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FaxBack Licenses JetFax's Portable Document Technology
Technology Partnership to Make Sending Faxes and E-mail Messages Simpler and Easier than Ever

Tigard, Ore., September 8, 1998 - FaxBack®,  Inc., a leading provider of NET SatisFAXtion fax server software and fax-on-demand technology, today announced a product integration strategy based on a partnership with JetFax Inc., a leader in multifunction products (MFPs) that combine print, fax, copy, and scan capabilities.

Under the terms of the agreement, FaxBack has licensed JetFax's portable document technology, which will be incorporated into an upcoming NET SatisFAXtion server software release as well as into gateway software built for AT&T's WorldNet Enhanced Fax and Messaging Service. FaxBack has been developing gateway software for AT&T's e-mail and fax services for the past ten years. In addition, FaxBack and JetFax will also work to integrate the JetFax multifunction M900 Series product line into both the software and the service. This will be the first integration of an MFP with a fax server and a fax service.

"FaxBack and JetFax have pooled resources to shape the future of fax and e-mail-to-fax messaging," said Jim Mueller, executive vice president at FaxBack, Inc. "By integrating JetFax's powerful portable document format with our fax server software, we're delivering on our commitment to provide customers with even more options for sending, receiving and viewing fax and e-mail messages. Finally, it's like WYSIWYG for e-mail, 'what you send is what they see!"

"FaxBack's messaging software and JetFax's technology are highly complementary," said Rudy Prince, CEO at JetFax Inc. "We are extremely pleased that FaxBack is utilizing our technology and feel the combination will greatly improve the productivity of end users in the marketplace."

Using JetFax's portable document technology, users will be able to send any document, file or image via e-mail or fax without worrying about how it will appear at the receiving device. An exact replication of the document will be reproduced in a fax image or as an e-mail attachment (e-mail messages are accompanied with an embedded viewer). This approach provides users with 100% confidence that the documents they are sending will appear exactly as the sender intended.

Additional information can be obtained by calling FaxBack at (800) 329-2225, (503) 597-5350 or via email at netsatisfaxtion@faxback.com.

About JetFax Inc.
JetFax Inc. is a leading developer and provider of integrated embedded system technology, branded products, and desktop software solutions for the multifunction product market, which combine print, fax, copy, and scan capabilities in a single unit. The Company focuses on two distinct segments of the MFP market; the small office/home office segment through technology licensing agreements with OEMs and software distribution under the PaperMaster and JetSuite trade names; and the corporate segment through the sale of JetFax and OEM branded products and consumables. The company's corporate headquarters is in Menlo Park, California with development and branch offices in Santa Barbara, CA; Portland, Oregon; Dublin, Ireland, Amsterdam, the Netherlands and Munich, Germany.