Zoran Corporation Announces Enhanced Support for XPS Print Path Drivers in Windows Operating Systems Including Windows 7

IPS DDK 3.0 Print Driver Development Kit Supports Full GUI and Rich Feature Set

Sunnyvale, Calif. – May 11, 2009 – Zoran Corporation (Nasdaq: ZRAN) announced that its IPS DDK 3.0 print driver development kit has been enhanced to support the XPSDrv print path in current and future Windows operating systems, including Windows 7, and to provide improved capability for laser and inkjet printers and multifunction peripherals (MFPs).

In addition to a full Graphical User Interface (GUI), the IPS DDK 3.0 print driver development kit delivers page and device previews, watermark generation, N-up formatting, complex booklet printing, reversed ordering, manual duplex, scaling and other useful features.

“Microsoft welcomes support for the XPS Print Path and Windows 7 provided by Zoran’s IPS DDK 3.0 development kit,” said Jack Mayo, group program manager for Windows Documents and Printing, Microsoft Corp. “By providing compatibility with the forthcoming Windows 7 release, Zoran is helping to empower manufacturers to add value and build more comprehensive and customized drivers that utilize the XPS Print Path for printing the highest-quality output from current and future versions of the Windows operating system.”

"Zoran continues to improve upon the quality and usability of its print driver development technology by supporting the very latest advancements in Windows-based printing,” said Tom Mager, vice president of software engineering, Zoran’s Imaging Division. “The IPS DDK 3.0 Driver Development Kit includes our powerful rendering technology and custom optimization and transformation filters, while exceeding many manufacturers’ requirements for compatibility and print driver functionality with the XPS print path, and supporting the legacy GDI print architecture in the same feature-rich and highly customizable solution.”

IPS DDK 3.00 Driver Development Kit

Zoran’s IPS DDK 3.0 driver development kit is a highly flexible and developer friendly platform that allows OEMs to reduce the development efforts of building customized print drivers by providing a consistent user interface and full feature set for use across Microsoft operating systems including Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7, in 32- and 64-bit editions.

The development kit includes complete compatibility with the XPSDrv print path introduced in Windows Vista, while retaining all the functionality of earlier IPS DDK releases. The kit also includes functionality to output all current print languages including Raster, PCL 5e, PCL 5c, PCL XL (PCL 6), PostScript and embedded XPS as well as host-side rendering of XPS. All drivers built with IPS DDK 3.0 can share the same rich feature set and user experience across operating systems, print architectures and print languages.

IPS DDK has a tradition of offering a highly localizable solution to virtually any language. The latest release has been extended further to provide French, German, Spanish, Traditional Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Hebrew translations for all common features and settings.

The IPS DDK 3.0 driver development kit is available to qualified customers. For more information, please visit www.zoran.com or contact a sales representative at 781-791-6000.

About Zoran Corporation

Zoran Corporation, based in Sunnyvale, California, is a leading provider of digital solutions in the digital entertainment and digital imaging markets. With two decades of expertise developing and delivering digital signal processing technologies, Zoran has pioneered high-performance digital audio and video, imaging applications and Connect Share Entertain technologies for the digital home. Zoran’s proficiency in integration delivers major benefits for OEM customers, including greater capabilities within each product generation, reduced system costs, and shorter time to market. Zoran-based DVD, digital camera, DTV, multimedia mobile phone, and multifunction printer products have received recognition for excellence and are now in hundreds of millions of homes and offices worldwide. With headquarters in the U.S. and additional operations in Canada, China, England, France, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan, Zoran may be contacted on the World Wide Web at www.zoran.com or at 408-523-6500.

Zoran, the Zoran logo and IPS are trademarks or registered trademarks of Zoran Corporation and/or its subsidiaries in the United States and/or other countries. All other names and brands may be claimed as property by others.

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