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To Hundreds of U.S. Hotels Nationwide . PrintMe’s Mobile Printing Solution Rapidly Becoming Hospitality Standard |
| FOSTER CITY, Calif. – May 20, 2003 – Marriott
International, Inc. (NYSE:MAR), Electronics For Imaging (Nasdaq: EFII)
and STSN, Inc. announced today that a rapid rollout will begin immediately
to provide PrintMe™ service to over 400 high-speed Internet access (HSIA)-enabled
Marriott hotels nationwide, essentially establishing PrintMe as the standard
for mobile printing in the hospitality industry. Dozens of HSIA-enabled
Marriott properties are already using PrintMe through STSN’s high-speed
Internet access service.
“Marriott takes pride in providing our business customers with industry-leading services that allow them to work as efficiently on the road as they do at their own desk,” said Lou Paladeau, Marriott vice president of technology business development. “PrintMe helps by making document printing as easy as logging on to our high speed Internet system in the privacy of their guest room.” “We are excited to join with Marriott and STSN in rolling out our breakthrough PrintMe technology at nearly 400 hotels, making PrintMe the hospitality industry standard for mobile printing,“ said Ofer Tenenbaum, General Manager of EFI’s PrintMe division. “With hundreds of Marriott locations offering PrintMe, business guests nationwide will be able to print needed documents anytime and anywhere, without worrying about printer drivers or cables.” “STSN has witnessed amazing growth in buy rates for our high-speed Internet access service,” said Dave Garrison, CEO of STSN. “We can see that a growing number of business travelers expect and use office-like solutions in their hotel room. The addition of EFI’s PrintMe functionality to STSN’s services is evidence of Marriott’s responsiveness to the growing needs of business travelers.” Today’s announcement follows months of successful PrintMe installations at Marriott hotels in major cities. Marriott leads the hotel industry in offering guests high-speed Internet access with more than 650 hotels online. To use the PrintMe service at Marriott Hotels, guests simply log on to the Internet from their rooms, click on the PrintMe link, and upload their documents. Documents can be delivered to guest rooms, or, for total confidentiality, can be held for printing until the guest personally retrieves it using a secure DocID number. For a list of current hotels offering PrintMe service, please visit the PrintMe web site at: http://www.printme.com/locations. How PrintMe Works PrintMe is a secure, global system that connects printers and users using the Internet. Every printer that joins the network is assigned a unique number, an e-mail address and a web page. Users can then send documents via e-mail or over the web, using laptops and desktop computers, wireless and mobile devices, and cell phones and two-way pagers. PrintMe users do not need additional software, driver downloads or IT support in order to print. PrintMe is available at airports, hotels and corporate environments around the world. About Marriott International
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