TOPPAN EXHIBITS WALL-SIZED ELECTRONIC PAPER SIGN AT EXPO 2005 AICHI, JAPAN

"Yomiuri Global Newspaper" Delivers Fresh News to Visitors Twice Daily

Tokyo, Japan - March 18, 2005 - TOPPAN Printing Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Naoki Adachi) will exhibit a large-scale wall-sized newspaper utilizing E Ink Electronic Paper at EXPO 2005 Aichi (Nickname: Ai-Chikyuhaku; Official name: The 2005 World Exposition, Aichi, Japan) which starts March 25, 2005.

This wall-size newspaper application of Electronic Paper is called "Yomiuri Global Newspaper - Electronic Paper" (Issued by: The Yomiuri Shimbun; Cooperation: TOPPAN Printing) and will be exhibited at the Yomiuri Newspaper booth in the Global House, which is the symbol pavilion of the EXPO, located in the Nagakute Area. The latest news will be displayed twice daily (morning and evening) through the duration of the EXPO (March 25th - September 25th, 2005).

This large wall-size newspaper is built from 272 individual electronic paper "tiles," which is a combination of an E Ink® Imaging Film laminated onto a printed circuit board with pixel electrodes. The result is an electronic paper newspaper approximately 2.2 meters high and 2.6 meters wide, the world's largest of its kind.

It uses a design layout similar to actual newspaper, where the headlines and article text are displayed on monochrome electronic paper and color photos are displayed on an LCD panel.

Specifications of the Wall-Sized Electronic Newspaper:

• Display Size: 2176 mm (H) x 2600 mm (W) [7.2 feet x 8.5 feet]

• 272 Electronic Paper Tiles of 68 mm (H) x 260 mm (W) / 1 45" LCD Monitor, approx. 560 mm (H) x 990 mm (W)

• Display Control Method: Electronic Paper: Segmented / LCD Monitor: TFT Active Matrix

• Pixel Size: 4mm square

• Power Consumption:

• Electronic Paper: approx. 10W (less than 16W during data processing)

• LCD Monitor: approx. 250W

You can find more information about EXPO 2005 at: www.expo2005.or.jp/en/index.html.

Japanese Version of TOPPAN's release: www.toppan.co.jp/aboutus/release/article0225.html.

NOTE: TOPPAN Printing Company and E Ink Corporation have had a strategic partnership since 2001 spanning the development, manufacture and marketing of electronic paper displays. Most recently, E Ink and TOPPAN announced a manufacturing and marketing agreement for large area electronic paper displays (www.eink.com/news/releases/pr76.html). Toppan is also an investor in E Ink Corporation.

Additional Information

About E Ink Corporation
E Ink Corporation is the leading developer of electronic paper display (EPD) technologies. Products made with E Ink's revolutionary electronic ink technology possess a paper-like high contrast appearance, ultra-low power consumption, and a thin, light form. E Ink's technology is ideal for many consumer and industrial applications spanning handheld devices, watches, clocks, and public information and promotional signs. E Ink is a private corporation that includes among its investors and strategic partners TOPPAN Printing Company, Royal Philips Electronics, The Hearst Corporation, Intel Capital, CNI Ventures, a division of Gannett Co., Inc, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Vossloh Information Technologies, and Motorola, Inc. E Ink news can be found at: www.eink.com.

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