BWI: New Canon PIXMA E500 Prints 2000 Pages from Single Cartridge*

Press release from Business Wire India
Source: Canon
Thursday, March 01, 2012 04:22 PM IST (10:52 AM GMT)
Editors: General: Consumer interest, Lifestyle; Business: Business services, Information technology, Publishing & printing; Technology
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New Canon PIXMA E500 Prints 2000 Pages from Single Cartridge*
Affordable, ink efficient and stylish PIXMA E500 is the new star from Canon

New Delhi, Delhi, India, Thursday, March 01, 2012 -- (Business Wire India) -- Canon announced the launch of their new PIXMA E500 printer in India. Canon PIXMA E500 is an affordable multi-function printer which uses affordable ink and is styled in a nice, gloss black finish. E500 is suitable for home and small office users who have large printing volume and desire a printer with low running cost per page with high quality printing.

The printers include new features to enhance the overall customer experience. E500 comes with new high-capacity FINE11 Cartridge System (PG-88 Pigment Black / CL-98 Tri-color) and print speed of ESET: 5.0ipm (color) and ESET: 8.6ipm (B/W). With increase in red region saturation and high capacity black ink cartridge the printer delivers brilliant output. Some of the other features of E500 are PC-less photo enhancement via the Auto Photo Fix II, filter effects and D.C.G. processing technology with which E500 delivers top quality photo prints.

"Our latest PIXMA printers incorporate Canon's advanced technology at lower price points and PIXMA E500 is designed to meet our customers' need to deliver unparalleled print quality at affordable prices. Besides, with high capacity cartridge system the user will not have to replace cartridges frequently," said Mr VP Sajeevan, Director - CSP Division, Canon India.

Photos appear true to life with exceptional vibrancy and incomparable quality as the versatile E500 is equipped with FINE print head technology which produces a wide color gamut to achieve vivid coloration, high glossiness and true depth. Users can print amazing ready-to-frame photo images in minutes and with ChromaLife100 Technology users get 100 years of photo longevity under album storage.

The E500 printer's innovative fold-up paper tray provides a compact printing solution for home users with limited workspace or students with small dorm rooms. Also, users can easily replace cartridges from the front cover.

*As certified by CHIP .

Users can scan the documents and pictures in minutes with 1200 x 2400 dpi optical scan resolution and save energy with CIS (Contact Image Sensor). The auto scan mode performs document type detection, multi-cropping in one-pass scanning and saves files into appropriate document categories

E500 printer with the new FINE11 Cartridges can also access to Canon's Creative Park Premium. With E500 users get full HD Movie Print feature with which they can merge frames and combine multiple frames to show natural flow of movement.

Users can also prints printable CDs and CD jewel case with the newly introduced Disc Label Printing which comes with 33 layouts options and 11 background samples.

The Canon PIXMA E500 printer is available in stores at the recommended retail price of Rs 5,999/.

About Canon Inc.

Canon Inc. , headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leader in the fields of professional and consumer imaging equipment and information systems. Canon's extensive range of products includes copying machines, inkjet and laser printers, cameras, video equipment, medical equipment and semiconductor-manufacturing equipment. Originally established in 1937 as Precision Optical Industry, Co., Ltd., a camera manufacturer, Canon has successfully diversified and globalized to become a worldwide industry leader in professional and consumer imaging systems and solutions.

With over 195,000 employees worldwide, Canon has manufacturing and marketing subsidiaries in Japan, the Americas, Europe, Asia and Oceania; and a global R&D network with companies based in the United States, Europe, Asia and Australia. Canon's consolidated net sales for fiscal 2010 (ended December 31, 2010) totalled $45.8 billion (at an exchange rate of \81 = US$1). Visit the Canon Inc. website at: www.canon.com

Canon in India

Canon India closed the year of 2011 with revenues of Rs 1525 crore which is 21 % growth over 2010. Canon focuses on multiple market segments of consumer, B2B, Government & Commercial. Canon's product portfolio extends over a vast variety of copier MFDs, fax-machines, printers, scanners, All-in-ones, digital cameras, camcorders and multimedia projectors, cable ID printers, semiconductors 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 930 people. Canon has approximately 380 primary channel partners 13 National Retail Chain partners, and over 4000 secondary retail points. Oce distributors in India will now be a part of Canon partner network. Canon's service reach extends to over 200 towns with over 200 service Engineers, 4 Master service centres and 34 Canon Care Centers. Canon and Océ products are available with complete service support network.

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