AUSTIN, Texas, July 9 /PRNewswire/ --     Ringdale(R), Inc., a technology leader in network enhancing connectivity
solutions, today announced the availability of FollowMe(R) 5.1, a significant
update to its secure document output management solution. The FollowMe 5.1
release is comprised of the following new features for enhanced
administrative and user capabilities:

- Virtual Cash Register - Focused on the education market, this
      feature allows credits to be added or deducted from student users'
      accounts. Administrators can track users' credit additions and 
      deductions from all other interfaces and generate reports on the 
      transactions. To protect the security of users' accounts, access 
      rights can be restricted to only those administrators associated with 
      a particular user group.

    - Credit Pools - Provides an option that allows for credit
      pools (or quotas) to be depleted before standard credits are deducted.
      Credit pools can be allotted for specially defined print jobs; for
      instance, print jobs using a specific paper size. Standard credits will
      only be deducted when users' print jobs do not fall into the defined
      print job categories, or when the credit pool has been depleted.

    - Directory Monitoring and Routing - Provides administrators
      and users with the ability to monitor directories for pending print 
      jobs that are to be routed to the FollowMe Q-Server or for basic 
      workflow capabilities. Typical applications are in the graphical arts 
      industry where pre-processed Postscript(R) print jobs can simply be 
      dropped into a folder to be automatically queued or printed. Additional
      uses are for multifunction printers or document capture devices, by 
      enhancing their native functionality to provide a true 'scan-to-home 
      folder' solution when using an access card for authentication instead 
      of conventional username and password.

    - Forms & Overlays - Enables users to apply specific
      identifying text or 'overlays' to print jobs via FollowMe's policy and
      rules-based printing engine, based on individual user, departmental or
      printer conditions. Overlays are typically used for document headers or
      footers or for applying tag lines such as 'Company Confidential'.

    - Personalized Settings - On output devices that utilize
      FollowMe Embedded technology, administrators can provide users with
      their own personalized settings for FollowMe specific front panel 
      functions. For example, if a user wanted to select from a list of 
      print jobs at the output device, the administrator can enable the front
      panel to display the list and allow for on-the-spot printing.

    - Print Job Content Searching - Provides the ability for
      documents to be searched word-for-word on compatible print jobs that 
      have been routed through the FollowMe Q-Server. This is also known as
      'forensic text searching'.

    - Web Client Interface - The FollowMe web client interface has
      been enhanced with easier-to-use screens. Localization also has been
      enhanced to support FollowMe's use in different geographical markets. 
      In addition, a new reporting element called 'trends' has been added in 
      the user history reports, which can alert administrators to any 
      pre-defined changes such as toner usage going up or down or the number 
      of color pages increasing or decreasing.



Ringdale's FollowMe(R), the most noted brand in secure document output
management, provides companies an all-in-one secure solution composed of
FollowMe(R) Printing (pull printing), print roaming and accounting that is
vendor and device independent. FollowMe(R) enables companies to restrict
access to documents as well as control and manage user activity. Through its
superior policy and rules-based printing engine, FollowMe(R) enables
companies to reduce expenses associated with toner and paper usage and
control color output and other printing options.

About Ringdale, Inc.

Ringdale, Inc. has been focused on the design, development, manufacturing and
marketing of network enhancing connectivity solutions for over three decades.
The Company introduced FollowMe in 1997 to meet customers' growing
requirements for secure document output management. Today, FollowMe is used
by thousands of organizations in a wide variety of industries worldwide. The
company's product line also spans access control systems, biometric
recognition technologies and fax appliances. Ringdale, part of the Network
Technology PLC Group, maintains design, manufacturing and marketing centers
in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan and
Singapore.

For more information on Ringdale products and solutions, call
+1-512-288-9080 or visit the Ringdale Web site at http://www.ringdale.com.

Media Contact:
    Susan Vaughan
    Tel: +1-512-288-9080
    svaughan@ringdale.com

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