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Subject: Press Release: Major Deal with AB Dick (Germany)
Date: 6 May 93 13:02:07 GMT


Acorn Computers in Major Deal  with AB Dick of Germany

Acorn Computers Limited has signed an agreement with A.B. Dick of Germany to
supply its electronic publishing system as part of the first computer based
Pre-Press system to be marketed by the German offset press company.

The Pre-Press system comprises an Acorn 32-bit RISC computer, together with
a 256-level greyscale scanner, a choice of A3 or A4 sized direct drive laser
printers, "Impression II" publishing software from Computer Concepts Ltd,
200 outline fonts, and postscript drivers for easy output to
photo-typesetters.

Customers can choose between an extremely fast 600 dpi direct drive laser
printer or an oversize A3 laser printer from Calligraph Ltd which prints at
up to 1,200x1,200 dpi. By using this option the customer is able to output
his work straight to a plate without going through the intermediate stage of
plate making from printed art work.

Using Acorn's Pre-Press system, customers can easily produce work from the
simplest A4 sheet, to a multi-page catalogue, to a prestigious brochure.
Together with A.B.Dick's own two-colour A3 offset press the entire package
is available in three configurations: with a 21" colour monitor and A3
printer; a 14" monitor with A3 printer; and a 14" monitor with an A4
printer. Prices range from DM18,200 (#7,400 approx) to DM34,500 (#14,000
approx).

Acorn's Publishing system combines the power and performance of Acorn's
latest computer technology (for which it won a Queen's Award for
Technological Achievement last year) with professional software and
peripherals.  The "Impression II" software (which is available in a number
of languages including German, English and Dutch) is easy to use, yet
powerful enough for the most demanding of tasks.  The whole system is one of
the fastest on the market allowing changes in documents to be made almost
instantaneously.

Work is currently underway on developing a job entry window menuing system
tailored specifically for the first time user in the pre-press market, such
that a complete novice can use the system without any special training.


Acorn's Professional Systems Marketing Manager, Simon Woodward said that he
was delighted with the agreement which followed the successful showing of
the new system at the recent CeBIT 93 exhibition in Hannover. "Interest in
our pre-press system was very positive from a number of parties, especially
from businesses looking to do their own typesetting on a limited budget, who
quickly recognised that it provides one of the most sensible and cost
effective solutions available at a price which is substantially less than
that on offer from any rival manufacturer." he said.

"Acorn's Publishing system is unique in the world of electronic publishing.
Our powerful ARM3 32-bit processor, together with our RISC Operating System
and applications software, have created a publishing system which
outperforms the highest specification systems from most other publishing
system vendors, yet falls within most budgets."

The agreement with A.B.Dick (Germany) comes only months after a similar deal
was signed with A.B.Dick (Netherlands);  A.B.Dick (Germany) is the largest
subsidiary of the US-based A.B.Dick group.

Ends


Further information from Simon Woodward Professional Systems Marketing
Manager Acorn Computers Limited Tel: [phone]