Exhibit 99

          Printronix Declares $0.07 Per Share Cash Dividend

    IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 2005--Printronix, Inc.
(NASDAQ:PTNX), the leading manufacturer of integrated enterprise
printing solutions for the supply chain, today announced that at its
November 15, 2005 meeting, the Board of Directors declared a quarterly
cash dividend of $0.07 per share to be paid on December 15, 2005 to
shareholders of record as of December 1, 2005. The cash required for
the dividend will be approximately $460,000 based on approximately 6.6
million shares outstanding as of October 21, 2005.
    "We are pleased to continue the dividend payment despite the
disappointing results for the second fiscal quarter. Our strong
balance sheet and equity allow us to make this return to
shareholders," said Robert Kleist, President and CEO of Printronix.

    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 our production
capability in our Singapore plant or obtain product from our 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
our 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 show
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 RFID printing, bar code compliance and
networked printer management. Printronix is headquartered in Irvine,
California. For more 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