Konica Minolta and Image Capture Engineering Announce Printing Advancements for the Legal Industry


Konica Minolta bizhub PRO 1050e and bizhub PRO 920 digital printing systems now certified for use with LAW 5.0 PreDiscovery and LAWtsi legal software products.

Ramsey, NJ and Omaha, NE - August 13, 2007 - Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta) and Image Capture Engineering, Inc. (ICE), today announced the ability to provide customers with radically improved high speed printing output and scanning input via legal software due to the enhanced compatibility between Konica Minolta's award-winning bizhub PRO(TM) 1050e and bizhub PRO 920 digital printing systems and ICE's LAW 5.0 PreDiscovery(TM) and LAWtsi(TM) products. LAWtsi allows clients to use these Konica Minolta systems to scan documents directly into existing LAW projects, leverage touch screen control and provides the ability to train operators to use LAWtsi in a matter of minutes.

"We are very pleased that our market-leading light production bizhub PRO 1050e and bizhub PRO 920 production print systems are now certified with software from Image Capture Engineering," said Kevin P. Kern, vice president, product planning and development, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. "These bizhub PRO systems enable Image Capture clients to scan evidentiary and other supporting documents into their document management software, and retrieve and print them at a cost far less than competitive solutions."

"Our goal is to offer clients flexibility in designing and configuring their LAW 5.0 solution and that means offering them a choice of capture and output devices," said Mark Roberts, president, Image Capture Engineering, Inc. "Konica Minolta has a reputation for reliable, cost effective, production printing systems and after extensive testing we are very pleased to announce that bizhub PRO 1050e and 920 systems have been certified for use with our software and will more than meet our clients' needs."

LAW 5.0 PreDiscovery and LAWtsi
LAW 5.0 PreDiscovery is America's premier electronic discovery and imaging software for legal professionals. The software can quickly extract full text, extract metadata, and create hyperlinks to the native file for review. The new release of LAW 5.0 has many new features, including:
o Electronic discovery capabilities including the ability to pre-save directly to the LAW database
o Export Utility allows users to export electronic discovery (native files and/or images), scanned images, or both in a single export
o Filtering capabilities for faster searching and culling.

ICE is a leading software builder and systems integrator for document imaging and electronic discovery applications specific to legal industries. Today's litigation mandates the production and discovery of significant amounts of electronic evidence, and together, Konica Minolta and ICE offer new high-speed options for law firms and company legal departments to efficiently and quickly manage critical legal documents. Ease-of-use and seamless integration with existing LAW projects makes LAWtsi an affordable and practical solution for the litigation imaging market.

bizhub PRO 1050e and bizhub PRO 920
Konica Minolta's bizhub PRO 1050e and bizhub PRO 920 digital production systems provide professional black and white print management capabilities to satisfy even the most demanding production environments. These digital printing workhorses combine professional production printing features with scanning and advanced device and workflow management functions.

Konica Minolta's technological innovations enable the bizhub PRO 1050e to deliver a monthly duty cycle of 1.5 million copies with a rated speed of 105 pages per minute (ppm); a paper capacity of 9,000 sheets; two, 5,000-sheet stackers; a toner yield of 176,000 impressions; 600 dpi print resolution; and a host of unique finishing options. The bizhub PRO 920 features equally impressive numbers with a monthly duty cycle of 750,000 pages at 92 ppm and a toner yield of 66,000 impressions; a paper capacity of 6,650 sheets; and also has a wide range of finishing options.

Distribution
Konica Minolta does not directly support or resell Image Capture Engineering products. Dealers and Direct Branches who are interested in LAW 5.0 PreDiscovery and LAWtsi products software should have their clients (end-users) contact Image Capture Engineering directly and Image Capture Engineering will provide all sales and support to the end-user.

About Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. Inc. (www.kmbs.konicaminolta.us), a leader in advanced imaging and networking technologies for the desktop to the print shop, brings together unparalleled advances in security, print quality and network integration via its award-winning line of bizhub(TM) multifunction products (MFPs); bizhub PRO(TM) production printing systems; magicolor® desktop color laser printers and all-in-ones; and pagepro(TM) monochrome desktop laser printers and all-in-ones. Konica Minolta also offers advanced software solutions, wide-format printers, microform digital imaging systems, and scanning systems for specialized applications.

Headquartered in Ramsey, NJ, Konica Minolta delivers expert professional services and client support through an extensive network of direct sales offices, authorized dealers, resellers and distribution partners in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America and South America.

About Image Capture Engineering
Image Capture Engineering, Inc. (ICE) is a software builder and systems integrator for document imaging and electronic discovery applications specific to the legal industry. ICE offers unsurpassed customer support and works closely with each customer to provide information on new technologies and improved functionality of legal-specific software and hardware solutions. ICE customers currently include legal reprographic service bureaus, law firms, court reporting services, major manufacturers, insurance companies and government agencies.

For more information, please visit Image Capture Engineering at www.imagecap.com or call 1-402-970-0060.

Konica Minolta Corporate Contact:
James Norberto
Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.
+1 201.825.4000

Image Capture Engineering Contact:
Michelle Martinez
Image Capture Engineering, Inc.
+1 402.970.0060

Konica Minolta is a trademark of Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc. bizhub and bizhub PRO are trademarks of Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.

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