Pine Island Releases Vertical Market Extensions and Gateways for
FirstClass

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., September 6, 1994 - Pine Island Software is now
shipping extensions that customize SoftArc's FirstClass group
communication software for the service bureau and prepress industries. The
Company is also shipping additional products that provide for automatic
file transfers and printing from FirstClass.

Pine Island Software's Beehive Messaging System is a complete set of custom
FirstClass forms and gateways designed for the specific needs of prepress
houses or image setters. When installed onto a FirstClass server, the
Beehive System offers custom forms and pre-addressed stationery to help
desktop publishers submit files by modem for output.

Custom graphical job tickets with text fields, pop-ups and checkboxes help
the image setter capture information necessary to process the customer's
job. Server gateways allow the image setter to be notified of jobs
received - and to receive and process incoming jobs - without even logging
into FirstClass. These features, coupled with the speed and reliability of
FirstClass, make the Beehive extensions a tailor-made job ticketing and
file transfer solution for the prepress industry.

The three main components of the Beehive extensions include:

1) A Job Ticket Creation Package, which includes a special job ticket
creation tool, ten form templates and all utilities necessary to implement
custom tickets for both Macintosh and Windows FirstClass users; 

2) A FirstClass Printer Gateway, which automatically prints received job
tickets from FirstClass on a network printer; and 

3) A File Transfer Gateway which automatically detaches received files from
FirstClass forms and moves them to a name/date stamped folder in a
directory of the administrator's choosing.

Pine Island Software's Beehive Messaging System for FirstClass is $200 and
includes all of the components listed above. A FirstClass server and user
license is required and sold separately by Pine Island or SoftArc. (For a
limited time, Pine Island is offering the FirstClass Server, a 20-user
license and the Job Ticketing Creation Package at an introductory price of
$295.)

FirstClass gateways are also useful for other industries and can be
purchased separately. Pine Island sells the FirstClass Printer Gateway for
$50 and the File Transfer Gateway for $150.

Beehive and FirstClass are installed in 300 image setting service bureau s
and prepress houses worldwide with over 20,000 registered users. Pine
Island Software is headquartered at:

6144 Hillside Avenue, Suite 7, Indianapolis, Indiana, 46220
Tel: 317-465-9623 Fax: 317-255-4313
FirstClass: 317-466-7970

SoftArc's award-winning product, FirstClass, is a cross-platform,
enterprise-wide, group communication system that integrates
state-of-the-art e-mail with group conferencing, access to existing
corporate databases, forms processing, real-time discussions and on-line
communications functions. FirstClass offers the same ease of use,
functionality and robust performance over network or modem, and operates
in Macintosh, Windows and terminal emulation environments. The product is
available in 12 different languages and is used by businesses, educational
institutions, governments and private individuals in more than 30
countries worldwide. SoftArc's installed user base is now over 1,000,000
mailboxes sold (over three years). The Company is headquartered at:

100 Allstate Parkway, Markham, Ontario, Canada L3R 6H3
Phone: 905-415-7000          Fax: 905-415-7151
FirstClass: 905-415-7070     Internet: sales@softarc.com

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