CAMARILLO, Calif., Jan. 05, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) -- Quintek Technologies, Inc. (OTCBB:QTEK), the only manufacturer of a chemical-free desktop microfilm solution, today announced initiatives to create a coalition consisting of representatives from within the information storage industry to develop a standard for encoding digital data on microfilm.
Robert Steele, President of Quintek commented, "The goal of the coalition will be to create an open standard for long term archival storage of digital data on film. This will be done in the spirit of providing organizations with a cost effective solution for compliance with records retention requirements in areas where such storage is mandated."
Steele added, "We believe that Quintek's history of innovation in film-based imaging makes Quintek an ideal organization to coordinate the development of a defacto standard for storing and retrieving digital data on film. This project could result in greatly expanding the use of microfilm in the ever growing multi-billion dollar information storage marketplace."
Quintek will be releasing more information regarding this project as it develops.
About Quintek
Quintek is the only manufacturer of a chemical-free desktop microfilm solution. The company currently sells hardware, software and services for printing large format drawings such as blueprints and CAD files (Computer Aided Design), directly to microfilm. Quintek does business in the content and document management services market, forecast by IDC Research to grow to $2.4 billion by 2006 at a combined annual growth rate of 44%. Quintek targets the aerospace, defense and AEC (Architecture, Engineering and Construction) industries.
Quintek's printers are patented, modern, chemical-free, desktop-sized units with an average sale price of over $65,000. Competitive products for direct output of computer files to microfilm are more expensive, large, specialized devices that require constant replenishment and disposal of hazardous chemicals.
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