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	AGFA COMPUGRAPHIC TO FEATURE OPEN LOOK IN PRODUCTS FOR SPARC 

SunFLASH Vol 15 #7 					 March 1990 
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WILMINGTON, Ma, --March 5, 1990-- AGFA Compugraphic today announced
that it will feature the intuitive OPEN LOOK(TM) graphical user
interface in its commercial publishing software for high-performance
SPARCstation(TM) workstations made by Sun Microsystems.  Products
offered by AGFA Compugraphic merge text and graphics in an electronic
or photographic master document that is used to print a variety of
materials, from brochures to magazines.

The company will unveil its first OPEN LOOK products at the DRUPA
exhibition on April 27, 1990.  OPEN LOOK is a sophisticated, yet
easy-to-use interface designed by AT&T and Sun, based on technology
licensed from Xerox Corp., the originator of the concept of modern user
interfaces.  OPEN LOOK gives diverse applications a common "look and
feel" through consistent graphical metaphors, pop-up windows and
point-and-click mouse controls.

"With OPEN LOOK, our customers get the ease of a personal computer
along with the power of a UNIX(R) workstation," said Harry Dahl, vice
president of input systems at AGFA Compugraphic.  Besides being a
leading user interface for UNIX, OPEN LOOK has been chosen as the
interface for UNIX System V Release 4, the industry standard.

One particular advantage of OPEN LOOK to AGFA Compugraphic is the fact
it runs on top of Sun's X11/NeWS    Window System.  X11/NeWS is based
on the PostScript imaging language; Agfa Compugraphic utilizes
PostScript fonts in its products.  "Our customers will be able to see
on the screen exactly what will be printed," said Dahl.

AGFA Compugraphic is a division of Agfa Corporation, the imaging
company of Bayer USA.  AGFA Compugraphic is one of the world's leading
suppliers of electronic and photographic pre-press systems, type and
font products, phototypesetting materials, computer graphics output
systems, and reprographic and processing equipment.  Through its other
divisions, Agfa Corporation manufactures and markets medical diagnostic
imaging systems (AGFA Matrix Division) and magnetic tape, motion
picture film, and consumer and professional photographic products (AGFA
Photo Division).  Agfa Corporation, which is headquartered in
Ridgefield Park, N.J., employs more than 5,000 people and has sales of
approximately $1 billion.

Agfa Corporation is part of Bayer USA Inc., the U.S. management holding
company of Bayer AG, West Germany.  Bayer USA is a diversified group of
companies with businesses in chemicals (Mobay Corporation), healthcare
(Miles Inc.), and imaging (Agfa Corporation).  Together, the Bayer USA
companies employ more than 26,000 people and have sales exceeding $5
billion, or about 20 percent of Bayer's worldwide sales.

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AGFA and the Agfa Rhombus are registered trademarks of Agfa-Gevaert
AG.  OPEN LOOK is a trademark of AT&T.  SPARC is a trademark and
X11/NeWS is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems.  UNIX is a
registered trademark of AT&T.

Press Contact:
Cindee Mock (415) 336-3563

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