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PRINTWARE, INC.
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NEWS RELEASE
For immediate release
Printware, Inc.
1270 Eagan Industrial Rd.
St. Paul, MN 55121
http://PrintwareInc.com
CONTACT--Thomas W. Petschauer, Executive Vice President & CFO--(651) 456-1403
Printware Sets June 7, 2000 As Date for Annual Meeting of Shareholders
ST. PAUL, MINN., April 20, 2000--Printware, Inc. (Nasdaq-NNM: PRTW) reconvened
its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on April 20, 2000 at the Company's St.
Paul, Minn. headquarters. No business was conducted, and the meeting was
adjourned to June 7, 2000, at 3:30 p.m. at the Company's headquarters, at
which time the business of the meeting will be conducted.
Printware, Inc. designs, builds, and markets "computer-to-plate" systems,
which are used by the printing industry to create printing plates directly
from computers or the Internet. Computer-to-plate systems replace the
traditional platemaking process of typesetting, proofing, paste-up, camera
work, and processing film.
THE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS OF PRINTWARE ARE PARTICIPANTS IN A SOLICITATION,
AS DEFINED IN THE RULES PROMULGATED UNDER SECTION 14A OF THE SECURITIES AND
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, IN CONNECTION WITH THE ANNUAL MEETING OF PRINTWARE THAT
CONVENED APRIL 13, 2000, ADJOURNED TO APRIL 20, AND WILL BE RECONVENED JUNE
7, 2000. INFORMATION CONCERNING THE PARTICIPANTS INCLUDING, THEIR DIRECT AND
INDIRECT SECURITY HOLDINGS, CAN BE FOUND IN PRINTWARE'S PRELIMINARY PROXY
STATEMENT INCLUDING ITS ANNEX A, FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION ON APRIL 19, 2000.
INVESTORS AND SHAREHOLDERS SHOULD READ PRINTWARE'S PRELIMINARY PROXY
STATEMENT WITH RESPECT TO ITS SOLICITATION OF PROXIES, FILED WITH THE
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, AND ITS DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT TO BE
FILED WITH THE COMMISSION, BECAUSE THESE DOCUMENTS CONTAIN IMPORTANT
INFORMATION. INVESTORS AND SHAREHOLDERS MAY OBTAIN A FREE COPY OF THE
PRELIMINARY AND THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENTS (WHEN AVAILABLE) AND OTHER
DOCUMENTS FILED BY PRINTWARE WITH THE COMMISSION AT THE COMMISSION'S INTERNET
ADDRESS AT WWW.SEC.GOV. THE PRELIMINARY AND DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENTS (WHEN
AVAILABLE) AND OTHER DOCUMENTS MAY ALSO BE OBTAINED FREE FROM PRINTWARE BY
DIRECTING A REQUEST TO PRINTWARE'S PROXY SOLICITOR, D.F. KING & CO., INC. AT
(800) 290-6426.
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