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For Immediate Release
November 10, 2003

KPG'S MATCHPRINT DIGITAL HALFTONE PROOFING SYSTEM EARNS PANTONE® HEXACHROME® LICENSE

Norwalk, Connecticut, USA - PANTONE Hexachrome users can now rely on the color proofing capabilities of the industry's leading IR thermal digital halftone method. Pantone approved the Matchprint Digital Halftone Proofing System only weeks after Kodak Polychrome Graphics (KPG) expanded the system's color gamut with a new HiFi Color Set - CMYKOG.

"The industry is demanding unmatched color detail and fidelity from our customers," said Jerry Willer, Worldwide Proofing Product Manager, KPG. "We introduced the HiFi Color Set to expand the capabilities of the Matchprint Digital Halftone Proofing System and give our customers the ability to meet their clients' expectations. Pantone's support of these new capabilities gives users the confidence to proof today's increasingly complex color jobs."

The Matchprint Digital Halftone Proofing System, an IR thermal digital halftone system, is designed for imagers featuring a common RIP to make both plates and proofs, ensuring identical screening on the proof and the plate. Introduced in early October, the HiFi Color Set enables accurate six-color process proofing, including stochastic print jobs, and has been developed, tested and approved by KPG for use with both Creo Trendsetter Spectrum and ECRM DesertCat 88 platesetters, giving users better color management without additional investment.

Pantone's approval of the Matchprint Digital Halftone Proofing System gives KPG two Hexachrome licensed proofing solutions. The Kodak Approval XP4 Digital Halftone Proofing System earned Hexachrome qualification in 2001.

Hexachrome is a high-quality, six-color process printing system developed by Pantone, Inc. Its large color gamut makes it possible to accurately reproduce a wide range of colors that can be defined and displayed on computer monitors but which previously could not be duplicated in print. In addition to producing more brilliant continuous-tone images, Hexachrome is capable of accurately reproducing more than 90 percent of the PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM® Colors, almost twice the number obtainable using conventional four-color process printing.

About Kodak Polychrome Graphics
Kodak Polychrome Graphics provides one of the broadest portfolios of digital, conventional and business solutions available in the graphic arts industry today. Products and services include a wide range of computer-to-plate and conventional lithographic plate products, digital halftone, inkjet, and analog proofing products, digital printing applications, color workflow tools, consulting services and Kodak branded graphic arts films. With headquarters in Norwalk, Connecticut, USA, KPG serves customers around the globe with regional offices in the United States, Europe, Japan, Asia Pacific and Latin America. Additional information regarding Kodak Polychrome Graphics may be found on the company's website: www.kpgraphics.com.

For further information please contact:
Beth Hogan Scott
Kodak Polychrome Graphics
Director of Corporate and Worldwide Marketing Communications
Norwalk, CT
203/845-7115 (phone) 203/845-7173 (fax)
hoganscotte@kpgraphics.com

Michael Doebler
Eric Mower and Associates Public Relations Services
585/389-1868 (phone) 585/385-2003 (fax)
mdoebler@eric.mower.com

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