dave@island.com (David Newman) (04/24/91)
ISLAND GRAPHICS AND UNISOL
ANNOUNCE PORTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF KANJI VERSIONS
OF ISLAND WRITE, DRAW & PAINT
"Japanized" Versions of Island's Best Selling UNIX Desktop Publishing
Package To Be Ported to Several Workstation Platforms with OSF/Motif
San Rafael, California. April 12, 1991 -- Island Graphics
Corporation and Unisol Corporation announced today that Unisol
is creating localized Kanji versions of Island's best selling UNIX
desktop publishing package, Island Write, Draw & Paint. Unisol is
creating the "Japanized" versions of both versions of Island's X
Windows-based Island Write, Draw & Paint -- it is creating
OpenWindows/Kanji versions for Sun Microsystems workstations, and it is
creating Motif/Kanji versions for Sun, HP/Apollo, and DEC
workstations. The companies also announced that Unisol has exclusive
worldwide master distribution rights for the Kanji versions, and the
exclusive Japanese distribution rights for Island's English versions on
Sun workstations. The Kanji/OpenWindows version of Island Write, Draw
& Paint will become available in May.
Unisol originally translated Island's SunView/OPEN LOOK version of
Write, Draw & Paint into Japanese, and has been distributing it through
a wide range of OEMs, including Fujitsu, Toshiba, C. Itoh Techno
Science, Fuji Xerox and others since April of 1990.
"Write, Draw & Paint is easier to use than any desktop publishing
software product on the market today in Japan," said Michael Takahisa,
director of the marketing and sales department for Unisol. "With
Island Graphics' expertise in developing easy-to-use UNIX desktop
publishing software, and our ability to customize software quickly and
distribute it to the Japanese marketplace, we have an unbeatable
combination."
"The response to Unisol's first Kanji port of Write, Draw and
Paint on Suns has been very strong from the beginning," said
Dan Remer, Island's president. "Since our first port, the demand for
powerful word processing and desktop publishing tools on all
workstation platforms in Japan has grown. Together with Unisol, we are
responding to that demand by making Write, Draw and Paint available for
the first time on Japanese workstation platforms that run Motif."
Write, Draw & Paint
Write, Draw & Paint provides easy-to-use WYSIWYG desktop
publishing tools for engineers, managers and administrative
staff. It is the best-selling UNIX desktop publishing program,
according to Dataquest, and earned a 1989 UnixWorld Product of the Year
award. It also won Sun Observer's 1990 Best Word Processing Product
award. Write comes with a set of professionally-designed document
templates that provide users with pre-designed layouts. Import and
export features allow documents created in Microsoft Word, WordPerfect,
FrameMaker, and Interleaf to keep their formatting as they are imported
into Write.
Draw and Paint let users illustrate their documents with original art,
scanned images, organization charts, maps and diagrams. CGM graphics
like Lotus 1-2-3 graphs and HPGL graphics such as AutoCAD plots can be
imported into Draw, edited and annotated with text. Draw also lets
users convert clip-art from PostScript and Encapsulated PostScript
(EPS) formats and edit them. Paint supports the industry-standard TIFF
file format. It also provides conversions to and from Sun Raster,
MacPaint, GIF, Group 3 FAX, X Bitmap and X Window Dump formats. Each
program provides output to PostScript and HP LaserJet printers.
Pricing, Availability and Support
Pricing for the Japanized Island Write, Draw & Paint will be
approximately $1600. The Kanji versions require the Japanese Language
environment in the operating system. Unisol's number is
813-3288-2731. Island's toll-free number is 1-800-255-4499.
About Unisol Corporation
Unisol Corporation imports, develops and sells UNIX applications
software to the Japanese market. It also publishes Unisol, a Japanese
edition of Sun Observer. Unisol is owned jointly by Fuji Xerox and
Sun Microsystems.
About Island Graphics Corporation
Island Graphics Corporation, headquartered in San Rafael, California,
is the leading developer of UNIX-based desktop publishing and graphic
arts software. Founded in 1981, Island has created award-winning,
easy-to-use desktop publishing and graphics software for a wide range
of OEM customers, including AGFA Compugraphic, AT&T, Berthold,
Dainippon Screen Manufacturing Company, Kodak, Sun Microsystems and
Truevision. Island employs over 140 people, and has sales offices in
San Jose, Washington DC, and Boston, as well as a European headquarters
in Amsterdam.
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IslandWrite, IslandPaint and IslandDraw and Island Write, Draw & Paint
are trademarks of Island Graphics Corporation. All other trademarks
owned by their respective companies.
David Newman Michael Takahisa
Mktg. Manager Director, Mktg. & Sales
Island Graphics Corporation Unisol Corporation
415/491-1000 + 813-3288-2731 (Tokyo)
FAX: 415/472-0335 FAX: + 813-3288-3479 (Tokyo)
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