Camarillo, CA - August 22, 2005 - AMT Datasouth Corp. a leading supplier of value added printing solutions, announced today that, Data Matrix two-dimensional bar code is now available in all of its Fastmark bar code printers supplied with its proprietary programming language PAL. By incorporating Data Matrix in the Fastmark printers AMT Datasouth is responding to the needs of many of its current and prospective customers.

AMT Datasouth has recognized the rapid growth in demand for bar coding applications utilizing the Data Matrix high-density two-dimensional bar code standard. Data Matrix is used extensively in automotive, aerospace, electronics and healthcare applications.

The Data Matrix bar code symbology allows for the digital encoding of a large amount of information in a small amount of space, making it the preferred barcode symbology for marking small items with many data fields, Data Matrix also has built-in error correction and can be read in any orientation.

AMT Datasouth Corp. is a leading supplier of specialty printers for the bar code, travel automation and forms printing markets since 1983. Headquartered in Camarillo, California, AMT Datasouth has engineering and manufacturing operations in Charlotte, North Carolina and a European sales office in Northampton, England. AMT Datasouth sells its products through value added resellers (VAR) and OEM's worldwide.