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March 1, 2004

Mutoh America Wins Key Category at DIMA Printer Shoot-Out with Wasatch SoftRIP

Salt Lake City, UT ­ For the second straight year, Wasatch has helped its printer partners to achieve victory at the 2004 DIMA Digital Printer Shootout at last week’s PMA Trade Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. Using Wasatch SoftRIP 5.0 to drive its Falcon II Outdoor Printer, Mutoh America Inc. took top honors in the 50” to 72” inkjet solvent or UV cured category.

The winning image was created with the Falcon II Outdoor driven by Wasatch SoftRIP Version 5.0 with Mutoh Eco-Solvent Plus ink and Intellicoat GFPhoto media. SoftRIP’s industry leading color management and workflow features give users the power to achieve superior results with the Falcon II Outdoor.

“This has been a big year for solvent printers and competition is fierce,” says Jay Griffin, Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Wasatch Computer Technology. “We are pleased that Wasatch SoftRIP could help Mutoh win in this critical category.”

As the first RIP to include ICC color management capabilities, Wasatch SoftRIP has been achieving superior color for nearly a decade. Its recent innovations in inkjet color control include the Color Transforms Master Screen—an interactive flowchart that shows exactly how color is processed from file to printed page. Color Transforms makes the intricacies of sophisticated color management seem simple, and is included with every copy of Wasatch SoftRIP 5.0.

About Wasatch Computer Technology
Wasatch Computer Technology, Inc., headquartered in Salt Lake City, is a leading developer of software RIP and print management solutions for wide-format digital printing, screen separations, textile, photographic, giclee and other specialized processes in the digital printing markets.

About Mutoh
Mutoh Industries Ltd. was founded in 1952 in Tokyo, Japan, to manufacture and distribute mechanical drafting products. Mutoh later introduced a broad line of flatbed and roll-fed pen/pencil plotters that established Mutoh as a worldwide leader in X-Y motion systems and printer and plotter technology. Since then, ISO9000-certified Mutoh Industries, Ltd. has become the world’s foremost manufacturer of large format piezoelectric printers. Mutoh manufactures printers and related peripherals for some of the biggest names in the pre-press, sign and graphics industries. Mutoh has key engineering manufacturing and distribution centers in Japan, Belgium and Tempe, Arizona, home to subsidiary Mutoh America.

Wasatch Computer Technology, Inc.
Salt Lake City, UT
Phone: (800) 894-1544 or (801) 575-8043
Fax: (801) 575-8075
E-Mail: alison@wasatchinc.com
Website URL: www.wasatchinc.com