May 18, 2000 - San Diego, CA

ENCAD, Inc. (Nasdaq NM. ENCD), a world-class innovator in digital image printing technology, announces a product and marketing alliance with PINEBUSH Technologies, Inc., a leading supplier of high performance Computer Aided Design (CAD) and scientific printing and plotting software controllers and applications. This CAD alliance provides CAD users, scientists, GIS professionals, engineers and others with ENCAD's newly introduced, top-of-the-line CADJET® 3D printer bundled with PINEBUSH's Raster Image Processor (RIP) software ENCAD branded as V/R Xpress. The two products work in conjunction to provide many printing advantages over existing solutions, including the ability to print unlimited size input files and (optionally) unlimited size output images with extremely high image quality and no loss of processing speed. For its users, this means clear, easy-to-see images on even the most detailed designs, drawings, renderings or maps. The alliance will also focus on joint marketing activities between the 2 companies, such as tradeshows, seminars, and programs.

The CADJET 3D is built on the recent technical advances of ENCAD's NovaJet printers. Using ENCAD's new MicroBurst™ technology, it quickly prints high quality line drawings and exceptional full color 3D images, renderings, and maps on both bond and photo-gloss media. In Super Draft Mode, the 36 inch (0.92 meters) printer operates at extremely fast speeds of over 200 square feet per hour (sfph)(18.5 square meters per hour). It also boasts a resolution of 600 x 300 dpi with remarkable life-like color. The CADJET 3D is also capable of 600 x 600 dpi color printing in Draft Mode speed of 95 sfph (8.8 smph), Normal Mode speed of 66 sfph (6.1 smph) and Best Mode speed of 50 sfph (4.6 smph).

V/R Xpress, based on proven technology from PINEBUSH Technologies' HyperXpress and HyperPlot printing and plotting software, significantly reduces plotting time for complex images containing both raster and vector components while providing extremely high image quality. V/R Xpress (available standalone or in optional floating and server configurations) is also being introduced for ENCAD's line of CADJET II and Croma24™ series plotters.

About ENCAD
ENCAD, Inc., a leading innovator in digital image printing technology, offers a broad line of wide-format color inkjet printers, software utilities and scientifically matched inks, textiles and media. ENCAD's products produce superior color images quickly and cost-effectively, and are designed to increase user productivity in a variety of applications including graphic arts, fine art, sign-making, textile design, photographic enlargement and computer-aided design. The company's products are sold and serviced in more than sixty-seven countries through a worldwide network of more than ninety distributors and more than 1,000 value-added resellers. For more information about ENCAD, call 1-888-4ENCDIR or visit its Web site at www.encad.com.

About PINEBUSH Technologies
PINEBUSH Technologies, Inc., located in Albany, New York, is the worldwide leading supplier of high-performance visualization printing and plotting software for CAD, GIS, mapping, engineering, and other high-technology applications. HyperXpress and HyperPlot (the undisputed standard for printing in the EDA semiconductor industry) are relied upon by thousands of engineers and designers for optimized printing. For more information, visit PINEBUSH at www.pinebush.com.

ENCAD, CADJET, V/R Xpress, NovaJet, MicroBurst, and Croma24 are trademarks of ENCAD. HyperPlot® and HyperXpress® are registered trademarks of PINEBUSH Technologies, Inc.