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Friday, 20 April 2012

Canon Unveils New Document Scanners

Bangalore: Canon India, a complete digital imaging company, has announced the launch of new range of imageRUNNER 1700 series and document scanners to expand further in document management space in the country.

The imageRUNNER 1700 series which includes imageRUNNER 1730,1730i, 1740i and 1750i models offers high speed A4 black and white printing, scanning and copying to address the mid- and high-end desktop A4 printing requirements where A3 MFD has space constraints. This series comes with four variants with speed ranging for 30-50 pages-per-minute (ppm).

The new range of document scanners P-215, DR C-125, DR M-140 and DR M-160 cover all personal, workgroup and department level digitization needs.

Alok Bharadwaj, senior vice president, Canon India said, "India Inc prints about 15 crore documents annually and is expected to grow at rate of 15 percent YOY. The government and SME sector are the key growth drivers for this segment. The A4 copier-based MFDs is ideally suited to meet all the requirements of the Indian SMEs and government segment. With this rapid growth Canon is focusing on managed document services (MDS) as strategic value proposition to its customers and we are expecting 50 percent growth in this domain with revenue achievement of Rs. 75 crore in MDS for the year. Canon is poised to maintain its market leadership for five consecutive years in the copier-based MFD segment. To commensurate this achievement, the global head of Canon OIP business will be in India this September. Also, we find document scanners are integral part of digitization and become the first step in this process. Document scanner market is expected to grow by approximately 11 percent . BFSI, government and SME's are key contributors to this growth and Canon likes to leverage this growth by adding more products and solutions in this space."

The imageRUNNER 1700 series offers high-performance printing with speeds of between 30 and 50 ppm and producing first copies in approximately five seconds or less. The robust and compact design offers a maximum capacity of up to 2300 pages.

The imageRUNNER 1700 series has a large 5.7 inch touchscreen display and an intuitive menu selection and an interface which can be adjusted so that users can operate the device from any position. The new compact A4 series is also compatible with Canon's eMaintenance and iWMC (iW Management Console), granting service providers and administrators easy access to real-time device performance information to maximize uptime and reduce the cost of ownership.

The DR-M160 scanner is a compact and flexible document imaging solution with user-friendly design, high-quality image processing, reliable item handling, and intelligent software offer end-to-end options for capturing, converting, communicating, and controlling business information. With speed up to 60 ppm /120 ipm (2-sided), the DR-M160 can scan A4 and legal size as well. It comes with an automatic color detection that differentiates color documents from black and white automatically and the background smoothing function reduce unevenness in scanned document data. It can produce high-quality 24-bit images in full color at 60 ppm via simple front panel operations, and the double feed detection and separation retry functions automatically corrects feed errors to maximize efficiency.
The DR-C125 scanner offers high image quality combined with ease of use for converting and capturing paper-based documents to digital format. Without obstructive tray extensions, it has a speed of 25 ppm/50 ipm (2-sided) and can scan any size up to A4 at 25 sheets per minute. The DR-C125 is compact and small in footprint which requires no additional space for document ejection, and scans a variety of documents with the two available ejection paths: U-turn path and straight ejection path enabling it to scan thick document sheets, driver's licenses and ID cards as well. Its full auto mode automatically applies the best settings and allows users to scan documents that contain pages of varying type. It also features built-in ultrasonic sensor accurately detects when more than one sheet is fed simultaneously and can prevent important information from being left out.

The P-215 is a compact portable scanner to support high level of mobility. It comes with 'Capture OnTouch Lite' feature to allow user to easily scan result to a PC or laptop via USB 3.0 cable. In addition, users also do not need to install any drivers to use this scanner.

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