FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 20, 2004

Onyx Graphics' Max Derhak Named to Chair ICC Architecture Working Group

Midvale, UT -- Onyx Graphics announced today that Max Derhak has been named as Chair of the Architecture Working Group of the International Color Consortium (ICC). Derhak is a Senior Software Architect at Onyx Graphics with responsibilities relating to color, image processing, halftoning, and workflow. Onyx Graphics has been an ICC member company since 1997.

The Architecture Working Group addresses issues relating to ICC architecture. Specific goals are to document the current color device interaction architecture, including defining the baseline for further work and internal usage, and to investigate and propose improvements and alternatives to the current architecture to address identified issues.

"There is interest within the ICC of exploring new areas where color management can be applied," said Derhak. "Addressing the needs of new markets will require architectural changes. Additionally, documentation of the current ICC architecture needs to be strengthened. It is my desire to help the Architecture Working Group address the current and future needs of technologies that make use of ICC architecture."

The ICC was established in 1993 by eight industry vendors to create, promote and encourage the standardization and evolution of an open, vendor-neutral, cross-platform color management system architecture and components. The outcome was the development of the ICC profile specification, which is widely used throughout the digital color display and printing industries. Device profiles can be used to translate color data created on one device (e.g. an RGB monitor) into the native color space of another device (e.g. a CMYK inkjet printer).

ICC profiles have enabled Onyx Graphics to develop and bring to market its color proofing tools, Onyx ProofCenter� software and the Onyx RIPeXtend� module. Onyx ProofCenter software enables users to generate color-accurate press proofs from supported inkjet printers. The Onyx RIPeXtend module, used with Onyx workflow 6.0 products, enables soft copy proofing on the client's monitor, which speeds throughput by reducing the time it takes to obtain client approval for prints.

Derhak has been an employee of Onyx Graphics since 1991. He has been instrumental in helping Onyx Graphics pioneer the development of large format image reproduction systems using electrostatic, photographic imaging and inkjet technologies. Derhak holds a bachelor¹s degree in computer science from the University of Utah and is currently working on his master¹s degree in imaging science from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

About Onyx Graphics
Onyx Graphics, a division of Océ Display Graphics Systems, Inc., develops and markets commercial printing software and solutions for the digital color printing marketplace. Its award-winning and market-leading products include Onyx ProductionHouse™, Onyx PosterShop®, Onyx RIPCenter™, Onyx ProofCenter and Onyx PosterGenie™ software packages. Onyx Graphics is the leading developer of large format digital color printing software with the largest installed base worldwide. For more information, visit Onyx Graphics at www.onyxgfx.com.

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