Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Canon
Wednesday, November 24, 2010 03:11 PM IST (09:41 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest; Business: Advertising, PR & marketing, Business services, Information technology, Media & entertainment, Publishing & printing, Retailers; Technology
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Canon Brings Advanced Functionalities with the Launch of Canon ImageRUNNER ADVANCE C2000 Series
The new iR ADVANCE C2000 series is all packed to meet productivity, document digitization and product requirements of SMB market
New Delhi, Delhi, India, Wednesday, November 24, 2010 -- (Business Wire India) -- Canon India Pvt. Limited, India's No 1. Complete Digital Imaging Company, to build on the asset of imageRUNNER ADVANCE print architecture platform introduces the C2000 series including imageRUNNER ADVANCE C2020 and C2020H. Building upon the Company's number one position in the A3 MFD category this new series round out Canon's portfolio to help meet the growing needs of a vast array of small and medium enterprises.
The C2000 series will assist SMB organizations to enjoy full functionality, will help them scale their business in the future and will support them collaborate their imaging needs. The intelligent communications and advanced printing functionality of these new models, coupled with its compact design and uncompromising performance, will help improve digital workflow and enhance productivity for organizations. The series cements Canon's commitment in bringing advanced functionalities to its customers, even in the low volume segment, making the advanced technology simple for everyone to use in the office scenario.
Announcing the launch of C2000 series of iR ADVANCE Mr. Puneet Datta, Assistant Director (Marketing) - BIS division, Canon India said, "With the colour market growing exponentially the new series will give an extra edge to small and medium enterprises at an affordable cost. The new imageRUNNER ADVANCE range is a true multi-role device that recognizes the importance of coloured documents in business and at the same time helps control costs associated with them. The new series delivers the benefits of digital copy, network print, color scanning, and optional fax features, along with flexible paper handling and finishing options that help save time, space, and most of all, document production costs."
Over the 5 year period, page volumes have increasingly shifted from monochrome-only devices to color-capable devices. The Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE C2000 Series offers customers:
Architecture that Grows with You
Built on Canon's MEAP (Multi-functional Embedded Application Platform), Canon's imageRUNNER ADVANCE C2000 Series offers all-in-one multifunction capabilities, including simultaneous copying, printing, scanning and document distribution. MEAP, further, enables powerful applications for workflow management and full document accounting as enterprise needs develop.
Advanced Functionality Now
The Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE C2000 Series offers print resolution of 1200 x 1200 dots per inch (dpi) and consistently delivers high image quality for text and images at speeds of up to 30 pages-per-minute (ppm). The series can also be connected directly to a user's workstation using the standard USB 2.0 High Speed port, or leveraged as a shared network resource through a highly efficient 1000/100BaseTX/10 Base-T Ethernet interface. A standard 80 GB hard disk is available to provide storage and spooling facilities for network printing, improving printing efficiency. There is also an option to add the hard disk to Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE C2020. In addition, secure printing options are available to provide a higher level of document security.
Innovative Collaboration Possibilities
The Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE series delivers superior and seamless workflow productivity and efficiency, thanks to a number of new functional capabilities including its innovative Advanced Box Collaboration functionality.
Through Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE C2000 series, users can store scans to and print files from the Advanced boxes of other iR-ADV series. This is especially useful in facilitating document sharing and communication across mix fleet environments made up of several series of imageRUNNER ADVANCE. This intelligent feature leverage on other imageRUNNER ADVANCE devices will also minimize duplication, future proofs business' investment as well as improve the ease of management.
The imageRUNNER ADVANCE series supports optional Super G3 fax functionality for high-speed fax transactions. The 2-line fax feature is capable of handling large volumes of fax documents, while ensuring lesser busy signals and greater connectivity. With the optional Remote Fax Kit, users can send fax through other fax-capable imageRUNNER ADVANCE devices in the network, even if it does not have a fax-board installed. This is a great tool for businesses to achieve significant cost and time savings through the innovative leverage and use of infrastructure without any duplication.
