News Release--For Immediate Release--November 21, 2003

Plus Technologies Announces Optio Software Partnership Optio’s new Optio Print Manager to add value to their solutions

Dayton, Ohio - The Plus Technologies division of Digital Controls today announced that they have entered into a licensing agreement with Optio Software.  Optio Software®, Inc. (OTC.BB OPTO.BB), a leading provider of solutions that enhance the form, content, distribution and availability of business critical documents and information, is licensing Plus Technologies’ software technology to create Optio Print Manager.  Optio Print Manager is now part of the comprehensive suite of solutions that Optio Software markets to their customers world wide.

Plus Technologies’ technology extends the reach of Optio’s solutions by providing assured delivery of printed documents and reports from their point of creation to the delivery point, usually a printer, and back again via the delivery confirmation functionality in our software,” said Michael Visser, Vice President and General Manager of Plus Technologies.  “We are very proud that Optio chose our technology to deliver added value to their customers and look for great success from this partnership.”

Example of how Plus Technologies software adds value to Optio’s solutions; an organization’s shipping department is often dependent on the timely delivery of accurate shipping manifests, picklists and bills of lading to the loading dock before shipments are released from the warehouse. In the event of a print failure or a backup due to high volumes, OM Plus will automatically failover to an alternate printer or re-balance the workload across less utilized devices while providing automated alerts to service personnel and confirm back to Optio’s application that the document actually printed and is in the output tray . This assures the timely and accurate delivery of the documents resulting in significant cost savings, greater efficiency across the shipping process and enhanced ability to recognize revenue.

“The rapid acceptance, already, of Optio Print Manager by our customers and prospects validates our commitment to delivering solutions that add clear and recognizable value to organizations focused on improving their document and content driven business processes,” said C. Wayne Cape, Optio’s Chairman and CEO. “It is truly representative of the enhanced set of solutions we will offer in this rapidly evolving market.”

ABOUT PLUS TECHNOLOGIES SOFTWARE
Published reports have indicated that a $1B company produces, on average, approximately 88 million documents per year and that figure is increasing 6-8 percent every year. In addition, 40 percent of an organization’s IT support expenses can be related to printing and printers. Plus Technologies’ software enables an organization to reduce those costs significantly by centralizing the management of print resources, ensuring reliable delivery of all print jobs and optimized utilization of all assets.

ABOUT OPTIO SOFTWARE, INC.
Optio Software, Inc. provides infrastructure software that improves the quality of an organization's communications with customers, suppliers, partners and employees by capturing information from critical data sources and applications, customizing that information for the specific needs of those varied audiences, and delivering and exchanging that information over a global network of digital destinations and formats. Optio’s customers span the manufacturing, distribution, healthcare, financial service and public sector. Founded in 1981, Optio Software is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with satellite offices in France, Germany and the United Kingdom.
For more information, please visit:
www.optiosoftware.com.
Optio Software Contact: Ben Lazar, Optio Software Inc. 770-576-3500 [email protected]

ABOUT PLUS TECHNOLOGIES®
Plus Technologies provides secure application output delivery solutions that focus on the movement of business documents from their point of creation (i.e. business application) to their final destination (i.e. Printers/MFD's, email, web, fax, other) and provide a host of value-add functions along the way.
 
Value-add functions include document routing across complex networks, bi-directional communications with printers, document delivery confirmation, advanced spooling, printer management, secure printing, dynamic rules-based document re-routing, merging data with electronic forms, document conditioning (bursting, bundling), web based archiving and viewing systems, activity accounting, and document format transformations including XML. Plus Technologies solutions simplify administration and enhance security with respect to documents and physical assets i.e. printers and MFD's.
 
Plus Technologies offers software, consulting services, implementation services and technical support. The ultimate goal of Plus Technologies is to streamline document related business processes to increase efficiency and therefore the profitability of our customers.

Plus Technologies is a Division of Digital Controls Corporation which has more than 35 years of experience in the IT services, software and development business.
www.plustechnologies.com 877-899-PLUS (toll free) 937-384-0444 (outside US & Canada)

ABOUT DIGITAL CONTROLS CORPORATION
Digital Controls is an IT services, software and development company with over 35 years of providing technology solutions to its IT customers around the United States. 
We serve our customers through three divisions:     
Technology Services Group™, e-Tools@Work®. and Plus Technologies®..

Technology Services Group provides on-site and remote managed services for network and systems support, network security management services, a suite of professional services that include network and system design, staging and installation and complex configuration services. In addition, TSG offers predictively priced IT hardware and software deployment solutions. The company's Internet applications division,
e-Tools@Work focuses on database driven web applications for education (K-12), and local and county government. In addition, the company's software division, Plus Technologies, is a developer and marketer of Advanced Document Delivery and Printer Management software solutions.

Digital Controls Contact: Joel Vedder, VP of Corporate Marketing, Digital Controls Corporation 444 Alexandersville Road, Miamisburg, OH 45342
937-384-0444 ext. 2101, 937-384-0842 fax, [email protected]
 

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