EXHIBIT 99.1
                                                                   ------------
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                    Contact: Joan P. Platt
                                                                   408.328.6351


                   SPLASH COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF QUINTAR,
                     MAKER OF EMBEDDED PRINTER CONTROLLERS

Sunnyvale,  California  -- May  28,1997  --  Splash  Technology  Holdings,  Inc.
("Splash"   NASDAQ:   SPLH)  announced  it  has  completed  its  acquisition  of
privately-held   Quintar  Company,  a  manufacturer  and  marketer  of  embedded
controllers for desktop color printers and servers for high-speed, multifunction
monochrome and color printers and copiers.

Under  the terms of the  agreement,  Splash  paid  approximately  $11.5  million
dollars in cash at closing to Quintar's  stockholders  and warrant  holders.  In
addition,  the agreement  provides for  additional  consideration  of up to $3.2
million,  contingent  on  Quintar's  achievement  of  certain  levels of product
revenues and operating profitability.

About Splash:

Splash  Technology  Holdings,  Inc.,  headquartered  in  Sunnyvale,  California,
develops,  produces and markets color  servers that provide an  integrated  link
between  desktop  computers  and  digital  color  laser  copiers and enable such
copiers to provide  high-quality,  high-speed,  networked color printing.  These
hybrid  systems,  consisting  of color  servers and digital  color laser copiers
(referred to as connected  or  multifunction  copiers),  support  multiple  uses
including  image  scanning,  image  manipulation,   printing  and  photocopying.
Splash's  products  feature  advanced color  correction,  color  calibration and
separations support, ease of use, time-saving workflow functionality, simulation
of many color monitors and printing presses and automatic correction for certain
printing workflow problems.