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New <= span class=3DSpellE>Xanté Unveils Digital Color Laser Press with Support for Ultra Heavy

Stock= up to 502 gsm

Pictu= re Available Upon Request

Ilumina 502 De= livers Short-Run Color Printing on Oversized, Ultra Thick Cover - for under $9,000=

February 29, 2008 - Mobile, AL and Miami, FL - Announced at Graphics of = the Americas, the Ilumina 502 occupies a unique pla= ce in the market due to its ability to easily handle a wide range of paper weight= s, from text to ultra thick cover, 75 to 502 gsm. = Priced at only $8,995, small to mid-sized print shops can now make money producing short run four-color jobs on a wide range of substrates previously unavaila= ble for digital printing.

"The Ilumina 502 is designed to help print= shops significantly expand their product offerings and profit from producing a wi= de range of short run, high-quality full color jobs, quickly and affordably.&n= bsp; From business cards to packaging, the Ilumina produces full color output on a variety of heavy stock and oversized media. This eliminates minimum run-length issues and helps printers produce more j= obs in-house," says Xanté CEO, Robert R= oss.

Xanté customers benefit from an expansive range of output capabilities, including premium four-color business cards, postcards, t-shirt transfers, labels, direct mail pieces and brochures to m= ore specialized products such as packaging. Additionally, the Ilumina 502 digital press is capable of utilizing a wide range of special, and in demand, substrates including fiber-enhanced papers such as textured canvas, sleek metallic, cast coated, and magnetic stocks.

New Xanté Myriad Magnetic digital media,= a flexible, rubber magnet digital media, is specifically designed for short-r= un, full color printing on the Ilumina 502. Because= it is not a paper-based material, Myriad Magnetic media is perfectly suited for outdoor applications such as magnetic signs on autos, decals, and promotion= al signs. The 0.05 mm thick material can also be used for promotional ideas on refrigerator magnets, magnetic photos, business cards and more. The magneti= c media is available in letter, A4 and 13" x 19" sizes.

The Ilumina 502 is being featured at this week's Graphics of the Americas (GOA) show, taking place February 28 through March= 1 in Miami Beach, Flori= da; and a= lso at drupa, taking place in D&uum= l;sseldorf, Germa= ny, May 2= 9 to June 11.

About The New Xanté
Xanté provides state-of-the-art PDF work= flow and imaging solutions for high quality graphic and prepress applications by leveraging a combination of its own hallmark technologies and those acquired from RIPit and Exxtra. The product line includes process-free metal and polyester computer-to-plate imaging devices including the popular Impressia= and PlateMaker lines; high resolution digital color press= es including Ilumina; large format VM series violet metal platesetters and the SpeedSetter series of polyester imaging systems; and award-winning OpenRIP® Symphony software RIP, an Adobe® PDF Print Engine (APPE) workflow with support for Adobe® PostScript® 3™. OpenR= IP Symphony allows every device in the print shop -- including platesetters, imagesetters, laser printers, digital copiers, = inkjet printers and plotters -- to be controlled from a single RIP for true workfl= ow consistency.

Xanté Corporation headquarters is locate= d in Mobil= e, Alaba= ma, USA, with offices in Sacramento, CA; Haupp= auge, NY; Duiven, NL; and Zhengzhou, CN. <= span class=3DSpellE>Xanté products are distributed through a world= wide network of reseller and distribution partners. For more information, please visit xante.com.

Media Contacts
Helene Smith               &nb= sp;            =      Stephanie Ryan
HSPR                &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;   Xanté
+1 407.786.0040 tel               &nb= sp;       +1 251.473.6502 tel
+1 321.388.6511 cell               &nb= sp;      +1 800.926.8839
smith@helenesmit= h.com               &nb= sp; sryan@xante.com

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