CANON U.S.A. AND ROCHESTER SOFTWARE ASSOCIATES

CANON U.S.A. AND ROCHESTER SOFTWARE ASSOCIATES SIGN MEAP LICENSING AGREEMENT FOR A CUSTOMIZABLE PRINT CENTER WORKFLOW APPLICATION

RSA To Develop a Total Remote Hardcopy Job Submission Application using MEAP Technology for Canon imageRUNNER MFPs

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., March 5, 2007 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., and Rochester Software Associates (RSA), Inc., a leading provider of digital document workflow solutions, today announced that RSA will license Canon's innovative Multifunctional Embedded Application Platform (MEAP) Software Developers Kit to design and develop a customizable remote hardcopy job submission application for Canon imageRUNNER devices.


With the new MEAP application, users will be able to simply scan and submit jobs, including finishing and billing preferences, to their internal print center directly from a Canon imageRUNNER device. The planned MEAP based application will complement and extend the capabilities of RSA's existing suite of print center-centric workflow applications, particularly the QDirect enterprise print workflow management solution and WebCRD solutions. RSA's MEAP application is scheduled to be available later this year.

"We are proud to expand upon our existing relationship with RSA through development on the MEAP platform. RSA's heritage in the production printing marketplace, coupled with the convenience afforded users through their MEAP application, is yet another example of how Canon and its partners are enhancing user workflow," said Dennis Amorosano, director and general manager, Solutions Business Development Division, Canon U.S.A., Inc. "RSA's MEAP application will significantly enhance customer print shop workflow, making accessing the services of in-house print shops easier than ever before."
"We have experienced a very high level of interest in our automated scan to print center solution that includes complete electronic job ticketing and print production management," said Timothy Kelly, senior vice president, RSA. "The Canon imageRUNNER devices are a great fit because they meet the needs for scanning and production printing in the print center and the MEAP platform provides a high level of flexibility for the user interface."

Canon was the first manufacturer in the industry to launch an MFP software development platform in 2003. The Java-based MEAP development environment provides a platform for the creation of unique applications, simplifying the interaction between users and Canon's devices, while tying tightly into a user's specific workflow. Since the introduction of MEAP, Canon has been working with third-party software vendors, customers and dealers to develop customized document workflow tasks on Canon imageRUNNER MFPs. MEAP based applications are currently in use by organizations in the legal, hospitality, education and healthcare markets.

For more information on Canon's Alliance Program, MEAP technology and obtaining software development tools, please visit www.developersupport.canon.com

About Rochester Software Associates, Inc.
Founded in 1986, Rochester Software Associates (RSA) delivers Integrated Workflow Results. RSA's software solutions consolidate, optimize, and manage data center and network printing, thereby enhancing productivity and lowering costs. RSA enables Internet-based print job submission and fulfillment (WebCRD), enterprise print workflow management (QDirect), and print transform (M.I.S. Print, IPDSPrint, DTPrint, and RDOPrint). RSA is a member of Canon U.S.A.'s Imaging Systems Group Alliance and Industry Marketing (AIM) program.

About Canon U.S.A., Inc.
Canon U.S.A., Inc. delivers consumer, business-to-business, and industrial imaging solutions. The company is listed as one of Fortune's Most Admired Companies in America and is on the BusinessWeek list of "Top 100 Brands." Its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ) is a top patent holder of technology, ranking third overall in the U.S. in 2006†, with global revenues of $34.9 billion. For more information, www.usa.canon.com.