FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MUTOH AMERICA ANNOUNCES A PRIME RATE FINANCING PROGRAM ON TOUCAN PRINTERS

Contact:
Kerrie Mellott, Mar/Com Coordinator
marketing@mutoh.com
(602) 414-4613, Ext. 224

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Mutoh Toucan Hybrid Two-In-One Industrial Flatbed Printing System

TEMPE, Ariz., December 10, 2003 - Mutoh America Inc., a worldwide leader and manufacturer of large format commercial inkjet printers and plotters announces a Prime Rate financing program for their Toucan line of printers.

Mutoh, in partnership with Pro Capital Corporation, Scottsdale, Arizona, has designed a financing program that offers Mutoh customers the opportunity to acquire a new Mutoh Toucan industrial outdoor printer at the current the prime rate (currently 4%) O.A.C. The Prime Rate Program will be available on the Mutoh Toucan series, which includes the Toucan 64-inch, 4-color, the Toucan 64-inch, 6-color, the Toucan 87-inch, 6-color and the new Toucan Hybrid printer.

"Mutoh wanted to offer a competitive and unique finance program to our Toucan customers," said Guy Cipresso, Vice President Business Development. "We felt the Prime Rate Program with Pro Capital Corporation provides a value-add unsurpassed in the industry, making the decision to purchase a Toucan easier and more affordable." The Toucan series of printers deliver industrial speed and top image quality for your large production outdoor printing applications. Toucan industrial printers typically print at production speeds of 400 square feet per hour, which equates to 256 36-inch by 48-inch posters in an eight-hour shift. The Toucan can print up to 800 square feet per hour in billboard mode or 200 square feet per hour in quality mode.

Please contact your Authorized Mutoh Reseller for more information about how you can qualify for the Prime Rate Program or other financing options. The Prime Rate Program is available for U.S. customers only.

About Mutoh
Mutoh Industries, Ltd. was founded in 1952 in Tokyo, Japan, to manufacture and distribute mechanical drafting products. Mutoh later introduced a broad line of flatbed and roll-fed pen/pencil plotters that established Mutoh as a worldwide leader in X-Y motion systems and printer and plotter technology. Since then, ISO9000-certified Mutoh Industries, Ltd. has become the world's foremost manufacturer of large format piezoelectric printers. Mutoh manufactures printers and related peripherals for some of the biggest names in the pre-press, sign and graphics industries. Mutoh has key engineering manufacturing and distribution centers in Japan, Belgium and Tempe, Arizona, home to subsidiary Mutoh America.

For more information about Mutoh printing technologies, please email us at marketing@mutoh.com or call us at 602-414-4613, or 800-99-MUTOH (800-996-8864).

About Pro Capital Corporation
Since 1993 Pro Capital Corporation, an affiliated company of American Enterprise Bank, has provided lease finance solutions for equipment suppliers and their customers nationwide. We have the expertise to understand the complexities of today's challenging market. We also constantly strive to design innovative ways to make it easier and more cost effective to acquire equipment.

PARTNERING PROGRAMS THAT WORK - Developing long term relationship with equipment suppliers like Mutoh America is at the heart of Pro Capital's business strategy. We can provide the programs and fast approvals that will enable Mutoh America customers to affordably acquire equipment.

CUSTOMER COMMITMENT - Pro Capital is committed to Mutoh America's success and strives to perform beyond expectation the first time. Our customers truly come first at Pro Capital Corporation.

For more information about our Mutoh America lease program call 800-550-2392.