Formac, ColorVision and Pantone Join to Offer Color Professionals Affordable LCD Display With Accurate Color

BERKELEY, Calif. -- March 11th, 2002 -- Formac Electronic Inc., ColorVision, a division of Datacolor, and Pantone, Inc. today announce a special promotion that bundles the Spyder, the award winning monitor calibrator from the PANTONE® COLORVISION product line, with the Formac gallery 1740, the worlds first 17.4" color-accurate flat-panel display. The bundle offers an exceptional value for professionals working in color-critical applications where viewing angle, picture quality and accurate on-screen color are important.

Formac, ColorVision and Pantone Join to Offer Color Professionals Affordable LCD Display With Accurate Color

Special Promotion Bundles the Award Winning 17.4" Formac gallery 1740 Flat Panel Display with the Pantone Colorvision Spyder

BERKELEY, Calif. -- March 11th, 2002 -- Formac Electronic Inc., ColorVision, a division of Datacolor, and Pantone, Inc. today announce a special promotion that bundles the Spyder, the award winning monitor calibrator from the PANTONE® COLORVISION product line, with the Formac gallery 1740, the worlds first 17.4" color-accurate flat-panel display. The bundle offers an exceptional value for professionals working in color-critical applications where viewing angle, picture quality and accurate on-screen color are important.

"Monitor calibration is crucial in the color management workflow," explained Richard Herbert, president of Pantone. "This specially priced bundle will provide color professionals with an affordable solution for achieving accurate PANTONE Colors."

Pantone and ColorVision are providing Formac with the Spyder, an all-digital, seven-filter colorimeter designed for LCD displays and a modified version of their popular PhotoCAL monitor calibration software. Formac will bundle the kit "in box" with its award-winning Formac gallery 1740.

"Formac, ColorVision and Pantone have teamed up to create a high-quality and attractively priced color display solution," said Brian Levey, vice president of ColorVision. "Now color professionals can have a state of the art, calibrated LCD display with accurate color."

The LCD Spyder has seven sensors and seven long pass filters that allow it to closely match the human eye response, resulting in highly accurate monitor calibration. To accommodate the anti-glare coatings and mutable nature of LCD monitors, the LCD Spyder comes with an accessory that allows gentle and flat placement on screen. The sleek design complements the high-tech Formac gallery 1740.

Combining beautiful form and smart functionality with Fujitsus revolutionary Multi-Domain Vertical Alignment (MVA) technology, Formac gallery 1740 outperforms comparable liquid crystal displays (LCDs) in picture and video quality. To achieve true on-screen colors the Formac gallery takes advantage of two unique engineering breakthroughs: Formacs proprietary digital graphics technology and the latest generation MVA active matrix. Colors are displayed truly distortion-free from a viewing angle of up to 160 degrees, making Formac gallery the worlds first LCD to work accurately with the monitor calibrator from PANTONE® COLORVISION.

Formac gallery 1740 is designed for professional applications such as desktop publishing, CAD/CAM and video editing, and is compatible with Macintosh (ADC) as well as PC (DVI). Among others it received the "Best of Show" award at MacWorld Expo and the editors choice award from MacWorld magazine, CNET and ZDNET.

"Engineering advanced graphics and visualization solutions have been Formacs strength for more than 15 years," said Oliver Bergmann, Ph.D., chief executive officer and president of Formac Inc. "During this time, the need for accurate monitor color has evolved into a critical requirement for our customers. Until now, an LCD display with hardware calibration was priced well over $1,700. This promotion now makes it available for under $1,200."

Pricing and Availability

The Formac gallery 1740/Spyder bundle is now available through Formac Certified Resellers and Shop Formac! (www.formac.com) with an estimated suggested retail price of U.S. $1,149 (ADC) and U.S. $1,199 (DVI).

About Formac Electronic Inc.

Formac is the worlds leading provider of performance enhancing peripherals and display devices for Macintosh and PC markets. Formac has products in the areas of video capture, storage and display technology. The company was established in Berlin, Germany in 1987 with branches in the UK, France and the US. Software development and hardware engineering is done by Formac GmbH in Germany, product development, software and industrial design as well as manufacturing for the US market is completed by Formac Inc. in Berkeley, California.

About ColorVision

Headquartered in Lawrenceville, NJ, ColorVision, a division of Datacolor, is dedicated to providing affordable, simple-to-use products for digital color control to creative professionals,

photographers, corporate B2B customers and consumers. More information is available at www.colorcal.com. Datacolor, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eichhof Holdings Inc., provides color management and communications technologies for the textile, plastics, paint and coatings and ink and printing industries. For the past 30 years, the company has been a pioneer in color technology and operates a worldwide sales and support network covering more than 60
countries. More information is available at www.datacolor.com.

About Pantone, Inc.

Pantone, Inc., developer of the globally accepted PANTONE Color Systems, is the leading source of traditional and electronic products for the selection and accurate communication of color. With more than 38 years of experience, Pantone is recognized as the worldwide market leader in color communication and color technology for the graphic design, printing, publishing, textile and plastics industries. More information is available at www.pantone.com.

Formac, Formac gallery, and Shop Formac! are registered trademarks of Formac Elektronik GmbH, Germany or its subsidiaries in the US and in the countries where Formac products are sold and distributed. ColorVision, Spyder, PhotoCAL, and other ColorVision Inc. trademarks are the property of ColorVision Inc. PANTONE® and other Pantone, Inc. trademarks are the property of Pantone, Inc. Apple and Mac are trademarks of Apple Computer Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries.