*NEWS*IBM #1,HIGH SPEED PRINTER SEGMENT

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Date: Tuesday May 10, 2005 11:24:00 am
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    IBM Captures Number ONE Spot in Key High
    Speed Printer Segment

    Boulder, CO,May,2005–InfoTrends/CAP Ventures today
    announced that IBM ranked  number one in the U.S. for 2004 in high-speed, black
    & white roll-fed printers.In a newly-released report, titled “2003-2004 U.S.
    Production Copying & Printing Placements: Summary and Trends,”
    InfoTrends/CAP Ventures highlighted IBM’s strong performance in 2004 and noted a
    14% increase in market share to displace Océ from the lead position and capture
    nearly half of the black & white roll-fed market in the United States.
     According to InfoTrends/CAP Ventures, the equipment, service and supply revenue
    in the U.S. production digital segment of the marketplace, including
    print-on-demand, data processing and production copying environments, will
    approach $15 billion in 2008
    .

    Placements of black & white roll-fed devices showed a surprising
    improvement in 2004, due in large part to a very good performance from IBM’s
    Printing Systems Division,”
    said Charlie Corr, group director,
    InfoTrends/CAP Ventures.  
    “IBM built on its core data center market and also
    expanded its reach into a number of direct mail customers in 2004.”

    “2004 was a good year – and we saw our commitment to innovation and on
    demand printing solutions pay off,”
    said Karen Fukuma, Vice President,
    Production Solutions, IBM Printing Systems Division.  “Our performance in
    the InfoTrends/CAP Ventures’ analysis reflects the emphasis we’ve placed on
    providing IBM customers with integrated end-to-end output solutions.”

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