Contact: Tim Sexton, VP Marketing / Michelle Cowan, Marketing Coordinator
ZBE, Incorporated, 1035 Cindy Lane, Carpinteria, CA 93013 USA
Phone: (805) 576-1600; fax: (805) 576-1601
Email: info@zbe.com

Chromira Takes Root in the United Kingdom
ZBE, Inc. Chooses Atech, Ltd. As Exclusive Distributor in UK

Santa Barbara, CA, USA: ZBE, Incorporated, a leader in wide-format LED digital imaging, has announced an alliance with Atech Limited, in which the Britain-based distributor will exclusively represent ZBE in the United Kingdom's digital imaging market. Atech will market and sell ZBE's Chromira printers, as well as other items in the ZBE digital imaging line, to professional photo labs throughout England, Scotland, and Ireland. They will also install and service these products.

Atech, Ltd. is a multifaceted establishment, which provides complete and comprehensive service to the professional photographic processing, printing and finishing industry with a focus on today's growing digital market. Atech prides itself on this versatility, as well as on its provision of technical services, furnishing installation, training and 24 hour, 7day support. Atech is headquartered in England and provides services to the whole of the United Kingdom. For more information on Atech's services, see Atech's website www.atech.co.uk.

ZBE, Incorporated is a pioneer and manufacturer of commercial photo imaging technology. ZBE's hybrid LED imaging technology resulted in the affordable state-of-the-art Chromira 30 and Chromira 50 printers, which produce high resolution continuous digital photographic prints. The Chromira printing system applies ZBE's highly efficient on-the-fly imaging methodology, which images on photographic media while simultaneously processing the digital image data. This proprietary system produces Chromira's extraordinary on-the-fly workflow productivity.

All user selectable features are applied on-the-fly and are available to every computer on the local area network via Chromira Workstation software. Important features include Automatic Print Nesting, ICC Profiling, Sharpening, Global Color Manipulation, and Real Time File Interpolation. The Chromira printers are designed to print unattended and interface with the MultiServer with InternetDropBox, the ChromiraRIP, and the Chromira Trim, an automatic print finishing system available in sizes to complement the 30" and the 50" Chromiras.