Company: ColorSpan Corporation

DIMA (Digital Imaging Marketing Association) conducted its fourth annual Shootout for wide-format digital color printing in conjunction with the Photo Marketing Association (PMA) conference in Las Vegas.Each participant in the Shootout was given 24 hours to print and finish an image file provided by DIMA on a CD-ROM.DIMA is a section of PMA that focuses on digital imaging and technology platforms for all trade groups served by PMA.Winners were chosen from 90 prints from 32 companies displayed during the DIMA Annual Conference in Las Vegas, Nev., Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb.16-17 based on ballots cast by the members of PMA's Association of Photo CD Imagers and Digital Imaging Marketing Association.

Photo Electronic Imaging magazine awarded a Cool2 award to ColorSpan for the third year.This year's winner for the ``Most Desirable Imaging Product of 1998'' in the category for printers under $25,000 was the DisplayMaker 7000 HiRes 8-Color printer.In the category for printer under $35,000 the award was presented to ColorSpan's Giclee PrintMakerFA drum-based printer designed for the fine art market.Products were nominated by a panel comprised of PEI editors and contributing editors with votes tallied and winners chosen based on the panel's collective observations of each nominated product.Key factors in the decision were quality, innovation, improvement, ease of use, and broadness in scope.

About the DisplayMaker and Giclee PrintMakerFA
The DisplayMaker HiRes 8-Color series of digital color printers include the DisplayMaker 5000 for 52`` wide prints, the DisplayMaker 6000 for 62'' wide prints, and the DisplayMaker 7000 for 72`` wide prints, the widest in the industry for a thermal inkjet printer.These products also include an ''Automation Eye,`` or built-in CCD camera, that is used for printer calibration, inkjet mapping and other features designed to increase printing productivity.The Giclee PrintMakerFA uses high-precision drum technology and produces prints up to 36'' wide.Both the DisplayMaker and the Giclee PrintMakerFA include HiRes 8-Color technology that combines 8 prints heads with multi-density inks.The DisplayMaker can produce images with an apparent 1200 dpi (dots per inch) resolution while the Giclee PrintMakerFA prints at an apparent 1800 dpi resolution.

About ColorSpan
ColorSpan Corporation designs, manufactures and markets large-format digital color printing systems and is the recognized creator of the Big Color graphics market.Its customers include service bureaus, commercial and quick printers, photo labs, in-house graphics departments, exhibit companies and sign shops.The Company's line of wide-format digital color printers includes the fastest, highest quality printers available on the market today.ColorSpan distinguishes its products through patented Big Ink® Delivery System and ColorMark® color management software which combine to produce superior quality images quickly and cost-effectively and are designed to increase user productivity in a variety of applications.ColorSpan products are available through a worldwide network of distributors and value-added resellers.ColorSpan's web site is http://www.colorspan.com