PLP RELEASES PLOTWORKS® 5.7.0

– New Version Improves Performance, Output Quality, and Interoperability –

ARLINGTON, Virginia – July 10, 2006 – PLP Digital Systems, Inc., a leading provider of production workflow management applications and decision support tools, announced today the release and immediate availability of PlotWorks version 5.7.0. "This latest release of PlotWorks takes our product to the next level of production performance and quality," states John Cronin, President and CEO. "Our customers exist in an ecosystem of different applications. This release improves on our ability to tightly integrate with different vendors and different applications."

The latest generation of PLP's reprographics software includes new features and methods that improve performance, output quality and interoperability. The 5.7.0 release is available for all configurations:

• PlotWorks Server
• PlotWorks Client
• PlotWorks Connect
• PlotWorks Convert
• PlotWorks 9800 Server

600 DPI Production Printing
PlotWorks now provides optional support for the KIP 7000 printer. With a direct interface to the KIP 7000, PlotWorks users can now enjoy 600 DPI production printing at 13 D size sheets per minute. The KIP 7000 Printer Interface supports independent gamma correction for both raster and vector image components, independent dithering methods (either error diffusion or ordered dither patterns) for both raster and vector components, and full bi-directional communication to obtain media, toner and printer status. The KIP 7000 Printer Interface is compatible with OpCenter™, so that customers may track the status of every job, on every printer, in every location.

Improved DWF Processing
PlotWorks users will experience a dramatic improvement in DWF processing speeds compared to earlier versions:

• Processing DWF files is approximately 350% faster than the default installation of version 5.5.2
• Performing DWF to TIFF conversions is approximately 160% faster than the default installation of version 5.5.2
• Processing DWF files is approximately 85% faster than processing to LDF when using the version 1.6.4.002 of Océ Client Tools.

Resampling Performance Increase
Monochrome TIFF resampling was first introduced in version 5.5.1 to help customers produce half-size output from scanned images with unprecedented quality and clarity. The resampling process is computationally intensive, and requires ample memory and processing power. With a new approach to this complex task, PlotWorks now resamples images approximately 45% faster than earlier versions.

PDF Processing Improvements
PlotWorks 5.7.0 introduces a new interpreter for processing PDF files, resulting in:

• Faster performance
• Improved data integrity
• Ability to handle PDF files from more applications than ever before.

The speed improvements are difficult to quantify due to the wide variance in the makeup of PDF files. With simple files, customers will see little or no improvement. In other cases, where PDF files contain transparent entities, PlotWorks 5.7.0 may be two to ten times faster than earlier versions.

Online Plan Room Integration
Through the Job Submission Connector API, PlotWorks has long supported integration with third party applications such as online plan rooms and document management systems. With this release, operators now have the ability to open and print Job Orders and Multi-Page Submittals, if provided, directly from the Job Queue. Operators now have access to all of the transactional documents from one location, eliminating several steps from the existing workflow and improving quality control.

About PLP
For more than a decade PLP Digital Systems has helped companies produce, manage, distribute and track technical documentation. With a broad suite of software solutions and world-class customer support, PLP's mission is to improve their customers' profitability by decreasing operating costs and by creating new revenue opportunities with innovative products. Their powerful software, strong customer service model and progressive philosophy have made PLP the partner of choice for more than 1100 companies in 30 countries. For more information, please call (800) 444-7568 or visit the company on the web at www.plp.com.

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