Multi-Format Document Support
Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE C2000 models are capable of quickly scanning and sending both black and white and color documents at 44 images-per-minute (ipm) in TIFF, JPEG and PDF formats to e-mail addresses or file folders (SMB/FTP) on a network. With Canon PDF High Compression mode on the new devices, color images can be handled efficiently over the network while maintaining image quality. This is especially useful when sending as email attachments, overcoming mail size limitations or when archiving since it consumes much lesser disk space. Reader extension support also enables users to scan and convert paper documents, directly into PDF formats that support annotations and markup functionality without any additional software cost. This improves document collaboration with the ability to share and review electronically.
Intuitive User Interfaces
A clear, intuitive Full Color SVGA TFT Control 5.7 inch control panel ensures effortless operation at all times and offers a customizable menu for an enhanced user experience. The Control Panel features a Quick Menu key that will enable users to improve and simplify their workflow, as well as share frequently used jobs or functions within a workgroup with a touch of one single button. This allows the user to easily harness the power of advanced features through its incredibly easy to use interface. With standard USB input and optional media connectivity options such as Secure Digital (SD) or CompactFlash (CF) cards, users can walk up to any imageRUNNER ADVANCE series devices with their thumb drives or memory cards to scan and print on the spot.
Fits into your Space
The imageRUNNER ADVANCE series features a new color and elegant design with rounded edges to blend more seamlessly into modern business environments. Innovative and space-saving finishing options include a built-in finisher offering full sorting and stapling functions. The Automatic Document Feeder (ADF) handles all copy and scan needs smoothly.
Canon is committed to the environment and green technologies through every phase of the product lifecycle. The new series is expected to reduce CO2 emissions by more than 30 percent by focusing on each stage of manufacturing, energy use and logistics. These devices, which are designed to be the smallest and lightest in their class, with less packaging to make transportation more efficient, are the first Canon offerings to make use of 100 percent recycled plastics and bio-plastic materials in certain parts within the new machines.
About Canon Inc
The parent company Canon Inc. is a global leader with total revenue of about US$ 34 billion in 2009, in photographic and digital imaging solutions. Its global network now includes 240 companies, employing some more than 170,000 people. It is dedicated to the advancement in technology and innovation and commits about 10% of its total revenue each year to R&D. Canon is consistently one of the top three companies to earn the most number of patents over the last 16 years. Canon is ranked 33rd on the Best Global Brands for the second consecutive year in Business Week's 100 Best Global Brands and amongst top 200 on the Fortune Global 500 in year 2009. As a Fortune Global 500 company, Canon is guided by its Kyosei philosophy that focuses on living and working together for the common good. For more information, please visit www.canon.co.in
Canon in India
Canon India closed H1 2010 revenues with 56% growth and is set to touch Rs 1260 Crores during calendar year 2010 which will be a 50% growth over 2009. Revenues in 2009 was Rs. 840 Crores, a 27% growth over 2008. Canon focuses on multiple market segments of consumer, B2B, Govt & Commercial. Canon's product portfolio extends over a vast variety of photocopiers, multi-functional peripherals, fax-machines, printers, scanners, All-in-ones, digital cameras, camcorders and multi media projectors, cable id printers, semi conductors and card printers. Canon India Pvt. Ltd. is a 100% subsidiary of Canon Singapore Pte. Ltd.,a world leader in imaging technologies. Set up in 1997, Canon India markets over 140 comprehensive range of sophisticated contemporary digital imaging. The company today has offices in 7 cities, warehouses in 13 cities across India and employs over 800 people. Canon has over 380 primary channel partners 13 National Retail Chain partners, over 4000 secondary retail points including 270 National Retail Chain store partners & 33 Canon Care Centers. Canon products are available in over 400 towns in India.
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CONSUMER, MARKETING, BUSINESS SERVICES, IT, MEDIA, PUBLISHING, RETAIL, TECHNOLOGY
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