San Antonio, TX, DDAP Annual Conference 2000, March 7, 2000 — Rorke Data U.S. and its software development team at Rorke Data Europe in Emmen, The Netherlands, have announced that the company's new PostScript^® LanguageLevel 3 compatible RIP option for Rorke's PageComposer file conversion application will be introduced at the DDAP (Digital Distribution of Advertising for Publication) Conference 2000.

The new PageComposer TIFF/IT RIP integrates Harlequin's PostScript LL3 ScriptWorks^® RIP with Rorke's popular digital front-end application, PageComposer. The TIFF/IT RIP allows Macintosh^® users to RIP PostScript, PDF, PDF/X, EPS and DCS files into fully compliant TIFF/IT-P1 files, including CT, LW, FP & HC components.

"With the addition of PostScript LL3 support, any Macintosh user can direct workflow in multiple directions, based on job requirements, effectively bridging the gap between proprietary prepress raster formats, vector formats, and standard PostScript output devices like Proofers or CTP," said Joe Rorke, Rorke's VP of Marketing.

Leslie Wengenroth, Director of Product Marketing at Harlequin, noted that DFE module options such as Rorke's PageComposer RIP are providing a means for better collaboration within the industry. "Rorke's unique use of Harlequin RIP technology within PageComposer," said Wengenroth, "as an automated file conversion and centralized output application, allows ad agencies, publishers, prepress houses and printers to work together in a more efficient manner, regardless of file format."

Mike Skurski of Total Integration concurred. "We are excited to partner with Rorke Data on the development of the PageComposer TIFF/IT RIP, because we share Rorke Data's vision of unified workflows through consistent, open-standard file formats like TIFF/IT & PDF/X."

Patrik Carlsson, Rorke's Worldwide PageComposer Product Manager, commented on the changing nature of the desktop publishing environment. "The increased processing power of the G3 and G4 Macintosh platforms," said Carlsson, "as well as ever-expanding DTP applications, means that CT & LW file formats, once considered exotic and proprietary, can now be on the desktop side-by-side with PDF and PostScript. Even small work groups and freelancers can create, or RIP, 100% consistent TIFF/IT-P1 files for problem-free file exchange and output."

Contact sales@rorke.com for specific price information or call 1-800-328-8147. 

Harlequin ScriptWorks is a powerful RIP Management System that boosts productivity in digital printing and publishing environments by controlling a diverse set of processes with "late-binding" flexibility. ScriptWorks is licensed exclusively on an OEM basis, and Harlequin OEMs market their ScriptWorks-based products under many different brand names as integral components of workflow solutions and imagesetting, direct-to-plate/press, proofing and printing systems.

With a large and growing base of OEM partners, Harlequin is recognized worldwide as a leading supplier of open systems-based software for digital printing and publishing applications. Established in 1986 and acquired in July 1999 by Global Graphics (EASDAQ:GLGR), Harlequin has grown into an international software company with world-class expertise in high quality digital printing and publishing technologies. For more information about the company, please visit Harlequin's Web site at www.harlequin.com.

Founded in 1991, Total Integration, Incorporated builds award-winning software solutions for the graphics and publishing industries. Total Integration, Inc. specializes in the creation and development of unique software solutions through contract engineering, and is a privately held software engineering company headquartered in Palatine, Illinois. The company's web site is located at www.totalint.com.

PageComposer was developed, and is manufactured and distributed, by Rorke Data, Inc., a leading VAR and distributor/manufacturer of workstation hardware and software.  Rorke Data is a full digital storage solutions provider with expertise in RAID subsystems, high performance magnetic drives, tape and optical libraries, Unix, NT and Mac environments, high bandwidth networks, digital asset and document management, and engineering and maintenance services. Founded in 1985, Rorke Data is a privately held Minnesota corporation.  Together with its European subsidiary, Rorke Data Europe, located in Emmen, The Netherlands, the company is composed of six divisions: Audio/Video, Prepress, Imaging, Document Management, Digital Media Supplies, and Engineering and Installation Services. More information about Rorke Data can be found at www.rorke.com.