NEWS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 6, 2012

FOR MORE INFORMATION
Mr. Atsuki Kimura
mitsubishi_dpm@mpm.co.jp
Mitsubishi Paper Mills Limited
Paper Division, Business Communication & Specialty Paper Sales Department
10-14, Ryogoku 2-Chome, Sumida-ku, Tokyo 130-0026, Japan+81(0)3-5600-1462
http://www.mpm.co.jp/ip/si/

MITSUBISHI PAPER MILLS (MPM) SWORD iJET GLOSS AWARDED A
5 DIAMOND RATING BY KODAK(TOKYO, JAPAN)
Mitsubishi Paper Mills (MPM) today announced Kodak hasawarded the SWORD iJET Gloss a 5 Diamond rating on the Paper Rating Program forKODAK PROSPER Presses, the highest rating within the Paper Rating Program.
Kodak’s 5 Diamond rating is awarded to a media that equates to "offset quality"
within the rating structure. MPM has collaborated closely with Kodak in the UnitedStates as well as in Japan in order to develop a product which meets such a highrating distinction.

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SWORD iJET 4.3 Gloss is a premium, glossy media designed to run on today’s highspeed continuous feed inkjet presses. In many applications, SWORD iJET does not
require post printing lamination or liquid UV. SWORD iJET is an FSC certified media
that provides excellent ink adhesion, remarkable drying characteristics, universal ink
compatibility and a wide color gamut.

“We are very pleased with the performance of SWORD iJET Gloss and its 5 Diamondrating is a testament to the R&D and Manufacturing excellence at Mitsubishi. Their
support for our Direct Mail customers using KODAK PROSPER Presses has beenoutstanding. The Offset Class image quality metrics achieved by this new gloss paper
truly makes it a World Class inkjet paper” said Don Burns, Business Development
Director for Media at Kodak.
SWORD iJET will initially be available in a basis weight of 127.9gsm in both gloss andmatte surfaces. To support the many high speed inkjet applications that require agloss product, future products with the gloss surface include heavier weights to meetthe caliper specifications for mailers, reply cards and other printed products, as wellas common market thickness such as 104.7gsm, 157gsm, and 186 gsm.
To learn more about SWORD iJET and Mitsubishi’s complete portfolio of premium
coated inkjet media for today’s high speed color inkjet presses, contact us at
mitsubishi_dpm@mpm.co.jp , or visit our website at http:/www.mpm.co.jp/ip/si/.

2About MPM
Mitsubishi Paper Mills produces and develops not only printing paper, printing platematerials and printing systems supporting offset and other printing, but also supplies
the media for almost all recording formats, such as pressure-sensitive, thermal,magnetic, electrographic, silver halide photography and inkjet paper. Furthermore,
we are adding functional materials such as highly functional filters to our operating
business, and we are increasing emphasis on research and development in new
business areas. With production facilities and R&D sites mainly located in Japan andGermany, and sales sites located in Japan, Germany and the United States, we haveadopted a stance suited to access to global markets. Paper plays an essential part ofour lives by creating and enriching various aspects of our daily lifestyle. Readingbooks, sending letters, choosing products from catalogs, reliving memories in family
photos… all are important aspects of our lives.

About Kodak
As the world’s foremost imaging innovator, Kodak helps consumers, businesses, andcreative professionals unleash the power of images, information, and printing toenrich their lives.
In the graphic communications industry, Kodak serves customers in the printing,publishing, packaging and enterprise markets with intelligent solutions forcompetitive advantage and greater return on investment. For more information, visit
graphics.kodak.com. Follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/kodakidigprint and visit ourblog at growyourbiz.kodak.com#(Kodak and Prosper are trademarks of Eastman Kodak Company.)
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