Impresse Partners With Leading Content Providers for New E-commerce Commercial Printing Network.

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 30, 1999--

Impresse.com Will Include News, Information and Reviews from

Graphic Arts and Publishing Experts

Impresse Corporation today announced that key content partners have agreed to exclusively offer a wide range of content and resources for the new impresse.com(TM) business-to-business e-commerce network targeting the printing, publishing and graphic arts communities. Publish Magazine and its online version, Publish.com; creativepro.com from Extensis Corp.; and Mark Beach and Eric Kenly, authors of the best-selling graphic arts book, Getting It Printed, will provide industry news, tutorials, tips and techniques as well as online resources that will help impresse.com users be informed on the quickly changing commercial print industry.

"Our premier partners bring a wealth of value-added content and community-building support that will be a huge benefit to our impresse.com customers," said Siva Kumar, Impresse's co-founder and vice president of marketing of Impresse. "For example, we think print buyers and commercial printers will greatly appreciate having acclaimed experts such as Mark and Eric provide detailed examples and tutorials on important daily print buying tasks and also help them keep up to date on tasks they may only use occasionally."

The impresse.com network is a comprehensive end-to-end Internet service tailored for print buyers, in corporations and creative services firms, who want to cost-effectively automate and manage the procurement workflow for commercially printed items, from project creation through fulfillment and delivery. Launched today at Seybold San Francisco '99, impresse.com was selected as a "Hot Pick" by the Seybold editors.

Publish magazine and Publish.com

Publish magazine and its online edition, Publish.com, are recognized as industry-leading authorities on graphic arts, print and electronic publishing. As a featured partner, Publish will provide impresse.com users with its award-winning original content including featured articles, editorials and reviews. Additionally, users will soon be able to access selected features on Publish.com, including resource directories and special book offerings.

"We are always pleased to highlight Publish's award winning industry coverage among trade professionals."said Wes Walton, publisher of Publish Magazine. "We are committed to helping publishers make the right purchasing decisions by providing critical information about competing high-end brands and technologies with in-depth comparisons, reviews and more."

Getting it Printed

Getting It Printed is the best-selling book thousands of graphic arts professionals rely on every day to train staff and educate customers. Faculties at almost 100 universities and institutions throughout the U.S. use the book to explain both business and technical aspects of print production. Getting It Printed is recommended by Printing Industries of America (PIA), National Association for Printing Leadership (NAPL) and other major trade associations.

"Impresse.com is an incredible Internet resource the graphic arts community can leverage to learn new tips and techniques they can immediately put to practice," said Eric Kenly, author of the book, senior trainer for technical and educational center at Rochester Institute of Technology, and partner of IO Technologies. "Mark and I are very excited to partner with Impresse because they truly have the most comprehensive and complete e-commerce service for our industry today."

Creativepro.com

Creativepro.com, a new web portal specifically designed by Extensis, is the premier online resource for the print and web publishing communities. Creativepro.com provides visitors with leading-edge information and resources that integrate the Internet into the creative workflow. As a content partner, creativepro.com and impresse.com will work together to bring graphic arts professionals with the most up-to-date industry news, online resources and product reviews.

Users can securely access impresse.com network using Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator on any Windows or Macintosh computer. Impresse products and services are being demonstrated at Seybold this week at the Impresse booth (Number 201). Impresse was recently named one of the industry's top 100 hot private companies by UPSIDE magazine (June 1999).

About Impresse

Impresse Corporation is the leading provider of business-to-business e-commerce solutions that revolutionize the way corporations buy, produce and fulfill commercially printed materials. Impresse's Internet B2B e-commerce commercial print network and Intranet suite of enhanced software services leverage the latest open Internet standards to effectively automate workflows and transactions between corporate buyers and commercial printers. The Company, headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, is venture funded by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Benchmark Capital, The Java Fund and Atlas Venture. For more information, contact Impresse at 408/530-2000 or at www.impresse.com.

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