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To: Jim Spitz who wrote (37619)	2/11/2002 11:05:50 AM
From: Frederick Langford	Respond to of 37746

Identix Introduces Industry's First FBI Certified Full Hand Scanner; Identix Ope /FROM PR NEWSWIRE LOS ANGELES 213-626-5500/ TO BUSINESS EDITOR: Identix Introduces Industry's First FBI Certified Full Hand Scanner; Identix Opening Potential New U.S. Law Enforcement Revenue Opportunities LOS GATOS, Calif., Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Identix Incorporated (Nasdaq: IDNX), the worldwide leader in providing fingerprint biometric authentication, security and identification solutions, announced today the introduction of the industry's first FBI certified live scan full hand scanner. The Identix TouchPrint(TM) PRO Palm/Hand scanner is the first FBI-certified live scan imaging system to capture full hand images, allowing the operator to perform a continuous scan of each of a subject's hands from the carpal crease to the fingertips in conformance with the recommendations of the International Association for Identification (IAI). The IAI committee's recommendation calls for the whole human hand to be live imaged, instead of just the palm portion. According to the IAI, a principal reason for this continuous scan is to ensure that the palm portion of the hand can be matched to a particular human subject through the fingertip ridge information; which makes for a more unbreakable chain of evidence during criminal prosecution. Identix also said that it has received Appendix F Certification from the FBI for its TouchPrint PRO Palm/Hand scanner. Appendix F Certification is the FBI's highest level of Image Quality Specification (IQS) for submittal to the national Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System infrastructure. The Identix TouchPrint PRO Palm/Hand scanner (model TP-2670) is expected to be available for shipping in the Company's fiscal fourth quarter ended June 30, 2002, and will be offered as an upgrade option for the criminal justice configurations of both the Identix TouchPrint 600 and TouchPrint 2000 Live Scan fingerprinting systems. Identix Chairman & CEO Bob McCashin commented, "We developed our TouchPrint PRO scanner in direct response to feedback from our current law enforcement customers throughout the nation. Since we have the largest installed base of Live Scan systems in the U.S., we plan to initially sell our Palm/Hand scanner as an add-on. We believe this may provide the opportunity to open up new lines of revenue within this market." Forensic examiners report that approximately one-third of all crime scene "latent" prints are not from fingertips, but are from other parts of the human hand. Although these images are rich in friction ridge detail, most of them go unmatched because of the relatively small database of on-file hand image exemplars that have been collected from arrested subjects. Thus, many forensic examiners believe that with the information currently available to investigators, many crimes go unsolved as a result of the inability to match the crime scene hand images with on-file images from known arrestees. The Identix TouchPrint PRO is designed to overcome these limitations by extending clean digital imaging to the capture of whole hand images. This new scanner is designed to: -- Meet and/or exceed the US National standards; -- Conform to the original intention of the IAI specification; -- Permit capture of full hand images, which allows the operator to perform a continuous scan of the subject's hand from carpal crease to the fingertips in exact conformance with the IAI specification; -- Permit capture of full hand images up to 5 by 8 inches for each hand; -- Permit capture of Writer's Palm images up to 1.8 by 5 inches for each hand; -- Provide a real-time preview of the image capture process and a review of the completed image prior to image save; -- Image at a native scanning resolution that exceeds the minimum 500 dpi national standard capture resolution; -- Capture full 256 bit gray scale for maximum image fidelity; -- Capture with patented Moisture Discriminating optics; -- Exceed the minimum Modulation Transfer Function (MTF) requirements of the FBI Image Quality Specification (IQS) to deliver detail down to Galton Level 3. About Identix Identix Incorporated, www.Identix.com, is a leader in designing, developing, manufacturing and marketing products for the capture and/or comparison of fingerprints for security, anti-fraud, law enforcement, physical access and other applications. Identix designs and develops proprietary, cost-effective, security products and solutions for personal identification and verification. Through itrust(TM), Identix offers an array of Internet and wireless Web secure transaction processing services, and provides a wide range of applications to markets that include corporate enterprise security, Intranet, extranet, and Internet, wireless Web access and security, E-commerce, government and law enforcement agencies. Fred