Digital Photo Printing Kiosks Introduced!

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I received this press release from Carnival and thought it would be of
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Ray
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NEW SELF-SERVICE DIGITAL PHOTO PRINTING KIOSKS INTRODUCED ABOARD
CARNIVAL’S ‘FUN SHIPS’

New Technology Part of Line’s Fleetwide Multi-Million-Dollar Digital
Photo Upgrade

MIAMI (August 30, 2004) – Carnival Cruise Lines has introduced new
self-service digital photo printing kiosks providing a convenient and
cost-effective way for guests to download and print their digital
vacation photos while sailing aboard the “Fun Ships.”

The new system, adapted for the shipboard environment by San Marcos,
Texas-based Pixel Magic, a leader in digital photo technology, is
currently on several ships and expected to be expanded fleetwide by
the end of the year.

Pixel Magic’s iStation 150 photo printing kiosks are located near the
ships’ photo galleries. To print their photos, guests simply insert
the memory card from their digital camera into a card reader located
within the stand-alone printing kiosk. After selecting photo size and
quantity, the images are then printed in a matter of seconds on high
quality digital photo paper using Pixel Magic’s latest MegaPixel III
printers.

Guests can also customize their photos with colorful borders,
backgrounds and other features. To pay for the photos, guests simply
swipe their “Sail & Sign” shipboard credit card and the amount is
charged to their account.

“With the growing popularity of digital cameras, we wanted to provide
a fast, competitively priced means for guests to download and print
their cherished memories from their ‘Fun Ship’ cruise vacation. The
new Pixel Magic system offers all this and more, while providing a
value-added service to our guests, who enjoy the most convenient and
sophisticated photo services at sea,” said Bob Woodry, Carnival’s vice
president of photo and communication services.

The new Pixel Magic self-service photo printing kiosks are the most
recent additions to Carnival’s multi-million-dollar fleetwide digital
photo conversion. The upgrade includes state-of-the-art professional
Olympus E-1 digital cameras – the first such cameras ever employed on
cruise ships – and the full line of Olympus retail cameras, as well as
the cruise industry’s fastest digital photo labs developed in tandem
by Carnival and KonicaMinolta.

Also new is a photo-retrieval kiosk currently being beta-tested on the
Carnival Pride’s seven-day cruises from Long Beach, Calif. The new
system – the first of its kind in the cruise industry – utilizes
ImageWare Systems, Inc.’s innovative “facial recognition technology.”
Developed in conjunction with Carnival, the technology matches a
guest’s likeness with stored “Fun Ship” vacation photos shot by the
ship’s photographers and displays the images on the computer screen
for review and purchase.

Carnival has also expanded the photo accessories sold on board its
ships to include ScanDisk digital memory cards.

About Carnival Cruise Lines

Carnival is the world’s most popular cruise line, with 20 “Fun Ships”
operating voyages from three to 16 days in length to the Bahamas,
Caribbean, Mexican Riviera, Alaska, Hawaii, the Panama Canal, Canada,
New England and Europe.

The line currently has two new 110,000-ton SuperLiners under
construction – Carnival Valor, scheduled to launch year-round
seven-day Caribbean service from Miami Dec. 19, 2004, becoming the
largest Carnival ship ever based at that port, and Carnival Liberty,
which will inaugurate the line’s first-ever Mediterranean cruises with
a program of 12-day voyages beginning July 20, 2005.

For additional information and reservations, contact any travel agent.

About Pixel Magic

Since 1993, Pixel Magic has pioneered many of the retail imaging
technologies that are accepted as standards today. The company has
shipped over 6,000 systems to date to such clients as Eckerd Drug,
Meijer Corp, Japan Camera Centre, and Carnival Cruise Lines.

Pixel Magic Imaging was founded on and continues to promote open
architecture, modular digital imaging solutions designed to help
consumers easily take advantage of the many benefits digital
photography offers. Its One Touch Digital Printing™ is a unique
one-touch software platform designed to offer instant digital services
at the touch of a single button. Pixel Magic is located twenty miles
south of Austin in San Marcos, Texas. For more information, call (800)
GO PIXEL or visit www.pixelmagic.com.

Any price lists available for this digital service yet, Ray?