eBeam
System Automatically Makes Information from a Whiteboard
Available over the Internet
FOSTER
CITY, Calif. - November 8, 1999
- Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (NASDAQ: EFII), the world
leader in enabling networked printing solutions, announced
today the company is expanding into Internet appliance products.
The first in a new family of products, eBeamT, converts
any whiteboard into a digital workspace, allowing users
to capture meeting-notes and diagrams in real time on their
personal computer. Words and images can be viewed, edited,
and shared across the world using a web browser.
"Just
as Electronics For Imaging revolutionized the way people
print documents, we are determined to revolutionize the
way they share their ideas over the Internet," said Guy
Gecht, President, Electronics For Imaging.
The
eBeam system weighs approximately one pound and can easily
be carried in a laptop case. Setting up eBeam takes less
than three minutes. Any word or image drawn on the whiteboard
appears on the desktop in full color. Meeting notes can
be exported into a variety of popular formats for easy insertion
into documents, spreadsheets, e-mail, and web pages. Meetings
can be broadcast over the Internet or corporate intranet
in real time with eBeam software. Notes can be printed in
full color.
This
new patented product can be purchased beginning November
15, 1999, at www.luidia.com
or by calling 877-GO-EBEAM. Estimated street price is approximately
$500. Plans call for future sales through a variety of office,
electronic, and audio/visual distributors. eBeam will debut
at the COMDEX trade show in Las Vegas next week.
"According
to a study by 3M, more than 25 percent of all meetings today
include participants who are at different locations," said
Rafi Holtzman, Director of Product Design, Electronics For
Imaging. "eBeam allows users to more easily host off-site
meetings. Teleconference participants can view information
on the whiteboard through any web browser. In addition,
participants can use eBeam software to annotate text or
images online thus improving collaboration during the meeting.
Those that can't attend have the benefit of easily obtaining
all notes and diagrams."
About
Electronics For Imaging
Electronics For Imaging (www.efi.com) is the world leader
in enabling networked printing solutions. EFI technology
allows copiers, printers, and digital presses to be shared
across work groups, the enterprise, and the Internet. The
results are greater productivity, improved document management,
seamless networking, and the assured quality of color and
black & white images. The company's OEM partners look
to EFI to deliver products that help grow sales and reduce
costs associated with internal development and support.
Competitive, feature-rich solutions, such as the Fiery and
EDOX( brands of networked image processors and the eBeam(
brand of web-enabled whiteboard systems, are an outgrowth
of our determination to offer OEMs and end-users alike the
highest assurance of innovation, quality, reliability, and
support. EFI is included in the "NASDAQ 100" index and is
ranked in Business Week's "Information Technology 100."
The company employs more than 740 people and maintains 22
offices worldwide.
Additional
information regarding EFI may be obtained by calling the
company directly at (650) 357-3500 or through public sources
including the company's SEC filings.
Statements
contained in this press release which are not historical
facts are forward-looking statements subject to risks and
uncertainties as discussed more fully in the company's filings
with the SEC, including its most recent Form 10-K and Form
10-Q.
EFI,
the EFI logo, Fiery, the Fiery logo, Fiery Driven, the Fiery
Driven logo, and other terms and product names as indicated
in this release are registered trademarks with the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office and certain other foreign jurisdictions.
Fiery
Prints, Fiery Z4, Fiery X4, EDOX, eBeam, and other terms
and product names as indicated in this release are trademarks
of Electronics For Imaging, Inc.
All
other terms and product names may be trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective owners and are hereby acknowledged.
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