Exhibit 99.1

        Printronix, Inc. Announces Appointment of New Director

    IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--November 17, 2005--Printronix,
Inc. (Nasdaq:PTNX) today announced the appointment of Charles E.
Turnbull to its Board of Directors. Mr. Turnbull is presently
President and CEO of Sagus International Inc. Previously, Mr. Turnbull
was President of Zebra Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq:ZBRA), a
manufacturer of computer printers for bar coding and supply chain
applications. Before that he was President of the Commercial Products
Group of Nashua Corporation from 1995 to 1997. Prior to that, Mr.
Turnbull was President of the Polyken Technologies Division of Kendall
International. From 1978 to 1994, Mr. Turnbull held various management
positions of increasing responsibility with the Avery Dennison
Corporation, including Vice President and General Manager of the
Marking Films Division. Mr. Turnbull received a BS in industrial
engineering from the University of Oklahoma and an MBA from the
Harvard Graduate School of Business.
    Robert Kleist, President and CEO of Printronix, Inc., commented,
"We are extremely pleased to welcome Chuck to Printronix's Board of
Directors. He has an excellent understanding of the industry, and will
be an immediate, valuable and contributing member of the Board of
Directors."
    Except for historical information, this press release contains
"forward-looking statements" about Printronix, within the meaning of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Terms such as
"objectives," "believes," "expects," "plans," "intends," "should,"
"estimates," "anticipates," "forecasts," "projections," and variations
of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify such
forward-looking statements. These statements involve a number of
risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results
to differ materially, including: adverse business conditions and a
failure to achieve growth in the computer peripheral industry and in
the economy in general; the ability of the company to achieve growth
in the Asia Pacific market; adverse political and economic events in
the company's markets; a worsening of the global economy due to
general conditions; a worsening of the global economy resulting from
terrorist attacks or risk of war; a worsening of the global economy
resulting from a resurgence of SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory
Syndrome); the ability of the company to maintain its production
capability in its Singapore plant or obtain product from its Asia
Pacific suppliers should a resurgence of SARS occur; the ability of
the company to hold or increase market share with respect to line
matrix printers; the ability of the company to successfully compete
against entrenched competition in the thermal printer market; the
ability of the company to adapt to changes in requirements for radio
frequency identification ("RFID") products by Wal-Mart and/or the
Department of Defense and others; the ability of the company to
attract and to retain key personnel; the ability of the company's
customers to achieve their sales projections, upon which the company
has in part based its sales and marketing plans; the ability of the
company to retain its customer base and channel; the ability of the
company to compete against alternate technologies for applications in
its markets; and the ability of the company to continue to develop and
market new and innovative products superior to those of the
competition and to keep pace with technological change. The company
does not undertake to publicly update or revise any of its
forward-looking statements, even if experience or new information
shows that the indicated results or events will not be realized.

    About Printronix, Inc.

    Since 1974, Printronix, Inc. (NASDAQ:PTNX) has created innovative
printing solutions for the industrial marketplace and supply chain.
The company is the worldwide market leader in enterprise solutions for
line matrix printing and has earned an outstanding reputation for its
high-performance thermal and fanfold laser printing solutions.
Printronix also has become an established leader in pioneering
technologies, including radio frequency identification (RFID)
printing, bar code compliance and networked printer management.
Printronix is headquartered in Irvine, California. For company
information, see www.printronix.com.



    CONTACT: Printronix, Inc., Irvine
             Robert A. Kleist, 714-368-2863
             George L. Harwood, 714-368-2384
             or
             Investor Contact:
             EVC Group, LLC
             Douglas M. Sherk, 415-896-6818
             dsherk@evcgroup.com
             Jennifer Beugelmans, 415-896-6817
             jbeugelmans@evcgroup.com
             or
             Media Contact:
             WunderMarx, Inc.
             Cara Good, 949-860-2434, ext. 312
             cara.good@wundermarx.com