Sir Speedy, Kodak Announce Plans For Joint CD Technology Launch

SAN FRANCISCO (January 5) -- Sir Speedy, Inc., the nation's largest
business printer, today joined Eastman Kodak Company in announcing a
unique agreement involving the launch of Kodak's Photo CD Portfolio
format.

Sir Speedy released a list of 313 locations in 37 states plus Mexico that
are now ready to produce Kodak Photo CD Portfolio discs for customers. The
joint announcement was made here today at MacWorld Expo '94.

"We're proud to be first with widespread capability to produce Photo CD
Portfolio discs for our customers," said Don Lowe, president of the Laguna
Hills, Calif.-based franchisor. "For a long time, Sir Speedy has been on
the leading edge of business-printing technology, including breakthroughs
such as high-speed copying, computer graphics, fax services, short-run
color printing and color copying. We see the CD as a communications tool
for the turn of the century.

"Our objective is to be the total service provider for CD applications,
whether it be Portfolio CD, Photo CD or writable CD. We will be providing
small and mid-sized businesses with a total CD solution.

"We are positioning ourselves as being not only in the printing business,
but in the business of information distribution. CD technology will
provide us another vehicle for distributing that information. It's a
natural extension of our current business."

"We are delighted that Sir Speedy is taking early advantage of this
exciting new capability," said Edgar J. Greco, vice president and general
manager of Kodak Office Imaging. "With the Photo CD Portfolio format, Sir
Speedy customers have access to a whole new way of producing high-quality,
interactive picture-and-sound presentations."

"The amount of information that can be stored on a single CD, compared with
the traditional disk format, is astounding," Lowe said. "One CD can hold
the equivalent of 100 color photographs, 500 floppy disks or 250,000
pieces of paper."

Kodak's new Portfolio CD will allow Sir Speedy and Copies Now (a Sir
Speedy, Inc., subsidiary specializing in electronic imaging) franchisees
to create affordable multi-media (photos, graphics, text and sound)
presentations for customers, who can then play the discs on a computer, a
television set or a CD-I player.

To create a Portfolio CD presentation, customers will assemble all of the
required images, graphics and sound, and bring them to a participating
location or the Sir Speedy or Copies Now can do the creative work for
them. Images can be provided on film, computer media or on Photo CD disc.

Customers can also have their existing slide or computer presentations
written to Portfolio CD discs for TV and computer playback.

Photo CD images and presentations can also be output to black and white
hard copy as well as color. Popular applications include newsletters,
manuals, training materials and brochures.

Sir Speedy or Copies Now specialists will work with the customer to
determine the sequence and timing of the presentation, menu options and
other details. The script and source materials are then sent to a central
location for production of the Photo CD Portfolio disc.

In addition to being a service provider for Portfolio CD, participating Sir
Speedy and Copies Now centers will also provide Photo CD and writable CD
services.

Customers can drop off their 35mm film for processing at a participating
Sir Speedy or Copies Now location and have the film images scanned onto
Kodak Photo CD Master discs.

Customers can have their computer files output onto Kodak writable CD discs
as a means to easily retrieve and inexpensively distribute large amounts
of data. It also affords secure, low-cost storage of that data. The Kodak
discs are non-eraseable with lifespan durability in excess of 100 years.
In addition to creating the original CD, Sir Speedy and Copies Now centers
will be able to duplicate the CD in multiple quantities.

Demonstrations of the Kodak Portfolio CD system are available at any
participating Sir Speedy or Copies Now location. Customers will be able to
see a Photo CD Portfolio presentation that explains the Kodak Photo CD
system and describes Sir Speedy's "Total CD Solution" services. Customers
can interact with the presentation to select information on Photo CD
Master discs, on writable CD discs, on how to create a Photo CD Portfolio
presentation and on other topics.

Sir Speedy, Inc., has more than 880 printing and copy centers in 12
countries. In 1992, worldwide sales were in excess of $377 million, with
1993 revenues forecast at $425 million.

For information on the nearest Sir Speedy/Copies Now Team CD location, call
1-800/CD-SPEEDY.

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