NEW GENERATION FINGERPRINT SYSTEM OPERATES TEN TIMES FASTER, MERGES
MULTIPLE TECHNOLOGIES

New Real-Time System Assists Law Enforcement Cause and Makes a Case for
Expanded Use in "Over the Counter" Transactions

ANAHEIM, Calif., October 10, 1994 -- A computer system that matches
fingerprints ten times faster than previous systems and with unprecedented
accuracy was announced today by Printrak International Inc., the leading
developer of automated fingerprint identification systems for 20 years.

The Printrak Series 2000 incorporates advancements in multiple
technologies, resulting in an entirely new level of real-time performance
expectations by law enforcement agencies and others who rely on
fingerprints for positive identification, according to Printrak President
Richard Giles.

"Fingerprints are often under-utilized in criminal investigations because
of staff shortages and computer bottlenecks," Giles said. "The Series 2000
will eliminate the bottlenecks."

The possibility of "real-time" identification could become a powerful tool
in curbing second tier crime, he added. As for the ability to handle an
ever increased volume of records, Giles says the new level of performance
seen in the Printrak Series 2000 is absolutely essential to implementing
legislation such as "three strike" laws.

The system's architecture and speed offer two complementary benefits
-individual matches can be accomplished in seconds, and the resident
database of fingerprint records can be expanded indefinitely without
creating a retrieval bottleneck, Giles said.

"The system's modular design enables cost-effective configurations for
small, local agencies, as well as the world's largest record keepers," he
added.

The Printrak Series 2000 represents advanced mathematical techniques in
fingerprint matching, as well as a departure from the past in how
fingerprint images are entered, processed, stored, retrieved and searched.
Reversing the long-standing tradition of proprietary fingerprint systems,
the new family of products is designed around an open architecture that
enables third-party application development, easy adoption of future
technologies, and connectivity to networks and other systems.

For example, the open architecture makes possible enhancements such as
storage and retrieval of DNA records, mug shots, voice prints, tattoos,
and expanded text information.

The first application of Texas Instrument's new MVP digital signal
processing chip, capable of two billion operations per second, is at the
heart of a new workstation design where pre-processing tasks have been
distributed from the central processing unit. In addition to input
scanning of fingerprint images, the workstation instantly verifies the
quality of prints, performs image enhancement, automatically classifies
prints, extracts features and compresses the data as fast as the next
record is entered.

"Competitive systems continue to centralize these tasks, often delaying the
discovery of unsuitable images," Giles said. "With our system, the search
and match process is triggered immediately with accurate samples."

Compared to Printrak's existing system, a single Series 2000 workstation
circuit board, with the MVP chip, replaces 28 separate circuit boards
containing 7,000 integrated circuit components, a 98 percent size
reduction.

Printrak has also established a new standard for database management and
storage. The first company to use optical storage for fingerprint images,
over a decade ago, Printrak is also the first to discard optical disk in
favor of fault tolerant magnetic disk arrays. Average retrieval time of
advanced RAID drives is 10 to 100 times faster than optical disk.

An industry standard relational database is used to achieve greater
flexibility in management and applications development.

The search-and-match processing unit is designed with a variable array of
parallel processors, with the number dependent on customer volume and
speed requirements. Searches are based on critical data extracted from a
fingerprint image, which is transferred from the storage unit. To store
search data, Printrak uses high-speed RAM on-board each parallel
processor, which is an order of magnitude faster than the magnetic storage
used by competitive systems.

"The combination of many technology advances with our distributed
processing and modular design philosophies represent an important
milestone in identification systems," Giles said. "In addition to
enhancing the capabilities of law enforcement agencies, our new system
opens the door to new applications in business, banking, and other areas
of the public sector such as welfare and immigration administration."

The speed and volume capacities of the Printrak Series 2000 enable positive
identification in "over the counter" transactions characteristic of funds
distribution by public agencies and point of sale identity verification.

The Printrak 2000 series includes a live-scan capability which eliminates
inking and intermediary fingerprint cards.

The company has not overlooked the fact that operating a fingerprint
workstation can be a fatiguing job. Ergonomic workstations include
hydraulically-controlled desks for adjusting height, specially-designed
chairs, a graphical user interface, and scientifically-selected screen
colors.

The first Printrak Series 2000 was installed September 1994 in the Czech
Republic.

Company Information

Printrak International Incorporated, headquartered in Anaheim, California,
is a leading developer of biometric imaging technology for personal
identification solutions. The company provides law enforcement agencies
with the ability to capture, process, match, store and retrieve
identifying data.

Printrak's primary focus is the development of Automated Fingerprint
Identification Systems (AFIS). Throughout its quarter century history,
Printrak has developed and marketed high performance, precision imaging
systems for fast, accurate identification. Printrak systems are in place
worldwide, including installations at the F.B.I., New Scotland Yard and
the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, as well as numerous national, municipal
and state law enforcement agencies. The company's dedication to research
and development accounts for its majority market share in the worldwide
law enforcement community.

Printrak International Inc
1250 North Tustin Ave
Anaheim, CA 92807
714/666-2700,  fax 714/666-1055

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