Canon U.S.A. Expands Its Color Laser Line-Up with the Availability of the Color imageRUNNER C5180 and the Introduction of Four New Color Models.LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. -- Canon Rounds Out Its New Color imageRUNNER Line to Deliver Powerful Color Within Reach of Any Sized Business Helping to make color in Verb 1. color in - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film" color, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour the office a reality, Canon U.S.A, Inc., the nation's market share brand leader in black-and-white and color laser printer/copier solutions(1), today began shipping the Color imageRUNNER C5180 Series and expanded its line of full-color digital imageRUNNER multifunction solutions with the introduction of the Color imageRUNNER C4580/C4080/C3380/C2880 Series. The Color imageRUNNER C4580/C4080/C3380/C2880 Series joins the Canon Color imageRUNNER C5180 Series, which was introduced earlier this year, in Canon's family of powerful, yet affordable, color devices for large and small office environments. Based on four-drum technology, the Color imageRUNNER C5180/C4580/C4080 Series delivers speeds of up to 51/45/40 pages-per-minute (ppm), based on letter-sized documents, respectively, for black-and-white output and up to 51/40/36 ppm, based on letter-sized documents, respectively, for color output. The Color imageRUNNER C3380/C2880 Series, which brings big features and impressive color to the office in a small footprint, delivers output at speeds of up to 33/28 ppm, respectively, in monochrome and up to 28/26 ppm in brilliant color. Using Canon's next-generation color imagePlatform system architecture, imageCHIP (Concurrent Hyper Intelligent Platform), the new Color imageRUNNER Series brings fast engine and data processing data processing or information processing, operations (e.g., handling, merging, sorting, and computing) performed upon data in accordance with strictly defined procedures, such as recording and summarizing the financial transactions of a speed and reliable color to office and professional users alike. The robust imageCHIP system architecture, with its dual CPU design CPU design is the design engineering task of producing a CPU, a component of computer hardware. It is a subfield of electronics engineering and computer engineering. Overview CPU design focuses on these areas:
"With advanced color document handling and finishing capabilities, this new Color imageRUNNER Series will change the way color is used in the office," said Tod Pike, senior vice president, Imaging Systems Group, Canon U.S.A., Inc. "The Canon innovation and technology in this new series of MFPs are perfect examples of why Canon has been able to remain an industry leader in digital color imaging, from its first full-color copying machine in the 1980s to today's award-winning imageRUNNER line." The new Color imageRUNNER C5180/C4580/C4080 models come standard with a 100-sheet duplexing automatic document feeder In multifunction or all-in-one printers, fax machines, photocopiers and scanners, Automatic Document Feeder or ADF is a feature which takes several pages and feeds the paper one page at a time into the scanner, allowing the user to scan (and thereby copy, print, or fax) (DADF DADF Duplex Automatic Document Feeder (Xerox) ), which can handle multi-page originals at speeds up to 70 images-per-minute (ipm), while the Color imageRUNNER 3380/2880 models are available with a 50-sheet DADF with scan speeds up to 44 ipm for color and black-and-white, based on letter-sized output. The new models include Color Universal Send for scanning and sending documents directly from the Color imageRUNNER device, and new laser scanner technology to deliver up to 1,200 X 1,200 dots-per-inch (dpi) printing resolution. In addition, several options are available for these devices, including high-capacity finishers and hole punch
A hole punch (known also as a hole puncher, paper puncher or perforator capabilities, and robust security and device management functionality. These Color imageRUNNER models will be the first series of imageRUNNER models to offer support for Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) protocol, an emerging industry standard for collaborative access and management of documents via Web servers. The new Color imageRUNNER Series, which is available as a "Base" model that can be expanded to fit one's particular printing and scanning needs or an "i" model that is configured with standard print and enhanced send features for general office environments, leverages Canon's proprietary Multifunctional Embedded Application An application that permanently resides in an industrial or consumer device. Providing some type of control function and/or user interface, the software is typically stored in a non-volatile memory such as ROM or flash memory. Platform (MEAP MEAP Manning Early Access Program MEAP Multifunctional Embedded Application Platform MEAP Michigan Education Assessment Program MEAP Maryland Energy Assistance Program MEAP Minority Ethnic Achievement Project (UK) (R)), which enables organizations to tailor their system functions to specific industry or business needs with customized applications. The Color imageRUNNER C5180/C4580/C4080 models are available with a choice of print controllers, including an external print server. This print controller configuration flexibility allows the Color imageRUNNER Series to deliver optimized technology for virtually every color requirement and market segment. The UFR UFR Unité