ZRAN Zoran Corp. (MM)

Zoran Corporation (NASDAQ: ZRAN) announced that it has licensed its IPS print language software, including page description language (PDL) interpreters for PCL 5 and PostScript for use in the recently launched HP Officejet Pro 8000 Enterprise Printer.

PDL support is essential to meet customer demand for high image quality, ensure compatibility with office and enterprise applications, and minimize the amount of data transferred over a network. The HP Officejet Pro 8000 Enterprise Printer meets these requirements, delivering professional-quality color printing and easy integration into existing enterprise environments.

"Zoran's PDL solutions are widely adopted across the industry. They provide the highest performance and enterprise compatibility, and can be integrated easily into any software architecture," said Simon Dolan, senior vice president and general manager, Zoran's Imaging Division. "HP is leading the way in delivering cost savings and performance to inkjet customers in the enterprise market and we're pleased to be a part of that."

"Zoran's proven IPS technology gives HP Officejet Pro 8000 Enterprise Printer customers an edge in a competitive market," said Hatem Mostafa, vice president, Inkjet Business Solutions, Inkjet and Web Solutions Business, HP. "HP Officejet Pro prints professional color for up to 50% lower cost per page and energy use compared to lasers."(1)

Zoran's IPS print language software supports all leading page description languages including IPS FIVE for PCL 5, IPS XLC for PCL XL (PCL 6), IPS PS3 for PostScript, IPS PDFt for PDF and IPS XPS for Microsoft XPS 1.0 and OpenXPS. For more information, please visit www.zoran.com or contact a sales representative at 781-791-6000.

About Zoran Corporation Zoran Corporation, based in Sunnyvale, California, is a leading provider of digital solutions for the digital entertainment and digital imaging markets. With over two decades of expertise developing and delivering digital signal processing technologies, Zoran has pioneered high-performance digital audio and video, imaging applications and Connect Share Entertain technologies for the digital home. Zoran's proficiency in integration delivers major benefits for OEM customers, including greater capabilities within each product generation, reduced system costs, and shorter time to market. Zoran-based DTV, set-top box, broadband receiver (silicon tuners), digital camera, and multifunction printer products have received recognition for excellence and are now in hundreds of millions of homes and offices worldwide. With headquarters in the U.S. and additional operations in China, France, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, and the U.K., Zoran may be contacted on the World Wide Web at www.zoran.com or at 408-523-6500.

Footnotes: 1. Majority of color laser printers < $300, July 2010; for details, go to hp.com/go/officejet. OJ Pro ISO yield with highest-capacity cartridges based on continuous printing; see hp.com/go/learnaboutsupplies. Energy use based on HP testing using the ENERGY STAR® program's TEC test method criteria.

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