Chicago, IL, GraphExpo 2000, Booth #1435, September 24, 2000 — Rorke Data, a subsidiary of San Jose-based Bell Microproducts, Inc. (NASDAQ: BELM), announced today that it has begun shipping an optional PageComposer module that enables scatterproofing of TIFF/IT-P1 and Scitex NewCT/NewLW files on any digital proofer at any resolution. PageComposer 3.0 is a Macintosh-based digital front-end application that unites proprietary prepress file formats and workflows with standard PostScript applications and output devices (digital proofers, imagesetters, and CTP).
"The PageComposer suite of workflow applications is organized into functional modules," said Joe Rorke, VP Marketing, Rorke Data, Inc. "Over the last year we've added more robust file conversion capabilities, a Harlequin PostScript3 RIP module, and now an optional scatterproofing module. Many of our customers — large and small prepress facilities, ad agencies and publishers — are moving to open system digital workflows that rely on consistent file formats such as TIFF/IT-P1. The Scatterproof module offers tremendous return-on-investment by conserving and optimizing any proofer's consumables usage."
"Rorke's Macintosh applications leverage the power of the new Macintosh G4 computers to deliver a high-end, professional prepress workflow," said Robert Hill, National Sales Manager of Rorke's Prepress & Publishing Division. "This is an area that was previously the domain of proprietary file formats and expensive UNIX and NT-based centralized server configurations. The convergence of processing power, price point, and application robustness is hitting the publishing industry mainstream this year, and PageComposer is a reflection of that trend."
"One way to look at this is that you can cost-effectively leverage several G4 processor Macintoshes, each with its own PageComposer license, to gain an open distributive workflow advantage," noted Patrik Carlsson, Worldwide Product Manager, PageComposer, Rorke Data. "Other UNIX and NT centralized server configurations mean a single point of failure and inevitable bottlenecks."
Rorke's optional Scatterproof module MSRP is $2,500 USD plus maintenance, and requires a primary PageComposer module for operation. For complete PageComposer pricing, call 1-800-328-8147. Download a PageComposer Internet Demo at www.rorke.com.
About Rorke Data, Inc.
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 Fibre-Channel RAID, SAN, DVD, 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, together with its European subsidiary, Rorke Data Europe, located in Emmen, The Netherlands, is composed of six divisions: Medical Archive Applications, Audio/Video, Prepress, Imaging, Document Management, Engineering and Installation Services. More information about Rorke Data can be found at www.rorke.com. Rorke Data is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bell Microproducts, Inc. (Nasdaq: BELM).
About Bell Microproducts Inc.
Bell Microproducts is a value added provider of a wide range of high technology products, solutions, and services to the industrial and commercial marketplace. The company's offering includes semiconductors, computer platforms, peripherals, and storage products of various types, including desktop to high-end devices and subsystems to fibre channel connectivity products and SAN and back-up products. Bell Microproducts is an industry-recognized specialist in storage products. All these products are available at any level of integration from components, to subsystem assemblies, to fully integrated, tested and certified system solutions. The company adds value with a broad range of services including testing, software loading, kitting, mass storage system integration, and computer system integration. Trained and certified technical personnel complete each of these processes at Bell Microproducts' ISO 9002 facilities. Bell Microproducts markets and distributes more than 100 brand name product lines, as well as its own BellStor storage and Trademark computer brands, to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), value-added resellers (VARs) and system integrators in the Americas. More information can be found in SEC filings, by contacting Bell Microproducts directly, or on the Web at www.bellmicro.com.
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From Rorke Data, Inc., 7626 Golden Triangle Drive, Eden Prairie, MN 55344; 1-800-328-8147 or 612/829-0300; fax: 612/829-0988; web site: www.rorke.com.
Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. Scitex is a registered trademark of Scitex Corporation Ltd. PageComposer is a trademark of Rorke Data, Inc. All other brand or product names are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
