YARC - YARC reveals details of its LINUX Color Server technology
Business Editors
CAMARILLO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 7, 1999--In response to
numerous investor requests, YARC Systems Corp. (OTCBB:YARC) today
revealed details of the LINUX Color Server technology it has developed
for the Digital Imaging industry.
Three years ago, in 1996, at a time when few had even heard of
the LINUX Operating System, YARC decided to switch its Color Server
development efforts to LINUX. By December of that year the product had
developed sufficiently for it to be demonstrated to the public during
an exhibition at Tokyo's Makuhari Convention Center.
YARC was the first company in the Digital Imaging community to
adopt LINUX, and YARC has been steadily accumulating expertise, not
only with the software needed to connect the servers to the Internet,
but also with improved manufacturing methodologies.
Two days ago YARC announced its ongoing merger and acquisition
strategy. LINUX is a critical element of that strategy. YARC intends
to identify those companies in its industry who have good revenues and
whose bottom line can be quickly improved by the injection of YARC's
technical expertise. YARC expects to make further announcements on
this issue within the next few days.
Technical Details:
The version of LINUX that YARC has chosen is similar to Red Hat
(Nasdaq:RHAT) LINUX, but it has unique features that are especially
useful in embedded systems and Color Servers.
"LINUX gives our servers better reliability than any other
operating system," commented Dr. Trevor Marshall, YARC's Chairman and
CEO. "We recently found a YARC Color Server which had been connected
to the Internet for 9 months without being rebooted once!"
Each YARC Color Server has a built-in APACHE Web server. APACHE
is the Web server software currently in use at over 50% of all
Internet Web sites. Although the use of APACHE may seem overkill in an
office environment, the features it provides, such as the delivery of
Dynamic Content, are a critical component of YARC's successful
transition to an Internet delivery model for the printshop of the
future. Dynamic Content allows every HTML page produced by the server
to be unique, customized for both the browser and the user that has
requested it.
One YARC LINUX server can thus support users operating in
multiple languages. For example, one user can select the French
language menus at the same time that another user is operating the
same server with English language dialogs.
This multi-language capability is critical to success in the
Internet environment, which is, by its very nature, without national
borders. It is built into every color server that YARC ships.
YARC is the only Color Server manufacturer which can provide
complete remote technical assistance and problem diagnosis over the
Internet. (see press release dated 11 Jan 1999 at
yarc.com )
YARC has placed one of its own Color Servers onto the Internet at
yarcxp.com so that the industry can evaluate the manner in
which the Dynamic Page Content served by APACHE easily integrates into
a Printing Industry workflow. Some system functions are protected with
passwords, but much of the server's functionality is available for
evaluation by the public.
About YARC ( yarc.com )
YARC has developed proprietary LINUX software that integrates
Printing technologies with the Internet and Internet Browsers. YARC's
proprietary version of Adobe Systems' "PostScript" Printer Description
Language (PDL) is used to transfer images from a computer, over a
network such as the Internet, to a printing engine. Any computer
image, whether it comes from a digital camera, a scanner, or a
professional paste-up, can be printed onto paper using YARC's RIPs for
desktop printers, color copiers, or the wide format printers that make
POS display signage. YARC's E-Commerce Server is at
secureshop.yarcrip.com.
At this date YARC Systems has 20,448,021 shares of common stock
issued and outstanding, 23,327,087 million on a fully diluted basis.
The number of shares in the public float is just over 12 million. YARC
Officers and Management own 34% of the issued and outstanding common
stock. The above totals include the shares being used to acquire
Quality Photographic Imaging. There have been delays in the filing of
this merger with the State of California brought about by incorrect
processing of the 1987 merger that created QPI.
Disclaimers:
Forward Looking Statements: Certain of the above statements may
be forward looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. In
such instances, actual results could differ materially as a result of
a variety of factors, including competitive developments, lack of
adequate financing, and other risk factors listed from time to time in
the Company's disclosure statements and/or SEC reports. Such
statements are protected under the Safe Harbor provisions of the
securities regulations.
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