LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., Aug 12, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Building upon its reputation for leading-edge technological innovation and streamlined office solutions, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, today announced the Company has received six awards from Buyers Laboratory, Inc. (BLI) for outstanding performance in quality and key environmental benefits.
"Canon prides itself on developing and bringing practical, eco-conscious and innovative solutions to the marketplace, and we are honored to receive these prestigious accolades from BLI," said Junichi Yo****ake, senior vice president and general manger, Imaging Systems Group, Canon U.S.A. "We are dedicated to providing a robust portfolio of document management solutions that enhance workflow and office productivity and will carry this momentum forward as the Company brings additional products to market."
Spanning across several product lines, including the Company's imageRUNNER ADVANCE multifunction products, small office/home office, scanners and software solutions, each product was recognized as "Outstanding" in its respective category by BLI. Honors include:
Summer 2010 "Pick" Award for "Outstanding Mobile Scanner" - Canon imageFORMULA P-150
Proving to be the fastest and the only mobile scanner tested able to maintain speeds when connected via USB(1), the Canon P-150 personal scanner offers mobile workers the advantage of a compact, easy-to-use device for convenient, versatile document capture. The P-150 extends users a 20-sheet ADF, the ability to program up to 10 scan profiles and Canon's new CaptureOnTouch scan driver, which has also been honored with an "Outstanding Achievement" award (see below).
Canon imageRUNNER 3245/3245i -- "Outstanding Achievement" Award for Energy Efficiency
The MEAP enabled imageRUNNER 3245i is designed for workgroups and small businesses that require advanced features and functionality from a compact, eco-conscious device. Built upon Canon's imageCHIP II (Concurrent Hyper Intelligent Platform II) system architecture that provides dual processing capabilities for faster processing and response times, the imageRUNNER 3245i produces letter-sized output at up-to 45pages-per-minute (ppm), at 300 dots-per-inch (dpi), and comes bundled with several features such as network printing with support for Canon's proprietary UFR II technology, PCL5e/6 and PostScript(R) 3(TM) emulation, and advanced color sending capabilities for straight out-of-the-box functionality.
Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5035 - "Outstanding Achievement" Award for Energy Efficiency
Part of Canon's new fleet of imageRUNNER ADVANCE MFP's introduced last fall, the imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5035 features letter-sized color output speeds of up to 35ppm and scanning speeds of up to 46ipm (simplex, 300dpi). Offering standard Universal Send, UFR II Printing and internal finishing options, the imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5035 model packs powerful performance and the ability to perform multiple jobs concurrently -- all in a compact footprint.
Canon imageCLASS D1180 - "Outstanding Achievement" Award for Energy Efficiency
Helping replace the cost and complexities of managing multiple office devices, the monochrome imageCLASS D1180 allows smaller offices to have true copy, print, fax and scan functionality all in one machine. Boasting duplex letter-sized print and copy speeds of up to 30ppm at 300dpi and delivering first print and copy pages in approximately eight seconds, the D1180 offers end-users a great deal of flexibly with a built-in Ethernet port, network PC faxing and advanced sending capabilities allowing users to scan and send documents through E-mail, SMB and USB Memory.
Canon imageCLASS MF8350Cdn - "Outstanding Achievement" Award for Energy Efficiency
Ideal for small businesses looking to increase productivity and efficiency with a color MFP, the imageCLASS MF8350Cdn features letter-sized printing and copying at speeds of up to 21ppm in color and in black-and-white and includes two-sided printing, copying and faxing capabilities. Additionally, the MF8350Cdn includes a variety of workflow enhancements such as a user-friendly scanning workflow that minimizes steps and enables users to easily transmit a scanned image directly into a network folder, a bundled document management software program, or as an e-mail attachment.
Canon CaptureOnTouch Software Wins "Outstanding Achievement" Award
Bundled with the imageFORMULA P-150 and imageFORMULA DR-2020U, Canon's CaptureOnTouch software enables users to quickly and efficiently scan documents and automatically distribute or digitally store them. It also provides users with the ability to program a variety of frequently used scan profiles to increase workflow capabilities.
About Canon U.S.A., Inc.
Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions. Its parent company, Canon Inc. /quotes/comstock/13*!caj/quotes/nls/caj (CAJ 41.30, -0.15, -0.37%) , a top patent holder of technology, ranked fourth overall in the U.S. in 2009+, with global revenues of US $35 billion, is listed as number six in the computer industry on Fortune Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies 2010 list, and is on the 2009 BusinessWeek list of "100 Best Global Brands." Canon U.S.A. is committed to the highest levels of customer satisfaction and loyalty, providing 100 percent U.S.-based consumer service and support for all of the products it distributes. At Canon, we care because caring is essential to living together in harmony. Founded upon a corporate philosophy of Kyosei -- "all people, regardless of race, religion or culture, harmoniously living and working together into the future" -- Canon U.S.A. supports a number of social, youth, educational and other programs, including environmental and recycling initiatives. Additional information about these programs can be found at www.usa.canon.com/kyosei. To keep apprised of the latest news from Canon U.S.A., sign up for the Company's RSS news feed by visiting www.usa.canon.com/rss.
+Based on weekly patent counts issued by United States Patent and Trademark Office.
About Buyers Laboratory
Since 1961, Buyers Lab (BLI) has been the leading independent office-equipment testing lab and business consumer advocate. In addition to publishing the industry's most comprehensive and accurate test reports on office document imaging devices, each representing months of exhaustive hands-on testing in BLI's US and UK laboratories, the company has been the leading source of competitive intelligence for industry professionals on copiers, printers, fax machines, scanners, duplicators, wide-format devices and multifunctional products. The company's databases cover more than 13,000 products globally and have a long-standing reputation for being the industry's most trustworthy and complete source for specifications and side-by-side comparisons, all of which are available as part of bliQ, BLI's web-based encyclopedic resource. Subscribers also have access to BLI's renowned Lab Test Reports, First Look Reports, Solutions Reports, Environmental Reports, news articles and a complete library of manufacturer's product literature, as well as valuable tools including a Product Configurator and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) Calculator.
Buyers Lab also provides business consumers with How-To-Guides, a Needs Assessment Wizard and Free Vendor Quotes via its Buyers Lab Advisor website as well as independent purchasing advice and consulting from its Buyers Alliance procurement experts. Business Consumers and Manufacturers can also select from a vast array of confidential for-hire private testing services that include document imaging device beta and pre-launch testing, performance certification testing, consumables testing (such as toner, ink and photoconductors) and software and solutions and print media testing (including virgin and recycled papers).
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1 Maintains speeds when two USB connections are utilized with one as a power source and one as a computer connection. Actual processing speeds may vary based on PC performance and application software.
SOURCE: Canon U.S.A., Inc.
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