Xitron Announces Navigator 7.0 RIP Shipments
Includes PDF 1.5 Support, JDF & In-RIP Imposition Options

Ann Arbor, MI – July 8, 2005 -- Xitron, the prepress industry's leading independent developer and integrator of Raster Image Processors, announced today the shipment of Navigator 7.0 for Windows, the latest release of Xitron’s highly respected RIP based on Harlequin RIP technology.

Navigator 7.0 provides significant enhancements over previous versions of the Navigator RIP, including native support for PDF 1.5 files, PDF/X-1a:2003 and PDF/X3:2003 formats. New features include an advanced font emulation that simulates portions of missing fonts in PDF files. Navigator 7.0 will make a typographically acceptable match to missing fonts with no text overflow and with appropriate character spacing, weight, and width.

In addition to the product enhancements, Navigator 7.0 also offers new options including a JDF Enabler module and in-RIP Simple Imposition designed for the 2-up marketplace.

"Customers in the 2-up market have been searching for an automated, cost-effective imposition solution," explains R. Patrick French, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Xitron. "Navigator 7.0 with Simple Imposition meets the needs of these users by providing an in-RIP solution requiring very little operator intervention. Priced under $1,000, we feel this option will become standard in this market segment.”

The JDF Enabler supports the JDF1.2 Specification, including support for TIFF files as either a file format or reference file. Navigator 7.0 is JDF-ready and the optional JDF Enabler will be available for customer shipments later in 2005.

Xitron products are available through a network of OEMS, Distributors, Dealers, and System Integrators worldwide. The Navigator RIP drives more than 150 output devices ranging from black and white and color proofers, to film imagesetters and the latest in CTP and direct-to-press systems. With annual shipments of nearly 1500 RIPs, Xitron is the largest independent provider of Harlequin RIPs in the market. For more information about the Navigator 7.0 release, visit Xitron on the web at www.xitron.com.

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About Xitron

Xitron manufactures productive, flexible workflow systems and interfaces designed to drive the pre-press industry’s most popular new output devices as well as its legacy systems, prolonging their life and protecting our customer’s investments. Xitron’s Navigator RIP, Raster Blaster TIFF Catcher, and Xenith Workflow solutions are recognized as pre-press standards. Built around core technology from Global Graphics and Adobe Systems, Xitron engineers continue to develop stable, yet flexible solutions for the graphic arts market, driving over 150 different models of imagesetters, proofers, platesetters, and digital presses. For more information about Xitron, our products, OEM opportunities, or becoming a Xitron dealer, visit us at www.xitron.com.

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