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including document encryption and transactional unlocking capabilities that address the growing eBooks
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OEM PostScript and Other Market Opportunity
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technology based on the Adobe PostScript, Adobe
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PostScript 3, and PDF standards that it has developed,
and which are extensively used by hardware manufacturers in this industry.
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