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Rimage Everest 600 Reaches New Heights For Direct-To-Disc Printing

New printer delivers the fastest, highest-quality output in the category - 04/14/2008
Las Vegas, NV - April 14th, 2008 - Rimage Corporation, the industry-leading manufacturer of on-demand digital publishing systems (Nasdaq: RIMG) debuted its new Everest 600 thermal retransfer printer today at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) 2008 conference.

The Everest 600 is a 600-dpi direct-to-disc printer used to print full-color and black-only images on CD, DVD and Blu-ray Discs. The Everest 600 also prints faster than its predecessor, the Everest III, in all print modes, providing greater throughput for high-volume applications.

"Professional businesses already know how dependable Rimage printers are in high-volume production environments," said Manny Almeida, executive vice president of sales and marketing for Rimage. "The Everest 600 exceeds even the toughest expectations for print quality and return-on-investment."

Discs produced on the Everest 600 printer are superior to other on-demand discs in several ways:
  • Identical looking discs
  • Improved text readability with sharper small text
  • Darker black print and graphics
  • More accurate color matching
  • Greater graphics clarity and photographic detail
  • Smoother gradations

Rimage pioneered on-demand CD/DVD printing, and the Everest 600 continues this legacy in a growing range of professional applications. Using Rimage's integrated software, customers can create custom, colorful graphics that the Everest 600 transfers directly to the surface of specially-coated media, producing permanent, high-resolution images. The Everest 600 printer is available as a standard option on all Rimage Producer III digital publishing systems.

"The new Everest printer is a huge leap forward in terms of image quality," said Sean Perillo, Everest 600 user and owner of DupeShop.com, an online disc duplication service. "In the past, my most demanding customers have rejected jobs because of less-than-perfect color matching. Now, the images are shockingly realistic, almost like they are 35-millimeter film printed on disc," Perillo said.

The Everest 600 Advantage - Consistency, Speed, Cost and Longevity

The Everest 600 has several advantages over other print technologies, including inkjet and dye sublimation. While each process offers unique advantages in specific applications, only the Everest 600 meets the demands of all customers, every time, by providing:

  • Improved print quality
  • Consistent speed and throughput
  • Consistent and predictable print costs
  • Durable, scratch and UV resistant discs
  • Waterproof prints

    Customers using inkjet or dye sublimation can expect to pay higher costs or experience significantly lower throughput. The Everest 600 maintains a uniform cost per disc, consistent print speed and throughput, and unvaried print durability and longevity.

    Rimage will demonstrate the new Everest 600 at the NAB conference, April 14-17, in booth #SL8728. The product will be available from distributors in early May 2008.

    Rimage Corporation - Celebrating 30 Years of Innovation
    Since 1978, Rimage Corporation (www.rimage.com) has been the world's leading innovator of recordable media publishing solutions. Rimage was the first in the industry to combine robotics, software and surface label printers into a complete digital publishing process. Today, Rimage systems can be found all over the world, serving 67 of the Fortune 100 companies. Rimage focuses its CD/DVD/BD publishing solutions on a set of vertical markets with special needs for customized, on-demand digital information: digital photography, medical imaging, financial institutions, business offices, and government.

    Media Contact:
    David Hlavac
    Haberman & Associates
    612.338.3900
    david@habermaninc.com

    Investor Contact:
    Robert M. Wolf
    Chief Financial Officer
    Rimage Corporation
    952.944.8144