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Canon U.S.A. Introduces Three New imagePROGRAF Large Format Printers

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., February 22, 2010 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging and advanced office solutions, today answers the increasing demand for large format prints in the photographic, proofing and graphic arts market with the introduction of three new imagePROGRAF large format models - the 44-inch imagePROGRAF iPF8300, 24-inch imagePROGRAF iPF6350 and the iPF6300. Designed for precise, ultra high-quality print performance and increased productivity, each model features Canon's new, 12-Color LUCIA EX pigment ink set and advanced printing technologies specifically developed to produce prints with an enhanced color range and improved durability. The new imagePROGRAF models will be unveiled at the Wedding & Portrait Photographer International (WPPI) Convention at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, March 8-11, 2010.

"In just four short years, Canon has introduced more than 20 imagePROGRAF large format printers to the market with each new model raising the bar for outstanding, vibrant image quality and overall versatility," said Jim Rosetta, vice president and general manager, Imaging Systems Group, Canon U.S.A. "Coupled with our new LUCIA EX ink set and advanced media capabilities, the new imagePROGRAF models represent an ideal solution for the graphic, fine art, photography and proofing markets."

Enhanced Color Spectrum

With increasing consumer demand for professional and high-quality print jobs, high-end graphic and photographic studios continue to seek the capability to accurately produce vivid output of consumers' most demanding projects. To enhance its available color spectrum, the new imagePROGRAF models feature a revolutionary all-new 12-Color LUCIA EX pigment ink set increasing the achievable color gamut by approximately 20 percent from the previous imagePROGRAF iPFx100 series and enabling over 90 percent coverage of PANTONE ® (*) colors to produce rich expression. Additionally, to better meet the needs of the professional print market, the new models feature a reinforced mechanical structure to enable precise ink placement for improved text and line accuracy, making these new devices a powerful proofing solution.

Canon Marks a Decade of Innovation with 2,200 New Patents in 2009

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., February 10, 2010 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, is proud to announce that for the 10th consecutive year, Canon Inc. has ranked as one of the top five corporate recipients of U.S. patents. Covering a broad spectrum of digital imaging innovations, consumer product enhancements, and leading-edge technology, Canon's commitment and investment in research and development resulted in 2,204 patents in 2009, bringing the Company's total to nearly 20,000 patents in the last decade.

These patents have contributed to the successful introduction of many innovative products and technologies currently in the marketplace today. The EOS 5D Mark II Digital SLR camera, introduced ground-breaking full High Definition video capability to the DSLR market, the Canon imagePRESS C7000VP and imagePRESS C1+ digital printing presses delivered extraordinary quality and productivity to the production and graphic arts markets, and the CXDI-50RF Dynamic and Static Digital Radiography (DR) Sensor, was the world's first portable dynamic and static sensor, capable of viewing both dynamic images and capturing static X-ray images.

Canon imageRUNNER 3245i Receives Five-Star Environmental Rating From Buyers Laboratory, Inc.

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y., February 8, 2010 – Underscoring its commitment to the environment and helping organizations reduce their overall carbon footprint, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging and advanced office solutions, today announced the imageRUNNER 3245i has received a five-star rating – the highest possible – from Buyers Laboratory Inc. (BLI) in overall environmental performance.

Based on BLI's extensive real-world testing, the imageRUNNER 3245i uses less energy than the competition in all running and non-running modes. The device consumed less energy – less than half the average – than any other Segment Four monochrome copier tested to date. The imageRUNNER 3245i also has an annual projected energy cost that was just one-third of the average compared to competitor models.

BLI's extensive environmental performance evaluation also takes into consideration energy consumption as well as recovery times. While low energy consumption is a critical measurement tool in today's streamlined business environments, a device cannot be used to its fullest potential if it requires a long recovery time from sleep mode. Through BLI's testing, the Canon imageRUNNER 3245i showed faster than average recovery times from idle and sleep modes after sitting dormant overnight and is competitive in recovery time from sleep mode during daily use.
"Canon has a long-standing commitment to environmental preservation and reducing our overall carbon footprint, and receiving these outstanding ratings from BLI is a testament to our dedication," said Sam Yoshida, vice president and general manger, Imaging Systems Group, Canon U.S.A. "We are continuously researching new and advanced technologies that will not only help streamline and improve business environments, but also help companies in their push to become more 'green' and environmentally friendly."

