EX. A-2. Press Release

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
Edward W. Sample                    Moly Honan/David McKee
Piranha, Inc.                               Schwartz Communications

(972) 739-0373                      (781) 684-0770
edsample@piranhabyte.com   piranha@Schwartz-pr.com

                       PIRANHA, INC. ANNOUNCES WITHDRAWAL
                   OF PLANNED TENDER OFFER FOR PRINTWARE, INC.

Richardson,  TX--February 16, 2001-Piranha,  Inc. (OTC BB:BYTE), an innovator in
data  compression  technology  and  workflow  solutions,   today  announced  the
withdrawal of its planned tender offer for Printware, Inc.

"Today's  decision  concludes a long process of review and evaluation that began
with our first visit to  Printware's  facility on October 18, 2000," said Edward
W. Sample,  C.E.O. of Piranha. "Our initial visit with Dan Baker, then C.E.O. of
Printware,  was so positive  that we prepared a proposal  which was delivered to
the Printware Board of Directors on the following  Monday  (October 23rd).  This
action prompted an extensive  dialog between Piranha and Printware that involved
a number of telephone  calls and personal  visits between Board  members.  While
much progress was made we reached an impasse in early December  which  indicated
to us that  Printware  was not prepared to move forward in a time frame that was
in line with Piranha's  objectives.  The result waas Piranha's  announcement  on
December 18th of our intent to immediately commence a tender offer."



"Immediately  preceding Piranha's December 18th press release Printware filed an
8K (material  information)  announcement  with the SEC outlining an  "Engagement
Agreement Amendment" which involved a certain consulting agreement with Goldmark
Advisors,  LLC, an  affiliate  of a newly  elected  Board  member,  Mr.  Stanley
Goldberg.  The agreement included substantial  compensation for Mr. Goldberg for
his efforts to identify corporate opportunities.  Moreover, the 8K also included
a copy of a press release that included the resignation of Printware's CFO.

"Less than 30 days after Piranha's announcement,  Printware announced a new CEO,
Mr.  Stanley  Goldberg,   Managing  Partner  of  Goldmark  Advisors,  LLC.  Most
significant  to Piranha,  Mr. Dan Baker would be leaving  the  company.  Piranha
viewed  Dr.  Baker  as a  significant  asset  to  Printware  should  Piranha  be
successful in its anticipated takeover attempt."

"Approximately  three  weeks  later,  Printware  announced  a new CFO,  Mr. Mark
Eisenschenk, Managing Partner of Goldmark Advisors, LLC."

"While  Piranha  certain cannot  dictate  Printware's  right to make any and all
organizational  changes,  Piranha  believes  that  many  of  the  strategic  and
management  foundations  that  provided a strong  synergy are gone. To that end,
Piranha believes that our  shareholders  will be best served by withdrawing from
this  potential  opportunity.  Piranha will continue,  however,  to pursue other
business opportunities to increase shareholder value within the near term."

About Piranha, Inc.

Piranha,  Inc. (OTC BB:BYTE) develops digital  compression  solutions to produce
precise compressed images, sound and text. Piranha delivers high-quality "lossy"
and "lossless" data compression  management solutions for printing,  publishing,
medical imaging, document storage and Internet-related businesses such as music,
video, gaming,  e-commerce,  photos and advertising.  Piranha solutions increase
the  speed  downloading  web  pages and  transmitting  files  and also  maximize
bandwidth and storage. Piranha products are available on Windows,  Macintosh and
Linux systems. More information is available at www.piranha.com.