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New Release Supports Largest Whiteboard Capture Area
and Offers New Presentation Tools for Education and
Training Environments
FOSTER CITY, Calif. - September 10, 2002 -
Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (NASDAQ: EFII),
the world leader in software and hardware imaging
solutions for network printing, today introduced powerful
new capabilities to its award-winning eBeam System
3 , the world's most compact digital whiteboard system.
The latest eBeam software features new presentation
tools for digital projectors and offers the largest
coverage area of any digital whiteboard appliance
on the market.
The eBeam system captures meeting notes and diagrams
as they are created on whiteboards and broadcasts
them over the Internet or corporate intranet in real-time.
The new software allows two eBeam System 3 receiver
units to be linked via USB to cover up to 12' by 4',
the largest capture area of any digital whiteboard
solution on the market.
The software upgrade also offers a bevy of new presentation
tools for use with digital projectors. The eBeam system
converts the projected area of a whiteboard into a
virtual touchscreen, allowing presenters to open applications
and control the computer by using the eBeam pen as
a "mouse" on the board. Instructor control
and ease-of-use have been enhanced by the addition
of a floating toolbar and on-screen keyboard. Users
can also annotate presentations and save screen captures
of any work done in any application, and use the new
"Web tour" feature to incorporate Internet
content into presentations in real-time.
"eBeam's digital whiteboard has great potential
to increase classroom and distance learning by ensuring
all students receive the whiteboard notes at their
computer workstations, giving them the freedom to
focus exclusively on the presentation. We think eBeam
will be a powerful learning tool in our new 21st century,
high tech high school," said Dennis Barbata,
Principal, School of Science and Technology, Evergreen
Valley High School.
"We are pleased to deliver this powerful, more
intuitive suite of tools for trainers, teachers, and
anyone who uses a digital projector, to easily and
effectively present information," said Rafi Holtzman,
eBeam General Manager, EFI. "Presenters can now
incorporate content from a variety of sources easily,
including the Internet, as well as effortlessly control,
navigate, and annotate their projected materials in
real time. It is the ideal solution for classroom
instruction or any training environment."
Availability
The eBeam System 3 digital whiteboard appliance is
available through selected dealers. For a complete
listing of dealers and distributors, visit www.luidia.com/buy/.
MSRP is $699 for eBeam System 3 Serial and $749 for
eBeam System 3 USB. The eBeam Software version 2.2
is a free upgrade available at www.luidia.com/downloads.
About eBeam
The award-winning eBeam system is a digital whiteboard
appliance that works with existing whiteboards and
other writing surfaces to capture meeting notes and
diagrams as they are created. Information is viewed,
saved, edited, shared, and printed using a PC or Mac.
Unlike traditional electronic whiteboards and copyboards,
the eBeam device is portable, easy to install, and
Web-enabled. The entire system - consisting of a palm-sized
receiver, pen sleeves, standard dry-erase pens, and
an eraser - can be carried in a laptop case and installed
in minutes.
About Electronics For Imaging
Electronics For Imaging (www.efi.com)
is the world leader in imaging solutions for network
printing. EFI's industry-leading core technology offers
powerful document management tools, seamless networking,
high fidelity color and black-and-white output, and
greater productivity and cost efficiency. EFI products
support a broad range of printers, copiers, multifunction
devices and mobile communications devices. EFI has
pioneered many innovative imaging solutions, including
the Fiery®, EDOX®, Splash™ and DocStream™
brands of print controllers, Velocity workflow software,
eBeam® Web-enabled whiteboards and PrintMe Networks™
which enables anytime, anywhere printing. Unimobile™
is EFI's mobile messaging solution for interactive
data delivery. EFI employs more than 900 people and
maintains 23 offices worldwide.
For
More Information:
Jody Forehand
Luidia, Inc.
650-413-7519
Note to Editors: Fiery, EDOX and eBeam
are registered trademarks of Electronics For Imaging,
Inc. in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and certain
other foreign jurisdictions. EFI, PrintMe, PrintMe
Networks, Splash, DocStream, Velocity and Unimobile
are trademarks of Electronics For Imaging, Inc. All
other trademarks mentioned in this document are the
property of their respective owners.
All other terms and product names
may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their
respective owners and are hereby acknowledged.
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