TRANSACT TECHNOLOGIES RECEIVES PATENT FOR TWO-COLOR PRINTING TECHNOLOGY

Wallingford, CT – September 22, 2005 – TransAct Technologies Incorporated (Nasdaq: TACT), a leading producer of transaction-based printers for customers worldwide, today announced that it was recently awarded U.S. patent no. 6,934,054 for its most recent patent application relating to two-color printing. This is the fifth U.S. patent the company has received for its two-color printing technology.

Bart C. Shuldman, Chairman, President and CEO of TransAct Technologies, said, “TransAct continuously strives to enhance and protect its state-of-the-art printer technology. This latest patent includes technology that converts a full color image to a two-color image for printing, for example, on a thermal printer. This technology will enable customers in our target markets of gaming, lottery, POS, and banking, as well as multiple other industries to design an image or promotion on a PC and then convert it to two colors for printing on a two-color printer. TransAct’s invention makes it simpler to utilize images and promotions on receipts and customer tickets.”

About TransAct Technologies Incorporated
TransAct (Nasdaq: TACT) designs, develops, manufactures and markets transaction-based printers under the ithaca® name. In addition, the Company markets related consumables, spare parts and service. The Company’s printers are used worldwide to provide receipts, tickets, coupons, register journals and other documents. TransAct focuses on two core markets: point-of-sale (POS) and banking, and gaming and lottery. TransAct sells its products to original equipment manufacturers, value-added resellers and selected distributors, as well as directly to end-users. The Company’s product distribution spans across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean Islands and the South Pacific. For further information, visit TransAct's web site located at www.transact-tech.com.

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