Printable™ announces acquisition of DirecType ®

Printable Technologies® Inc., a leading provider of software as a service (SaaS) web-to-print and marketing personalization solutions, announced today the acquisition of DirecType ®, a premiere supplier of image personalization software.

Since 2003, DirecType has produced best-in-class image personalization software for both Mac and PC users, earning a well-regarded reputation in the digital printing industry.

Image personalization combines data and imagery to produce unique eye-catching imagery that has a dramatic impact on the recipient. The use of personalized images within VDP marketing campaigns has been proven to dramatically increase response rates and escalate ROI. Print service providers implement image personalization to widen their portfolio of services and increase profit margins.

"Image personalization is an extremely powerful marketing tool that has yet to reach its potential,” said Coleman Kane, CEO and President at Printable Technologies. “The acquisition of DirecType allows Printable™ to provide a total solution for our clients with a deeper integration into existing products. By owning this technology directly, we can create image personalization solutions that are affordable, scalable, and greatly encourage the use of VDP marketing.”

Printable has launched FusionPro Expression™ to replace the DirecType brand. The FusionPro Expression product suite includes both desktop and server versions that can work independently or in conjunction with other Printable products. The most significant development will come in late June when FusionPro Expression will work directly with the popular FusionPro Desktop to output full VDP campaigns with unlimited image personalization. At $799 and no charge per image, FusionPro Expression will be the most affordable image personalization product in the marketplace. Competing products are an order of magnitude more expensive and include significant ongoing usage fees with a cap on the number of images produced or charge per image created. FusionPro Desktop 7.0 is scheduled for release in late June and includes a multitude of major enhancements.

“Printable is excited to be able to make this innovative product available affordably to the marketplace,” said Dustin Ritter, Director of Marketing at Printable Technologies. “Image personalization is virtually unknown within the marketing community and the results are undeniable. Whether personalized images are used in print, web, or email campaigns, they generate an extraordinary interest from the recipient,” Ritter continues. “Our design team at Printable will produce first class Expression Templates for out-of-the-box use. For unique templates, customers can use the intuitive interface within FusionPro Expression or take advantage of our new design services to free up internal resources.”

More information regarding FusionPro Expression, including the ability to preview the 172 Expression Templates, can be found at www.printable.com/FusionProExpression/

About Printable Technologies® - Printable (http://www.printable.com) is a leading provider of technologies for intelligent marketing for both enterprise users and print service providers. Built on open-architected collateral management technology, Printable offers both online corporate storefronts (available in both Software as a Service [saaS] and server versions) and scalable variable data publishing (VDP) software to produce powerful personalized marketing campaigns. Printable technology integrates easily with a wide variety of ERP and content management applications, as well as production workflows from Hewlett-Packard, Ricoh, Canon, Xerox, Kodak and more.

About DirecType® - DirecType ® is a product of Deutsch Technologies GmbH. The business enterprise with headquarters in Dresden, Germany, is one of the worldwide leading suppliers of image personalization software for digital printing, web and mobile communication applications. However, our range of products and services far exceeds purely the development of software. As a subsidiary of SDV AG, a market-leading full service provider for variable data printing and direct marketing, we offer perfected concepts to reach your target groups.

Congratulations-- this is fantastic news! What is the impact on current DirecType users? Can't wait until it's fully integrated with FP Desktop.

-Joe

"FusionPro Desktop 7.0 is scheduled for release in late June and includes a multitude of major enhancements."

I am very curious and excited. What can they be? Any more hints? Please?

All,

Printable will provide a new version of FusionPro Expression at no charge to all DirecType customers with a 2.0 or above version and a valid serial number. In addition to the upgrade, Printable will provide DirecType customers limited time offer to download 15 templates of their choice at no charge in addition to the 15 Free Expression Templates that are included with FusionPro Expression. Customers will be issued a single use coupon code to use at the Printable Online Store to download the templates.

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