PFU Ltd. Named Kofax Distributor to Serve Japanese Document Imaging Market.

Business Editors & High-Tech Writers

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 22, 2002

To expand the use of advanced document imaging tools in the Japanese market, Kofax and PFU Ltd., a division of Fujitsu, have teamed to provide Kofax's award-winning document capture products

"Kofax and Fujitsu have successfully partnered for 15 years," said Kofax CEO Rick Murphy. "This success has been built on complementary products and distribution strategies which have provided effective document capture solutions for industry, institutions and service bureaus. We're confident that PFU will expand the benefits of this partnership for our mutual customers."

PFU will market Kofax's wide-range of image-processing solutions which include Kofax's VirtualReScan (VRS) and Adrenaline products. As an automated document image-perfecting solution, VRS will assist customers to significantly improve the scanning process by providing higher-quality document images.

PFU also will support Adrenaline, Kofax's family of scanner controllers, image-processing accelerators and software engines designed to boost scanner performance.

"In the last decade, PFU has worked closely with Kofax to develop the imaging markets in North America and Europe with a combination of the Fujitsu fi-series image scanners and Kofax document capture products," said Norio Kanemitsu, PFU general manager.

"Our continued collaborative efforts with Kofax will now focus on expanding the use of document imaging technology in the Japanese market. Customers in Japan will benefit from the advanced document capture solutions offered by Kofax and PFU, especially companies in the government, financial, insurance and medical industries."

About Kofax

Kofax (www.kofax.com), a division of the DICOM Group plc, is a leading developer of application software and image processing products for the Electronic Data and Document Capture (EDC) market. EDC is essential to helping paper-intensive organizations economically, reliably and securely incorporate paper-based information into their electronic business processes.

Note to Editors: Adrenaline, VirtualReScan and Kofax are registered trademarks of Kofax Image Products Inc. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.