IQ MFP...The Electronic Filing Solution That Makes You More Efficient And More Profitable.

2010-02-04_193051 Independent studies by major auditing firms indicate that most businesses lose one out of every twenty documents they create or receive. The costs associated with lost or simply misfiled documents mount quickly.

In partnership with HP, Informa Software delivers a solution that eliminates the time wasted looking for documents and the cost of making unnecessary copies.

Simply scan from the front panel of an HP mfp and file your document with a few keywords. Unlike copier-based mfps, IQmfp allows the input of index keywords from your desktop. All document types and search fields are custom-definable. IQmfp will also capture documents from MS Office applications or any Windows file type through the native Windows “Send to” feature with a few keystrokes.

Security at the document type, user and group levels insure that only authorized users gain access to documents.

Using an intuitive browser-based search, IQmfp can find documents by keywords or data ranges. Documents are displayed in the industry-standard Adobe® PDF Reader, allowing you to save, print, e-mail or even fax as necessary. IQmfp saves you money by dramatically reducing labor and other operational costs. Fewer trips to the filing cabinet and copier mean more employee productivity. Finding information quicker means being more responsive to customers, which translates directly into a competitive advantage.

Océ Large Format Printers/Plotters and Scanners Receive High Rating from Users in National Office Products Analyst Survey

February 3, 2009, Trumbull, CT– Océ, an international leader in digital document management, today announced its large format printers/plotters were rated best overall and Océ scanners received the "OPA Recommended" award in the 2009 annual Office Products Analyst (OPA) Print for Pay Survey.

Each year, the OPA asks commercial printers and publishing houses to rate the color printers they work with on a daily basis. The organization then compiles the results into its Print for Pay Survey. Surveys were completed via extensive telephone interviews and the internet over the course of six weeks. After a thorough validation process, the OPA had 296 responses represented in the study.

For the Wide Format Printer/Plotter portion of the study, respondents were asked to rate their large format printer/plotter on reliability, image quality, ease of use and productivity. Océ received high marks in all four categories, including the top ranking in reliability and productivity. The combined ranking of all four categories gave Océ the best overall rating for its wide format printer/plotters.

"Commercial printers and publishing houses are some of the most critical printer customers. Based on our research, anyone in the market for a monochrome printer should strongly consider Océ," said Andy Slawetsky, President, Industry Analysts, Inc. .

HP LaserJet 4345mfp Series for Distributed Capture

2010-02-01_215057 While many organizations have invested heavily in enterprise content management (ECM) solutions, many have difficulty in bringing the benefits of those investments down to the individual workgroup level. Many small departments and distributed workgroups are still plagued by manual paper handling and routing processes that create huge inefficiencies and potentially costly errors. Moreover, few workgroups have an easy way to get their business documents into the content management system or into a business process quickly enough to improve their operational efficiency.

To address the document capture and processing needs of workgroups and distributed environments, HP provides the HP LaserJet 4345mfp series. These multi-function products (MFPs) are available with two software options (Digital Sending Software 4.0 and HP AutoStore) that allow workgroups to easily capture documents, extract relevant data, index the documents, and distribute them to multiple destinations (including fax, e-mail, shared network folders, directories, and content management systems). In addition, the HP LaserJet 4345mfp series provides workgroups with all the benefits of an MFP, including printing, copying, scanning, faxing, and digital sending capabilities – all from a single device.

Integrating Color Into Your Printing Strategy

2010-01-28_170325 As color printing becomes increasingly accessible and affordable, more organizations than ever are making it a standard part of the office printing environment. To get the most value from an investment in color printing, it’s critical to incorporate color into the environment in a planned, informed way. That means making decisions about how to invest in, deploy and use color printing that are based on solid information about what documents need to be printed in color and which users will be involved—just as you would for other printers and devices in the environment. Integrating color printing into an overall printing strategy in this way makes it possible to “manage the device to manage the cost” and thereby maximize the return on an investment in color printing.

