IMAGING INDUSTRY EXPERTS PARTNER TO ENCOURAGE THE HIGHEST TESTING STANDARDS FOR PRINTER MANUFACTURERS
QUALITYLOGIC AND SOFTWARE IMAGING WORK TOGETHER TO IMPROVE PRINT
RELIABILITY FOR THE ASIAN MARKET
Oxford, UK and Moorpark, CA - May 16, 2006 - Software
Imaging (www.softwareimaging.com)
is pleased to announce that QualityLogic (www.qualitylogic.com),
a provider of leading-edge Quality Assurance & Certification test tools
and services for the imaging industry, has licensed Software Imaging's Far Eastern
Test Files, further enhancing their test tool offerings. As a result of this
agreement Software Imaging's proven Far Eastern Test Files will become an integral
part of QualityLogic's printer test tools library and will be made available
to printer manufacturers world-wide.
These advanced test files were originally created by Software Imaging as a direct response to the need to test printer drivers to exacting standards against an extensive variety of applications used frequently in Far Eastern markets. Over the years these files have grown into a rich set of mechanical test files designed to test critical aspects of a printer drivers' behaviour. QualityLogic is now the principle vendor for Software Imaging's Far Eastern Test Files, enabling their customers to achieve the highest possible standards of product quality in printing systems for Asian markets.
"QualityLogic is the market leader in quality assurance test tools and test suites for the imaging industry," said Peter Lismer, CEO for Software Imaging, "The high quality of our Far Eastern Test Files is representative of the attention to detail we apply throughout our development process, and we're very pleased to be working with QualityLogic to make them more widely available."
"Software Imaging has an extensive knowledge of driver development and is well known for offering reliable, high quality products to printer manufacturers around the world," said James Mater, QualityLogic President and CEO, "The inclusion of these Far Eastern Test Files within our own offering is part of our strategy to serve the rapidly growing imaging market in the Far East and we strongly believe that they will be of tremendous value to our customers."
Software Imaging is a leader in the imaging industry providing quality printer driver technologies and color management solutions. Through the years it has accumulated extensive experience developing and testing printer drivers for all major OEM customers across the world.
The Far Eastern Test Files are available now directly from QualityLogic. For more information, please visit www.qualitylogic.com.
About QualityLogic
QualityLogic Inc. provides leading-edge QA and QC test tools and services for the imaging and telecommunications industries. Its tools and services are used for conformance, performance, and interoperability testing - from low-level firmware testing to high-level multi-tier application testing. Its target markets are companies that develop and market printers, multifunction peripherals, Telephony/IP products/services and client-based/mobility software.
QualityLogic partners with leading technology firms to develop new and enhanced test solutions for emerging technologies. It is the first company to provide independent Microsoft XPS technology training for engineers and designers, and it also developed a comprehensive set of XPS test suites, tools and utilities. QualityLogic also offers a Certified Page Yield Testing Service for printer ink and toner cartridges, as well as testing for consumables reliability, print quality and cost of ownership. In addition, it performs competitive assessment work for HP, Dell and other printer companies. QualityLogic's PageSense product is the de facto performance-measurement standard for printer throughput testing and analysis.
About Software Imaging
Founded in 1989, Software Imaging delivers Printer Driver Technologies, Embedded Systems, Specialty Applications and Consulting Services to customers around the world and is the world's largest independent supplier of Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh and Linux imaging technologies, printer drivers and related devices.
Headquartered in Oxford, England, with offices in Japan,
the United States and Canada, the company is at the forefront of global innovation
in print software, and has licensed technology to major suppliers of printer
and digital copiers. Customers include Canon, Epson, Hewlett Packard, Konica
Minolta, Lexmark, Microsoft, Océ, Olivetti, Ricoh, Samsung, Sharp, Toshiba,
Xerox and many others. There are now over 85 million devices containing Software
Imaging technology in use around the world.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT:
QualityLogic:
Darryl Lloyd, Darryl Lloyd Inc., DL@DLloyd.com, 805-499-0562
QualityLogic, Inc., info@qualitylogic.com,
805-531-9030, ext. 108
Software Imaging:
Tel: +44 (0) 1865 786000
Fax: +44 (0) 1865 786001
Web: www.softwareimaging.com
Email: info@softwareimaging.com
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