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Canto Software, Inc.
330 Townsend St., Suite 212
San Francisco, CA 94107
Phone: 415/905-0300
Fax: 415/905-0315

Canto Software GmbH
Flensburger Strasse 5
10557 Berlin
Germany
Phone: 49-30-393-0021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Canto Software - Apple Computer Booth #1803

Canto Software Announces New Adobe Illustrator File Filter For Cumulus Network Image Database

Delivers Enhanced Workflow for the Newspaper Industry


Las Vegas, NV-- June 17, 1996 --Canto® Software, the technology leader in digital image management software, today announced plans to release an Adobe Illustrator file filter for the Canto Cumulus Network Image Database as an enhanced workflow solution for Cumulus users in the newspaper industry. The new Adobe Illustrator file filter enables Cumulus users to automatically extract text from Adobe Illustrator documents and place it into the Cumulus notes field, where it can be directly searched upon. Canto will show a pre-release version of the new Illustrator file filter running on Cumulus at Apple Computer's booth #1803 during the Nexpo 96 trade show in Las Vegas June 15-19, 1996.

"We created the Adobe Illustrator file filter to build on the already powerful capability of Cumulus to manage and automate usage of the increasingly wide range of image and document formats routinely used by newspapers," said Steve Goodman, President and COO of Canto Software. "We felt it was imperative to utilize our outstanding technology to further address the growing needs of the newspaper industry." Cumulus already fully supports JPEG and JFIF enhanced filters that allow newspapers to automatically catalog wire photos and their accompanying IPTC text data.

Canto VAR, Steve Schaffran, President of Tecmark Inc., Richmond, CA commented "The Adobe Illustrator file filter from Canto will enable art directors at newspapers or magazines to find files the way they want to--by searching on names, places or other keywords
that were included in the body of the graphic when it was originally composed." Director Technology and Pre-press, Stephen Schroeder of Wenatchee World, Wenatchee, WA said "Cumulus is indispensable for proper management of a modern newspaper. The new Adobe

Illustrator file filter makes Cumulus even more powerful and valuable. Quick access to any image on a tight deadline is essential to getting a newspaper to press."

The Adobe Illustrator file filter will be free of charge to existing Cumulus users and can be downloaded from Canto's website at http://www.canto-software.com in Q3 1996. The new file filter will also ship with Canto Cumulus Network Image Database 2.5. The Cumulus Network Image Database server and five client starter kit is priced at $1,795. Canto's Cumulus Software is available through national and regional VARS as well as direct to system integrators. For more information contact Canto Software at 415-905-0300 in North America, and at 49-30-393-0021 in Europe.


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