EFI’s eBeam System 3 Named Best New Product at 2002 N+I/IT COMDEX Exhibition

Sydney, Australia – March 14, 2002 – eBeam System 3™, Electronics for Imaging’s new digital whiteboard appliance, garnered the Best New Product Award at the prestigious N+I/IT COMDEX exhibition, held at the Sydney Conference and Exhibition Centre last week. With a sleeker, more portable design and improved digital technology, the award-winning eBeam® system is the smallest, lightest and most efficient digital whiteboard solution on the market.

The three-day exhibition, jointly organized by Networld+Interop, IT COMDEX and the Australian Telecommunications User Group, was one of the largest IT events to be held in Australia. Each year, exhibitors are invited to compete for the ‘Best Product’ awards. “We are very proud to receive the Best New Product award at the show,” said Rafi Holtzman, eBeam General Manager, EFI. “eBeam System 3 was launched in Australia on Feb 26 and has received great reviews. This award further confirms the excellence of our solution.”

The eBeam System 3 captures meeting notes and diagrams as they are created on whiteboards and broadcasts them over the Internet or corporate intranet in real-time. According to the judges, “eBeam System 3 delivers an improved and cost effective means of capturing whiteboard information. Electronic whiteboards are dead. eBeam System 3 proves that they are merely an overpriced, under-utilised and outdated method of transferring information. eBeam System 3 converts any regular whiteboard into a medium for capturing, conferencing or recording any scribbles into a computer instantaneously.”

“Since the eBeam System 3 appliance works with existing whiteboards, users have a quick and cost-effective means of updating their equipment for interactive teleconferencing and e-learning,” added Eric Holtsmark, Senior Sales and Marketing Manager for Asia Pacific, EFI.

At only five ounces, the hand-sized unit is versatile enough to attach to the corner of any whiteboard or flipchart. It also includes a bracket for optional permanent installations. The eBeam hardware is available in both serial and native USB versions and ships with both MacintoshÔ and PC system software.

The eBeam system software supports synchronization of eBeam meeting files saved on Palm OS devices. The software also includes the eBeam Mouse application, which works with a digital projector to turn the display area into a virtual touchscreen. The eBeam software is available in English, French, German, Spanish and Italian and Japanese.

“We’ve been pleased to have the advantage of Visionchart as our exclusive distributor in the Australian market,” noted Holtsmark. “Their enthusiasm and knowledge were evident during COMDEX and will continue to benefit eBeam dealers and end-users.”

Availability
The eBeam System 3 digital whiteboard appliance is available through selected dealers. Within Australia, contact Visionchart at 1800 06 7278. For a complete listing of dealers and distributors worldwide, visit http://www.luidia.com/buy/.

About eBeam
The award-winning eBeam system is a digital whiteboard solution that works with existing whiteboards and other writing surfaces to capture meeting notes and diagrams as they are created. Information is viewed, saved, edited, shared and printed using any Windows PC. Unlike traditional electronic whiteboards and copyboards, the eBeam system is portable, easy to install and Web-enabled. The most portable digital whiteboard solution on the market, the eBeam system can be carried in a laptop case and installed in less than five minutes.

About Electronics for Imaging
Electronics For Imaging (www.efi.com) is the world leader in software and hardware imaging solutions for network printing. Our industry-leading technology offers customers powerful document management tools, seamless networking, high fidelity color and black-and-white output, and greater productivity and cost efficiency. With a global network of OEM relationships, EFI products support a broad range of printers, copiers and multifunction devices. EFI has pioneered many innovative and award-winning imaging solutions, including the Fiery®, EDOX® and Splash™ brands of print controllers, Velocity™ workflow software, eBeam Web enabled whiteboards, and PrintMe Networks™ which enables anytime, anywhere printing. The company employs more than 900 people and maintains 22 offices worldwide.

Statements contained in this press release, which are not historical facts, are forward-looking statements subject to risks and uncertainties as discussed more fully in EFI’s filings with the SEC, including their most recent Form 10-K and Form 10-Q.

EFI, Fiery, EDOX and eBeam are registered trademarks of Electronics For Imaging, Inc. in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and certain other foreign jurisdictions. Splash, Velocity, Velocity Balance, Velocity Build, Velocity Scan, Velocity Estimate and PrintMe Networks are trademarks of Electronics for Imaging.

For further information please contact:
Heather Stewart
Just Go Write PR for EFI
02 9401 0761

Mark Bowdern
Visionchart
02 9725 3177