COPENHAGEN, Denmark, April 5 /PRNewswire/ -- i-data Printing Systems, an i-data international business unit, will launch wireless printing via the Bluetooth standard. Products making use of this standard are expected to be available from the third quarter of this year. i-data Printing Systems is a member of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG). Bluetooth is a wireless standard specification for short range communication between various devices such as Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), laptop PCs, cellular phones and similar. The standard will provide the basis for a number of wireless applications, including wireless printing, directly from a cellular phone, PDA, laptop, or similar.

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (http://www.bluetooth.com) currently includes some of the world's leading technology companies, including Nokia, Ericsson, Intel, Toshiba, Microsoft, and others. The wireless data market is expected to grow significantly in the coming years, as millions of people worldwide access the Internet via their cellular phone or PDA.

i-data Printing Systems will introduce wireless printing via Bluetooth, allowing business travelers using a Bluetooth-enabled laptop, PDA or cellular phone to print documents to any printer with an i-data Printing Systems Xpress LAN printing server. Effectively, a user can simply walk up to a printer with an i-data Xpress LAN printserver and print their documents without the need for cables, complicated printing configuration adjustments or special software.

Jorgen Scharnowsky, President of i-data Printing Systems, comments: "We're very pleased to continue our line of innovating new products and technologies by adding wireless printing support via Bluetooth. We're very excited with entering the explosive wireless printing market. Relating to this new technology, we expect to announce a number of strategic alliances in the future."

i-data Printing Systems is currently developing a Bluetooth protocol stack, which will become a standard component of the Xpress LAN printserver series. The protocol stack will also be available for sale to business partners and OEM customers. i-data Printing Systems is expected to be one of the first companies to be able to deliver a printing-via-Bluetooth solution.

About i-data international a-s Headquartered in a suburb of Copenhagen, Denmark, i-data international a-s (i-data) is an international IT company comprised of two business units:

-- LASAT Networks is one of Europe's leading vendors of Internet connectivity and security products, with an emerging presence worldwide.
-- i-data Printing Systems is a market and technology leader in the workflow & output management market, with distribution worldwide.

i-data international has an installed base of several million units, and currently has approximately 250 employees worldwide. i-data international is a publicly traded company on the Copenhagen Stock Exchange. More information is available on the world wide web at http://www.i-datac.com

SOURCE i-data Printing Systems Web Site: http://www.idatac.com and http://www.bluetooth.com

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