EFI Collaborates with Customers to Build Future Products

New Web Products User Advisory Council Forges Close Customer Relationships

FOSTER CITY, CA—Aug. 2, 2006—EFI (Nasdaq: EFII), a leader in digital controllers, superwide format printers and inks, and print management solutions, announced the formation of the Web Products User Advisory Council to facilitate a two-way dialogue with customers of its popular Web solutions, including the PrinterSite suite of products and PrintSmith Site.

The User Advisory Council was conceived at this year’s EFI Connect conference, the largest annual user conference in the print industry, and plans were formalized soon after. “Connect provides an opportunity for unparalleled interaction between customers and EFI staff, but we wanted to provide a more focused venue for the fast growing web products portfolio, since they are increasingly mission-critical for our customers,” said Marc Olin, senior vice president/general manager, EFI Professional Printing Applications.

The council meetings are open to all current EFI Web product customers. The first meeting, focused on PrinterSite users, took place in mid-June at EFI’s Pittsburgh office, with 50 companies in attendance, and the PrintSmith Site council meeting took place last week, with 20 companies attending.

“I was very impressed with how customer-focused the EFI organization is and the direct access we had to all the EFI people that are involved with making the web products better,” said Peter Oostland, director of customer service at Hemlock Printers Ltd. (Burnaby, British Columbia), an EFI PSI and PrinterSite Internal and PrinterSite Fulfillment user. “It’s the first time in my 30 years in the business that a printing software developer has asked for my input! The discussions about product direction were spirited, sometimes passionate. At the same time, we offered each other suggestions on solutions we developed in our own shops. A forum like this is really a win-win for our company, EFI and the industry in general.”