Canon U.S.A. Awarded "Most Outstanding Copier/Digital Copier-Printer Line of the Year" From Buyers Laboratory.Business/Technology Editors LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 2000 Five Canon Products  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . Also Selected as "Picks of the Year" in 2000 Buyers Lab Awards Canon canon, in music canon, in music, a type of counterpoint employing the strictest form of imitation. All the voices of a canon have the same melody, beginning at different times. Successive entrances may be at the same or at different pitches. U.S.A., Inc., the company whose imaging solutions give people Know How, announced today that it has received the coveted cov·et v. cov·et·ed, cov·et·ing, cov·ets v.tr. 1. To feel blameworthy desire for (that which is another's). See Synonyms at envy. 2. To wish for longingly. See Synonyms at desire. "Most Outstanding Copier/Digital Copier - Printer Line of the Year" award from Buyers Laboratory, Inc. (BLI BLI Buyers Laboratory Inc BLI BirdLife International BLI Budget Line Item BLI Blue Ling BLI Busy Lamp Indicator (VoIP) BLI Bellingham, WA, USA - Bellingham International (Airport Code) ), a leading independent office products testing laboratory. In addition, Canon also received five "Pick of the Year" awards for digital and analog copier, fax, and multifunction product excellence. "Canon is extremely proud to be recognized by BLI with such high distinction for our line of office equipment products," said Tod Pike pike, in zoology pike, common name for the family Esocidae, freshwater game and food fishes of Europe, Asia, and North America. The pike, the muskellunge, and the pickerel form a small but well-known group of long, thin fishes with spineless dorsal fins, , senior vice president of Marketing, Canon U.S.A. Imaging Systems Group. "Awards such as these reaffirm re·af·firm tr.v. re·af·firmed, re·af·firm·ing, re·af·firms To affirm or assert again. re Canon's Know How and our product superiority, especially with our highly successful imageRUNNER and LASER CLASS devices." The Copier/Digital Copier - Printer "Line of the Year" award is given to the company whose products demonstrate "outstanding performance by all, or most, of the models" tested in its line, and "are superior to the overall performance of each qualified competitive line." In testing, BLI considers emergency service required, preventative maintenance performed, image quality, toner An electrically charged ink used in copy machines and laser printers. It adheres to an invisible image that has been charged with the opposite polarity onto a plate or drum or onto the paper itself. yield, control panel design, multitasking multitasking Mode of computer operation in which the computer works on multiple tasks at the same time. A task is a computer program (or part of a program) that can be run as a separate entity. evaluations, connectivity issues, productivity ratings and economy. "More than any other factor, the strength of Canon's digital line won the award for the Company. Of the four digital Canon models tested, all won "Pick of the Year" awards in 1999/2000 in their respective segments," said Anthony Polifrone, president of Buyers Laboratory. "Attesting to the outstanding reliability of this product line is that the four digital models ran a combined total of 1,785,000 impressions in testing this year with just a single malfunction mal·func·tion v. 1. To fail to function. 2. To function improperly. n. 1. Failure to function. 2. Faulty or abnormal functioning. ." BLI "Pick of the Year" awards are given in each product category based on performance in critical factors such as reliability, misfeed frequency, copy and print quality, copy and print productivity and efficiency, ease-of-use, economy, and computer connectivity issues, such as network print management software utilities, network installation, printer driver ease-of-use and multitasking. Awarded products are respectively considered "the very best of the best." Selected for 1999/2000 "Pick of the Year" awards were: Digital Imaging Systems - Canon imageRUNNER 600 - Outstanding Segment 4 Multifunctional Imaging System - Canon imageRUNNER 400E - Outstanding Segment 3 Multifunctional Imaging System - Canon imageRUNNER 330E - Outstanding Segment 3 Multifunctional Imaging System - Canon GP200E - Outstanding Segment 1 Multifunctional Imaging System Fax Machines - Canon LASER CLASS 3175 - Outstanding High-Volume Fax Machine - Canon LASER CLASS 3170 - Outstanding High-Volume Fax Machine Fax-Based Multifunctional Products - Canon MultiPASS L6000 - Outstanding Fax-Based Multifunctional Product Analog Copiers - Canon NP 6545 - Outstanding Segment 4 Analog Copier In addition, the LASER CLASS 3170 and 3175 were noted as "well designed.....reliable and easy-to-use," offering "outstanding overall performance, strong feature sets, and excellent value." Both devices output also "earned BLI's highest copy quality rating in all categories tested." With regards to per-page supply cost, the units are "lower than that of any other model tested employing a single cartridge (1) See phono cartridge. (2) A removable storage module that contains magnetic disks, optical discs, magnetic tape or memory chips. Cartridges are inserted into slots in the drive, printer or computer. ." Testing for this year's BLI awards took place in 1999 and continued through 2000, generating more than 22 million impressions on over 100 digital copier/printers, copier and fax-based multifunction systems, facsimile machines, and newly-released analog devices Analog Devices (NYSE: ADI) is an American multinational producer of semiconductor devices. Analog specializes in ADC, DAC, MEMS, and DSP chips for consumer and industrial goods. Analog is presently designing circuits in the 65 nanometer to 3 µm process feature sizes range. . For nearly 40 years, Buyers Laboratory, a leading independent office products testing laboratory, has published comprehensive test reports on office products, each representing months of rigorous hands-on hands-on adj. Involving active participation; applied, as opposed to theoretical: "We're involved in hands-on operations, pulling levers, pushing buttons" Arthur R. Taylor. testing in its 10,000 square-foot lab. For MultiPASS L6000 information, call 1-800-OK-CANON or visit the Canon Computer Systems Web site at www.ccsi.canon.com. For imageRUNNER, LASER CLASS, and NP Copier information, call 1-800-OK-CANON or visit the Canon U.S.A. Web site at www.usa.canon.com. Canon U.S.A., Inc. is an industry leader in professional and consumer imaging solutions and, through its parent company, Canon Inc., is a top patent-holder of imaging technologies. The company's comprehensive product line includes networked multifunction devices; digital and analog copiers (color and black and white); printers, scanners, image filing systems, and facsimile machines; camcorders, cameras and lenses; and semiconductor, broadcast and medical equipment. Canon employs 12,000 people at more than 30 facilities throughout North, Central and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and the Caribbean. All referenced product names are trademarks of their respective owners. Canon U.S.A. Web site: http://www.usa.canon.com For sales info/customer support: 1-800-OK-CANON ccenter@va.ccsi.canon.com |
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