de Formation et de Recherche (French universities research and teaching unit) UFR Union of Republican Forces (Guinea) UFR Ultrafiltration Rate (kidney dialysis) II/PCL Printer Kit, for the C5180/C4580/C4080 models, offers Canon proprietary UFR II (Ultra Fast Rendering II), popular PCL (Printer Command Language) The page description language for HP LaserJet printers. It has become a de facto standard used in many printers and typesetters. PCL Level 5, introduced with the LaserJet III in 1990, also supports Compugraphic's Intellifont scalable fonts. and optional PostScript emulation Using a PostScript interpreter that is not from Adobe. printing, is designed to help make general office environments more productive and efficient. The imagePASS(TM)-H1 for the Color imageRUNNER C5180/C4580/C4080 models and the imagePASS-J1 for the imageRUNNER C3380/C2880 models support genuine Adobe PostScript 3 and PCL and are designed for color intensive multi-user environments that require additional throughput speed and enhanced color and document management tools. When connected to the ColorPASS(R)-GX100, the Color imageRUNNER C5180/C4580/C4080 models will help support the needs of demanding color users and production environments. The Color imageRUNNER "i" models come standard with UFR II/PCL printing capability. In addition to color copying and printing, the new Color imageRUNNER Series can be used as a powerful central communications hub for sharing and managing information in the office. With powerful Color Universal Send capabilities standard, the Canon Color imageRUNNER Series enables users to distribute scanned data to a variety of destinations including document management systems, such as Canon imageWARE(TM) Document Manager, in one simple step. The Color imageRUNNER Series is also available with enhanced Universal Send features, which includes functionality like Trace & Smooth for increasing the quality of scanned text images in compressed PDFs and Digital Signatures for adding a digital signature to a PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. . The new Color imageRUNNER Series delivers a host of device management and security features designed to help ease administrative burdens, control and monitor device usage, and help protect vital corporate information. Capabilities include Department ID for up to 1,000 departments, Single Sign On (SSO See single sign-on and CSO. SSO - single sign-on ) and Simple Device Log-in (SDL (Specification and Description Language) A modeling language used to describe real time systems. It is widely used to model state machines in the telecommunications, aviation, automotive and medical industries. ) authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. , the Canon imageRUNNER Security Kit, Secure Watermark watermark: see paper. See digital watermark. capability, Encrypted Secured Print, Canon's Remote UI and Canon's imageWARE Enterprise Management Console A terminal or workstation used to monitor and control a network. See Microsoft Management Console. . The new Color imageRUNNER C5180 Series is available for shipping today, while all other new Color imageRUNNER models will be available later this year through authorized Canon U.S.A. dealers, including Canon Business Solutions locations. The new Color imageRUNNER models will have the following manufacturer's suggested retail prices: Color imageRUNNER Models Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price --------------------------------------------------------------------- Color imageRUNNER C5180 "i" $25,000 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Color imageRUNNER C5180 $23,000 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Color imageRUNNER C4580 "i" $22,000 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Color imageRUNNER C4580 $20,000 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Color imageRUNNER C4080 "i" $19,000 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Color imageRUNNER C4080 $17,000 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Color imageRUNNER C3380 "i" $13,000 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Color imageRUNNER C3380 $11,000 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Color imageRUNNER C2880 "i" $11,000 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Color imageRUNNER C2880 $9,000 --------------------------------------------------------------------- About Canon U.S.A., Inc. Canon U.S.A., Inc. delivers consumer, business-to-business, and industrial imaging solutions. The Company is listed as one of Fortune's Most Admired Companies in America and is rated #35 on the BusinessWeek list of "Top 100 Brands." Its parent company Canon Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :CAJ CAJ Canadian Association of Journalists CAJ Christliche Arbeiterjugend (German Young Christian Workers) CAJ China Academic Journals CAJ Christian Academy in Japan CAJ Canaima, Venezuela (Airport Code) ) is a top patent holder of technology, ranking second overall in the U.S. in 2005, with global revenues of $31.8 billion. For more information, visit www.usa.canon.com. (1)Source - Gartner Dataquest - "Printer Quarterly Statistics United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. - Database," Camille Iorns, May 2006. Availability dates and specifications are subject to change without notice. All referenced product names, and other marks, are registered trademarks of their respective owners. Actual prices set by dealer and may vary. |
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