Peerless Systems Provides Low Cost Printing Capability for Canon Family of Facsimile Products.EL SEGUNDO El Segundo (ĕl sēgŭn`dō), industrial city (1990 pop. 15,223), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1917. Its products include navigation and computer systems, aircraft parts, office machines, telephone apparatus, and , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 8, 1997-- MultiSpot Network Printer Option Enables Multifunctionality to Canon LASER CLASS 9500/9000/8500 Continuing to strengthen its position as a leader in embedded imaging systems, Peerless Systems Corp. (Nasdaq:PRLS PRLS Puerto Rican and Latino Studies (program of study) ), Monday announced that it worked with Canon Inc. of Tokyo and Canon Information Systems Inc. of Palo Alto Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif. to co-develop the MultiSpot Network Printer option for Canon U.S.A. Inc.'s LASER CLASS 9500/9000/8500 facsimile machines. The LASER CLASS 9500/9000/8500 is a family of 8 ppm multifunction devices that utilize Peerless' imaging software and controller technology to integrate printing functions into the devices. "The LASER CLASS family of products represents the latest example of a long collaboration between Peerless and Canon to bring quality products to market with enhanced functionality," said Ron Davis, director of marketing at Peerless Systems Corp. "Over the years, our cost-effective, high performance solutions have been integrated into an impressive list of 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 . , with this product being the first facsimile-based MFP (MultiFunction Printer, MultiFunction Peripheral) See all-in-one and MFD. product. We are pleased to add the LASER CLASS family to the growing list." "The LASER CLASS' MultiSpot Network printer option we developed with Peerless enabled us to address the needs of our customers in the small workgroup printing environment by offering them an efficient, affordable and easy solution for maximizing productivity by transforming their fax machines into network printers," said Robert Bryson, executive vice president and general manager of Canon U.S.A.'s Imaging Systems Group. The Peerless Multifunction Solution The MultiSpot Network Printer is a low cost multifunction imaging solution incorporating a Peerless-designed RISC-based controller. Designed around Intel's i960 processor and Peerless' QuickPrint high performance coprocessor coprocessor Additional processor used in some personal computers to perform specialized tasks such as extensive arithmetic calculations or processing of graphical displays. , the controller transforms the stand-alone LASER CLASS 9500/9000/8500 facsimile and copy device into a network printer which supports Novell networks and Windows operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. . The Peerless multifunction solution provides a low cost controller solution with a base configuration of only 2 MB RAM that is upgradable to 18 MB. Additional features include a 1284 parallel interface and Peerless' QuickPrint graphics co-processor for high performance power. Features provided by Peerless for the MultiSpot Network Printer Option include: -- PeerlessPrint5E industry standard printing language -- Complete printer job language (PJL (Printer Job Language) A printer command language from HP that adds control for individual print jobs and also includes the ability to set printer default settings. See PCL. ) for interactive status feedback and control -- 300, 600 dpi print resolution -- 45 HP LaserJet LaserJet is the brand name used by the American computer company Hewlett-Packard (HP) for their line of dry electrophotographic (DEP) laser printers. Technology HP LaserJets employ electro-photographic laser marking engines sourced from the Japanese company Canon. 4 compatible scalable fonts (Intellifont and TrueType), 6 bitmapped fonts -- Memory Reduction Technology (MRT MRT, n manual resistance technique, a treatment method used during the acute and recovery phases to relieve pain and rehabilitate the body's tissues and muscles. ) -- standard memory configuration of 2 MB possible More on Peerless Systems Corp. Peerless Systems is a leading provider of software-based embedded imaging systems to original equipment manufacturers of digital document products. Digital document products include printers, copiers, fax machines, scanners and emerging color products, as well as multifunction products that perform a combination of these imaging functions. In order to process digital text and graphics, digital document products rely on a core set of imaging software and supporting electronics, collectively known as an embedded imaging system. The Peerless family of products and engineering services provides advanced embedded imaging technologies enabling the company's OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and customers to develop digital printers, copiers and multifunction products quickly and cost-effectively. Peerless Systems is located at 2381 Rosecrans Ave., El Segundo, CA 90245. Main telephone: 310/536-0908; facsimile: 310/536-0058; website: www.peerless.com . NOTE TO EDITORS: Peerless, PeerlessPrint, QuickPrint are trademarks and Memory Reduction Technology (MRT) is a registered trademark of Peerless Systems Corp. All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. CONTACT: Peerless Systems Corp. Ave Jacinto, 310/297-3264 ajacinto@peerless.com or Miller/Shandwick Technologies Michelle Spolver, 310/203-0550 mspolver@miller.shandwick.com |
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