CUSHING & COLOR CHICAGO STANDARDIZES ON PLP'S OPCENTER™ AND PLOTWORKS® SOFTWARE TO STREAMLINE PRODUCTION WORKFLOW

CHICAGO, Illinois – November 18, 2005 – PLP Digital Systems, Inc., a provider of production workflow management applications and decision support tools, announced today that Cushing & Color Chicago has standardized on PLP's OpCenter and PlotWorks products to streamline their production workflow.

"We chose to build our production workflow on PLP's products because we believe PLP has solid technology, they are hardware vendor independent, and are innovating aggressively. Adoption of this technology is critical to us competing in today's fast moving business environment," says Cathleen Cushing Duff, President.

PLP's PlotWorks and OpCenter products have enabled Cushing to migrate their workflow from a traditional reprographics process to a digital process. Copying operations have been transformed into separate scanning, printing and digital document control processes. All work flowing through the operations is tracked real-time with OpCenter allowing Cushing to closely manage schedules and deadlines. "Cushing has always been ahead of the curve on technology and a bellwether for the whole commercial reprographics industry," says John Cronin, CEO. "We are extremely proud to add Cushing to our growing list of strategic customers."

PLP’s PlotWorks and OpCenter are available immediately. For further information visit www.plp.com or contact PLP at (800) 444-7568.

About Cushing & Color Chicago
Cushing & Co. is Chicago's leading reprographic and large format imaging service provider. Cushing provides innovative imaging, copying, printing and finishing solutions for Chicago and the world.

Cushing & Color Chicago is in its third generation of management by the Cushing family. Cushing is a City of Chicago-certified Woman Business Enterprise (WBE). Cushing employs more than 80 people in the Chicago metropolitan area with three offices and a large number of integrated on-site facilities-management locations.

In addition to serving its local market, Cushing is a founder and leading player in ReproMAX, a worldwide reprographics printing network that is dedicated to excellence in the advancement of reprographic services. Through ReproMAX Cushing links its customers to other trusted printing affiliates in more than 100 cities.

About PLP
For more than a decade PLP Digital Systems has helped companies produce, manage, distribute and track technical documentation. With a broad suite of software solutions and world-class customer support, PLP's mission is to improve their customers' profitability by decreasing operating costs and by creating new revenue opportunities with innovative products. Their powerful software, strong customer service model and progressive philosophy have made PLP the partner of choice for more than 1100 companies in 30 countries.

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