The value of color Successfully incorporating color into your printing strategy begins with recognizing the strategic value that color brings to organizational communications. As Don Jones points out in The Definitive Guide to Color Office Printing, “Color communications can improve comprehension by 75 percent over black-and-white communications. Readership of color documents can be 40 percent higher. Training materials can accelerate learning from a rate of 55 percent to a rate of 75 percent.”* This impact creates strategic value through its potential to positively affect revenue and  productivity.

Revenue impact

For example, in the financial-services industry, advisors who counsel individuals on their financial future must often present complex information about investment options in the form of charts and graphs that may be inherently difficult to understand due to the amount and type of data contained in them. Color can help customers understand this information better by drawing attention to key figures and conclusions, making it easier for them to get the information they need to make appropriate investment choices. This in turn creates the potential for positive revenue impact for the financial-services provider that is presenting various investment options to the customer.

The Benefits of HP “Instant On” Technology

2010-01-25_201659 Abstract
HP offers “Instant on” technology in most LaserJet printers. This document presents information on the benefits of this technology that is based on data from a survey of 1,305 office workers, testing conducted by QualityLogic that quantifies the benefits of “Instant on” enabled printers, and our review of the technology and its applicability. Also taken into account is testing conducted by HP regarding the power consumption of monochrome and color printers from a variety of manufacturers, as well as other relevant InfoTrends research.

Executive Summary
When purchasing monochrome or color printers, most buyers base their decision on two primary factors: speed—or the number of pages per minute (PPM) a device is rated for—and price. They balance these two factors to meet a specific set of needs. Rarely do buyers consider printer productivity on a per-job basis (i.e. for an average print job, how long does it take for the first page to print, and how long does it take for the entire job to print). As this research will show, the actual printer productivity can be a more telling measure of the cost-effectiveness of a printer than its rated PPM.
When office workers print a job, they usually send it to a device that is in sleep mode. The printer has to “wake up” before printing the job. The result, in many cases, is that it takes longer to complete the print job than one would expect based on the rated speed of the device.

The Power Punch of ITEX 2010

Each year ITEX brings in the big guns, unleashing an arsenal of new information and product to help the office channel. The ITEX strike force is again in motion with its tenth show to address the current state of the “office economy.” Each year they find and deliver red hot information to industry providers that’s aimed at ramping up their arsenal of business tools. The annual tradition of arming the evolving Dealer, VAR, ISV, CTO and other providers in the channel has ITEX delivering key information to help organizations widen their knowledge on new innovations for product and supplies, service and IT, on document solutions or emerging programs such as MPS. Bottom line?  ITEX assists providers in repositioning their business models to magnify profits.

Professionals in office technology have found that the environment has shifted due to the “new economy” and are looking for answers; to address the changes along with their customers’ demands for cost-efficient and conveniently acquired product and services. Within this transformation, providers see the need to integrate & merge offerings of hardware, software and services to become better, single-source providers to their customers in order capture and retain market share

As providers evolve into “hybrids,” ITEX breaks it down and provides an actionable tool kit.

Introducing the HP Color LaserJet 4730mfp

2010-01-19_215843 Access to color imaging and printing resources is becoming increasingly mission critical. According to a recent survey by InfoTrends/CAP Ventures, 78% of the IT and facilities managers, CEOs, business owners, and other technology decision makers who responded consider color printing at least “moderately important” to their organizations. Nearly half, — 46% — said color printing is “very important” or even “critical,” and 90% plan to buy color devices in the future. While the future of color in the office appears bright, research found that only half of the workers within these organizations currently have access to color devices, and that lingering fears about increased costs from these devices have prevented them from becoming ubiquitous.

Thanks to innovative HP technology, organizations can worry a lot less about the impact that color access will have on document output costs. The new HP Color LaserJet 4730mfp is affordable enough to let you deploy the full gamut of imaging and printing capabilities — including industry-leading color — closer to end-users for the same or less money than competing solutions, plus it offers the same supplies costs for black-and-white printing and copying as most leading workgroup laser printers and helps you control access to color to ensure output costs don’t get out of hand.