Mini-Mailers Chooses Pageflex to Streamline Web-Based
Variable-Data Print Workflows
CAMBRIDGE, MA - February 11, 2004 - Pageflex
(NASDAQ:
BITS, www.pageflex.com),
a leader in Web-top publishing, and Mini-Mailers, Inc. (MMI,www.minimailers.com),
Internet-savvy direct mail provider, announce an agreement through
Pageflex partner and reseller Xerox Corporation (NASDAQ: XRX, www.xerox.com)
by which MMI will deploy Pageflex Mpower and Pageflex .EDIT in online
operations and value-added services.
California-based MMI
seeks to become the single print service provider for companies
across the nation. Its goal for the collaboration with Pageflex
is to maintain a competitive edge by integrating Pageflex templating
tools and editing interfaces into a Web-based digital print production
workflow. MMI clients of all sizes will benefit from the Pageflex
features for corporate identity protection, database merge, and
real-time online proofing. MMI currently operates two HP Indigo
presses and serves customers with those machines and counterparts
from Heidelberg, Xeikon, and Xerox.
"As we began expanding our vision outward from direct mail
services to full-range digital print services, we learned that in
this business, the hardware is already great, but the latest and
greatest software makes the difference," says Bill Rivera,
CEO of MMI, "We found the Pageflex Web-to-print technologies
by far the most flexible available. And we feel we have chosen a
partner who will grow with us as we establish our third facility
and devote it entirely to digital print, especially for the one-to-one
marketing segment."
"The MMI implementation of Pageflex technology will bring
to the world of mailing services our vision of online document editing
for anyone, anywhere," explained Anna Chagnon, President and
Chief Executive Officer of Pageflex. "This agreement also represents
a new level of collaboration with long-term Pageflex partner Xerox,"
continued Chagnon. "Innovators like MMI choose leading-edge
technologies and form strong relationships with their technology
providers and partners. We're pleased to have worked closely with
both Xerox and MMI on this agreement and look forward to building
new successes upon this foundation."
" Xerox solutions for the creation and production of Web-driven
personalized communications leverage existing production environments
while driving incremental business," added Larry Zusman, manager
of VI Solutions Marketing for Xerox. "The combination of Xerox
digital color production presses with technologies from Pageflex,
one of the pioneers in Web-to-print production, provides a powerful
offering to print service providers like MMI."
About
Mini-Mailers, Inc.
MMI, with offices in Los Angeles and Irvine, California, was founded
by CEO William Rivera in 1986, with the goal of building the most
advanced letter-shop in the nation. The company maintains leading-edge
computer systems and production equipment to handle a wide variety
of mailings with outstanding speed and efficiency. MMI is ISO 9001-2000
certified since the summer of 2003. Its offerings are certified
by CASS (Coding Accuracy Support System) and PAVE (Presort Accuracy
Validation and Evaluation) standards bodies and include database
management, nine-track magnetic tape conversion, data conversion,
data entry, mailing label generation, address correction and postal
coding, high-speed ink-jet addressing, POSTNET bar-coding, report
generation, and high-speed laser printing, including highlight color.
The letter-shop also provides folding, tabbing, inserting, metering,
and first-class and standard mail preparation and fulfillment services,
as well as pick-up and delivery.
For further information, please visit www.minimailers.com.
About Xerox
Xerox Corporation makes the digital work world work better with
an array of innovative document solutions, services, and systems
including color and black-and-white printers, digital presses,
multifunction devices, and digital copiers designed for offices
and production-printing environments. It also offers associated
supplies, software, and support.
For more information on Xerox, visit www.xerox.com.
About Pageflex
Pageflex, a division of Bitstream Inc., (www.pageflex.com)
is the pioneer of flexible variable data and web-top publishing
technology. Moving beyond desktop publishing, Pageflex Web-top publishing
software helps novice users create high-quality printed products
using intelligent, flexible templates, without installing or learning
any new software. Our products maintain corporate identity and design
integrity while enabling sophisticated customization of documents.
Pageflex software is used for a wide variety of applications, including
on-demand marketing materials, stationery and business cards, advertising,
catalogs, and personalized digital printing. The Pageflex worldwide
customer base includes manufacturers, service providers, advertising
agencies, commercial printers, graphic design houses, and ASPs.
Users of Pageflex technology include Xerox, IBM, Ford, EFI, Coldwell
Banker, Wunderman, Consolidated Graphics, Mail-Well, httprint, Valassis,
and Spire.
About Bitstream
Bitstream Inc. (NASDAQ:
BITS) is a software development company that focuses on the
presentation of data. Bitstream enables customers worldwide to render
high-quality text, browse the Web on wireless devices, select from
the largest collection of fonts online, and customize documents
over the Internet. Its core competencies include font technology,
browsing technology, e-commerce technology, and publishing technology.
Mpower, .EDIT, the .EDIT logo, Pageflex, and
the Pageflex logo are trademarks of Pageflex, a division of Bitstream
Inc. All other trademarks are for identification purposes only and
remain the property of their respective owners.
Contact
Alice Fackre
Product Marketing Manager
Pageflex, a division of Bitstream
617.520.8575
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