Canon U.S.A. Significantly Enhances the Power and Performance of the imageRUNNER 110 Network Production System; New Software and Accessories to Bolster Black-and-White Digital Printing Productivity.Business/Technology Editors 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. EXPO EXPO Exposition 2000 NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 15, 2000 Canon U.S.A., Inc. today announced a new software platform and product accessories that will greatly enhance digital printing productivity and workflow The automatic routing of documents to the users responsible for working on them. Workflow is concerned with providing the information required to support each step of the business cycle. with the imageRUNNER 110. The new portfolio of products adds new capabilities and functionality designed to improve customer workflow and to address the wide array of applications in the production print and print on demand markets. The new capabilities being announced include: -- ImageSmart Document Mastering Software and Workstation. The software, developed by Heidelberg Digital L.L.C., employs an open industry standard PDF-based workflow front-end to enhance pre-flighting for document assembly, viewing, editing and proofing. The hardware workstation works seamlessly with the new software to deliver maximum speed and efficiency. -- ImageSmart Production Software, which ships standard with every imageRUNNER 110 and leverages industry standard Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) to expand imageRUNNER 110 functionality and use within the marketplace. -- Document Inserter, a new imageRUNNER 110 accessory offering a 4,000 sheet paper capacity with the ability to insert easily both pre-printed color and image-rich documents into black-and-white documents, without slowing workflow. -- Canon imageSCANNER 65 Production Scanner, supporting both Simplex and Duplex scanning while delivering true 600 x 600 dots-per-inch resolution at its full speed of 65 pages-per-minute. Canon also announced that it would offer a solution for perfect bookbinding bookbinding. The art and business of bookbinding began with the protection of parchment manuscripts with boards. Papyrus had originally been produced in rolls, but sheets of parchment came to be folded and fastened together with sewing by the 2d cent. A.D. , manufactured by C.P. Bourg bourg n. 1. A market town. 2. A medieval village, especially one situated near a castle. [French, from Old French, from Late Latin burgus, fortress, , which allows on-demand On-Demand refers to a service or feature which addresses the user's need for instant gratification and immediacy of use. In most cases the value proposition for an on-demand service is wrapped up in the fact that the user or consumer of the service avoids a significant up-front bookbinding and printing of up to 350 books-per-hour. "Canon is pleased to offer enhancements to the imageRUNNER 110 product platform as we continue our aggressive drive towards establishing leadership in the production and print-on-demand markets," said Dennis Dennis is a male first name derived from the Greco-Roman name Dionysius meaning "servant of Dionysus", the Thracian god of wine, which is ultimately derived from the Greek Dios (Διος, "of Zeus") combined with Nysos or Nysa (Νυσα), where the Amorosano, director of Canon U.S.A. Copier and Networked Office Systems Division. "Through these actions and others across the imageRUNNER product line, we are clearly establishing Canon as a primary provider of solutions to customers high-volume needs." With the addition of these enhancements, Canon will address additional customer requirements and permit the integration of the imageRUNNER 110 print engine into a new set of customer applications. The imageRUNNER 110 engine is designed to meet the workflow needs of on-demand printing See print on demand. and duplicating by driving output at 110 pages-per-minute and employing an open architecture that is easily integrated into customer networks. The system prints stored document or image files, scanned hard copy and print data streams and is ideally suited for customer applications ranging from manuals, booklets and other frequently revised publications, as well as customized documents, such as financial reports and brochures. The imageRUNNER 110 enhancements and accessories will be made available throughout the remainder of 2000 and early 2001.
Suggested Retail Pricing for these options is outlined below:
ImageSmart Document Mastering Software w/Workstation $ 20,000
imageSCANNER 65 Production Scanner $ 37,900
Document Inserter $ 30,500
C.P. Bourg Perfect Binder $ 73,000
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 Expo 2000 @ New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Web site: http://www.usa.canon.com/expo2000ny |
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