September 14, 1998 - Albany, New York (USA)

In conjunction with the AutoDesk Design World show, PINEBUSH Technologies today formally introduced the HyperXpress® series of high-performance Raster Image Processing (RIP) software, designed specifically for Windows workstations.

The first product in the new line, HyperXac, integrates seamlessly into the AutoCAD IDE and allows the plotting of complex images containing vector data combined with raster data. According to Ray Wood, VP Worldwide Sales & Marketing at PINEBUSH, HyperXac will initially support AutoCAD release 14.01 and AutoCAD Map R3 running on Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0 workstations.

"AutoCAD raster image data, when overlaid with large amounts of vector data, can create files too large and complex to be printed - even with the large disk space and memory of modern plotters." HyperXpress solves this problem by utilizing the power of the workstation to fully rasterize the image before printing, enabling any device to print at its highest rated speed. Unlimited size printouts can be produced on all desktop and large format plotters using an automatic tiling feature. HyperXpress also includes a WYSIWYG print previewer that allows users to view, validate and modify the rasterized image before sending it to the printer, thus saving time, paper and ink wasted on bad printouts.