solution Now Features Integration to Popular PrintSmith MIS System

On Demand – Boston – March 3, 2008 – EFI (Nasdaq: EFII), the world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, today extended support for its award-winning Digital StoreFront® (DSF) web-to-print solution to include native integration with its popular PrintSmith™ Print MIS system. The PrintSmith system is in use by more than 8,000 print shops worldwide. Already in use at more than 2,500 locations worldwide, Digital StoreFront lets print service providers create a unique, intuitive e-commerce shopping interface for their customers, and delivers powerful back-end automation to improve profitability. Digital StoreFront 3.3 will be available at the end of March. Digital StoreFront will be featured at the On Demand Conference & Exposition (March 3-6, Boston) in a variety of EFI’s partners’ booths, including Canon USA Inc. (Booth 1416), FujiFilm Graphic Systems USA, Inc. (Booths 952, 1048), Konica Minolta (Booths 913, 916, M.57), and Ricoh Americas Corporation (Booth 631).“Integration is a big part of the DSF workflow, and building this connection to PrintSmith creates flexibility for a wide range of shops, from commercial printers to institutional inplants and CRDs,” said Chuck Gehman, director of product management, EFI.  “With this new capability, customers can place orders on the web and take full advantage of DSF‘s industry-leading capabilities, while the print service provider can manage their production via the familiar PrintSmith MIS...

Lexmark makes home and student printing affordable and easy with built-in wireless and front laptop port

LEXINGTON, Ky. - 03/04/2008  - Lexmark International, Inc. (NYSE: LXK) today introduced a new line of inkjet printers and all-in-one devices geared toward the home and student user. The line includes two new wireless products and the world’s only all-in-one with a front laptop port for quick and easy printing access. In 2007, according to market research firm IDC, U.S. sales of laptop computers outpaced sales of desktop units1, illustrating the increasing popularity of mobile computing. IDC also reports that interest in wireless computing continues to rise, as there are more than 29 million wireless home networks in the United States2.  To serve the growing number of mobile laptop users, Lexmark’s new line makes wireless printing easier and more affordable. For those who need quick and easy printing from their laptop, but do not have wireless capabilities, Lexmark also offers an all-in-one inkjet printer with a unique quick-connect front laptop port.

EFI Increases Focus on North American Graphic Arts Market, Welcomes 20-Year Industry Veteran as New Sales Director

Foster City, Calif. – March 27, 2008 – EFI (Nasdaq: EFII), the world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, today announced it is ramping up the company’s efforts in the North American Graphic Arts (GA) market. The company has appointed Bill Bieger, a sales professional with a 20-year track record of success in the print industry, to the position of EFI Sales Director for North America / GA Solutions to spearhead these efforts. While EFI supplies a broad range of graphic arts solutions to address a wide variety of customer needs, Bieger will concentrate his efforts on solutions in a few specific areas where EFI has seen the most opportunity in the market.  These include increasing color quality in Wide Format and Superwide format production, proofing to small format inkjet devices, providing color matched proofing and production and delivering JDF integration from EFI proofing and production to Print MIS. EFI GA solutions will be showcased at the ISA (International Sign Expo) March 27-29 in Orlando, Fla.

PostNet Locations in North America to Use EFI Digital StoreFront

Foster City, Calif. – April 7, 2008 – EFI (NASDAQ: EFII), the world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, today announced that PostNet, a full service, diversified business center with locations worldwide, will deploy EFI Digital StoreFront™ (DSF) web-to-print solution in more than 400 centers in the United States and Canada.

DSF is EFI’s web-to-print platform providing a digital on-ramp for customers to connect with their preferred printer. DSF eases print job specification and file handling for the customer while automating workflow at the printer. With DSF, printers can provide proactive job status via the Web and customers are given better visibility into the production process via online job tracking. PostNet franchises now have the ability to create their own storefronts and to receive PDF-ready files from customers.

EFI to Present at the Merrill Lynch Technology Conference

FOSTER CITY, Calif.--May 1, 2008--EFI (Nasdaq:EFII), the world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, announced today that John Ritchie, Chief Financial Officer, will deliver a presentation on behalf of the company at the Merrill Lynch Technology Conference 2008. The presentation is scheduled for Wednesday, May 7, 2008 at 2:15 p.m. Eastern Time at the Westin Times Square in New York.

A webcast of the conference presentations will be made available on the investor relations section of EFI's website at www.efi.com.

EFI Advances Variable Data Printing Solution

FOSTER CITY, Calif. – May 19, 2008 – EFI (Nasdaq: EFII), the world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, today announced earning PODi (Print on Demand Initiative)’s newest interoperability certification, an achievement that further reinforces the company’s drive to advance variable data printing (VDP) technology. EFI’s Fiery® digital print servers readily passed stringent new PPML (Personalized Print Markup Language) testing. The certification ensures that Fiery customers have the highest possible levels of throughput and productivity when printing personalized material on demand at high volume. EFI will showcase its Fiery-driven Variable Data Printing workflow at drupa, stand C01, Hall 5 (May 29 - June 11, 2008, Dusseldorf, Germany), with a demonstration that shows customers how to ensure compatibility in all VDP workflows.

EFI's VUTEk to Preview Digital Screen Printer at Drupa 2008

FOSTER CITY, CA -- May 29, 2008 -- EFI™ (Nasdaq: EFII), the world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, today announced that it will be previewing the VUTEk® DS Series digital screen printer at Drupa 2008, May 29th through June 11th in Düsseldorf, Germany. EFI can be found in Hall 5, Stand C01 at the show. This high speed, flatbed UV printer provides a digital solution for the production of POP-quality graphics at breakthrough speed with the advantages of UV technology and digital economics.

The DS Series is a new category of high-speed digital flatbed printers representing a tipping point in productivity, image quality and flexibility. It signifies a call to action for both analog screen printers and leading edge digital printers in terms of new economics and capabilities now available with digital print. The innovative DS Series design and architecture enables the cost-effective production of higher volume jobs than ever before possible using a digital press. The incredible speed and resolution made possible by the DS Series’ innovative high density print array sets this VUTEk printer apart from all other competitive offerings available in the market today.

EFI’s Jetrion 4000 Wins Industrial Printing Solution of the Year in EDP Awards 2008

European Digital Press Association recognizes the quality and innovation of the Jetrion 4000, now available for purchase

drupa - Düsseldorf, Germany - May 30, 2008 - EFI (NASDAQ: EFII), the world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, today announced that its full-color Jetrion® 4000 UV Inkjet System has been named Best Product of the Year in the Industrial (Specialty) Printing Solutions category of the European Digital Press (EDP) Awards for 2008. Run by the EDP Association, comprising the publishers of 13 of the leading European digital printing magazines with a combined audience of 120,000 graphic arts professionals across Europe, the aim of the awards is to identify and reward annually the products that represent the best quality and innovation in the digital print industry.