Delivering Big Performance in a Space-Saving Design, Canon Debuts New Sub-$100 Bubble Jet Printer; BJC-2100 Offers Cross-Platform Performance In Small Package for SOHO Users.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers COSTA MESA Costa Mesa (kŏs`tə mā`sə), city (1990 pop. 96,357), Orange co., S Calif., on the Pacific south of Santa Ana; inc. 1953. It is a transportation, residential, and light industrial center. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 2000 Continuing the tradition of offering value-added printers for the small office/home office See SOHO. (SOHO Soho (sōhō`, sə–), district of Westminster, London, England, known for its continental restaurants. Once a fashionable quarter, it became popular among writers and artists in the 19th cent. ) user, Canon Computer Systems Inc. (CCSI CCSI Computer & Control Solutions, Inc CCSI Cisco Certified Systems Instructor (training qualification) CCSI Canadian Centre for Swine Improvement CCSI Contemporary Control Systems, Inc CCSI Channel Coding with Side Information ) today announced the BJC-2100 printer. As a leader in the sub-$100 segment of the ink jet printer See inkjet printer. market, Canon's economical Bubble Jet printer Noun 1. bubble jet printer - a kind of ink-jet printer bubble-jet printer, bubblejet ink-jet printer - a printer that produces characters by projecting electrically charged droplets of ink delivers full-featured four color printing “colour separation” redirects here. For other uses, see colour-separation overlay. Color printing is the reproduction of an image or text in color (as opposed to simpler black and white or monochrome printing). performance, American Greetings American Greetings Corporation, Inc. NYSE: AM is the world's largest publicly-traded greeting card company. It is based in Cleveland, Ohio and sells paper greeting cards, electronic greeting cards, party products (such as wrapping papers and decorations), and electronic Special Edition CreataCard software, duplexing via the driver and optional scanner cartridge capability for an estimated street price of $69(a) (after a $30 mail-in rebate offer). "The sub-$100 ink jet printer market has always been a priority of Canon's as the company continues its dominance in the SOHO market," said Ned Bunnell, director of product marketing for CCSI. "With Canon's Bubble Jet printing technology and design expertise, we are able to combine form, functionality and superior technology for a great price." Adding to the value of the BJC-2100 printer, Canon features both Universal Serial Bus See USB. (hardware, standard) Universal Serial Bus - (USB) An external peripheral interface standard for communication between a computer and external peripherals over an inexpensive cable using biserial transmission. (USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. ) and parallel port options, focusing on the growing segment of both Mac and Windows users. "SOHO customers have enjoyed the value and performance of its predecessors the BJC-1000 and the BJC-2000 printers. By making the BJC-2100 printer cross-platform, both Mac and Windows users can take advantage of the quality and price." Small in Size, Big on Performance The BJC-2100 printer replaces Canon's BJC-2000 printer, and offers the fastest black text print speed in this price category at approximately five ppm (pages-per-minute) in monochrome(b). The BJC-2100 printer offers 720x360 dpi resolution in both four-color and monochrome output and is compatible with Canon's proprietary optional Photo Ink cartridges for photo-realistic printing on plain or special photo paper. In addition to its speed and high-quality printing performance, the new Bubble Jet printer offers sleek compact styling, and features Canon's drop-in cartridge loading system -- taking an easy-to-use product one step further. The BJC-2100 also offers two Canon exclusive features: Drop Modulation Technology for enhanced photo-quality output and sharper text printing; and compatibility with Canon's unique Color Image Scanner Cartridge (the IS-22 at an estimated street price of $19(a) after $30 mail-in rebate), which turns the printer into a 360 dpi color sheetfed scanner by easily swapping the scanner cartridge in the place of the printer's ink cartridge. Canon Computer Systems Inc. will also be offering a derivative of the BJC-2100 printer. The BJC-2120 printer will offer the same features of the BJC-2100 printer but will be encased en·case tr.v. en·cased, en·cas·ing, en·cas·es To enclose in or as if in a case. en·case  ment n. in a black molding. Canon's Total Printing Solution The BJC-2100 printer prints on a variety of media including Banner Paper, Envelopes, Glossy Photo Cards, Greeting Cards, High Resolution Paper, Transparencies, High Gloss Film, and Canon's new Artist Canvas and magnet sheets. Canon has also created a special Web site, Canon Print Planet, designed to help end-users create imaginative and personalized printed output. The site address is www.canonprintplanet.com. Warranty and Technical Support The BJC-2100 printer comes with a one-year limited warranty Limited warranty A warranty with certain conditions and limitations on the parts covered, type of damage covered, and/or time period for which the agreement is good. with Canon's SelectExchange(sm) program(c). CCSI offers a full range of live customer technical support options as well as automated technical support help through its Web site and a 24-hour, toll-free Fax Retrieval System. About CCSI Canon Computer Systems Inc. (CCSI) is a subsidiary of both Canon USA Inc. (Lake Success, N.Y.) and Canon Inc. (Tokyo). With headquarters in Costa Mesa, CCSI was founded in 1992 to market Canon-branded computer peripheral products in the United States, including Color Bubble Jet printers, the MultiPASS line of multifunction printers, FAXPHONE facsimile machines, and CanoScan color flatbed scanners. Retail software products are marketed by Canon Software Publishing, a division of CCSI created in 1998. Customers are reached via the mass-market channel -- a network of computer dealers, superstores and mass merchants. For more information, customers can call 800/OK-CANON or visit the CCSI Web site at www.ccsi.canon.com. Canon is recognized as the world's largest computer printer manufacturer, a leader in imaging technology and a top worldwide patent holder. As a global technology leader, Canon achieved $25.7 billion in worldwide sales in 1999. (a) Prices are estimates only, subject to change. Actual prices determined by individual dealers and may vary. Limited time offer rebate. (b) Based on high-speed draft mode, using optional BC-20 Black cartridge. (c) SelectExchange warranty program subject to restrictions and limitations. See warranty card for details. |
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