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Canon has extended its
mono print offering with
the launch of new A4 and
A3 print devices based on,
or compatible with, the
imageRUNNER Advance
platform which it introduced
in 2009.
These include the
ImageRUNNER Advance 4000
series with A3 print speeds of
25, 35, 45 and 51ppm and
the imageRUNNER Advance-
compatible iSENSYS LBP6600
series of 33ppm smart A4
printers.
The iRA 4000 series
completes Canon’s iRA line-up.
All Canon’s A3 mono MFPs now
offer the enhanced productivity,
security and cost control
features of Canon’s platform
and seamless integration with
associated solutions including
uniflow, eCopy and Therefore.
The iSENSYS LBP6600
series extends Canon’s range
of MEAP-enabled single
function printers established
last October with the launch
of the colour LBP 7600 series,
enabling it to offer a broader
range of print devices under a
managed print service.
Having an architecture
consistent with imageRUNNER
Advance allows the i-SENSYS
LBP6680x and i-SENSYS
LBP6670dn to provide a
consistent user experience
and the same security, cost-
saving and device management
features as iRA devices. They
are also the first iSENSYS
devices to incorporate bio-
plastics.
With the Java-based MEAP
platform built-in, Canon’s
uniflow print and scan
management solution can
be embedded in the printer
providing user authentication
and secure print functionality
without the need for additional
hardware between the printer
and server.
Canon points out that
mono devices still account for
78% of the
total Western
European
laser printer
market (source:
Infosource) and
that businesses
still have
applications for
single function
B&W printers.
Therefore Online
Canon has also
announced the European
availability of Therefore
Online, a cloud-based
version of Canon’s document
management solution. This
gives customers the option to
buy the document management
solution outright and store
documents on premises or store
documents in the cloud and
pay for the service by monthly
subscription – with the freedom
to migrate to a premises-based
solution should needs change.
Therefore Online combines
all the benefits of the
established solution (e.g.
electronic filing and retrieval,
digital workflows, audit trails,
secure access and disaster
recovery) with the advantages
of hosted services including
flexible user licensing, fast
implementation, the ability to
scale up and down quickly,
automatic back-ups, reduced IT
infrastructure requirements and
the ability to access documents
24/7 from anywhere with an
internet connection.
www.canon.co.uk
Half of employees (54%) are
putting their company’s data
at risk, either by deliberately
choosing not to follow
corporate IT security policies
(33%) or because they don’t
know what those policies are
(21%), according to a Harris
Interactive survey sponsored
by Xerox.
This extends to MFPs, with
39% of employees who copy,
scan and print confidential
information in the workplace
worrying about the security
of information on networked
devices.
To address this concern,
Xerox and McAfee are working
together on a security system
that can be embedded within
Xerox devices and will only
allow whitelisted (approved)
files to run. Xerox claims that
whitelisting offers significantly
greater protection than
blacklisting that requires a user
to be aware of and proactively
block viruses, spyware and
other malicious software.
Another benefit of the
proposed solution will be
an audit trail to track and
investigate the time and origin
of security events.
The survey also revealed that
half (51%) of employees whose
workplace has a printer, copier
or MFP say they’ve copied,
scanned or printed confidential
information at work; and just
13% of employees whose
workplace has a printer, copier
or MFP say they are prompted to
enter a password or passcode
before releasing a print job or
making a copy.
www.xerox.com/security
Lexmark’s transition from
hardware vendor to end-to-end
solutions provider gained new
impetus last quarter with the
cash purchase of intelligent
data capture software
company Brainware.
Following the recent
acquisitions of Pallas Athena
and Perceptive Software, the
purchase of Luxembourg-based
BDGB Enterprise and its U.S.
subsidiary Brainware Inc. for
$148 million underlines the
importance that Lexmark
places on enterprise content
management and business
process management to its
future growth.
Brainware’s intelligent data
capture platform Brainware
Distiller extracts information from
paper and electronic documents,
validates the extracted data and
passes it to data management
systems, enterprise resource
planning (ERP) and/or financial
management systems.
Brainware Distiller enables
customers in the healthcare,
manufacturing, financial
services, retail, energy and
technology segments to process
invoices, fulfil customer orders,
balance remittances, index
documents, process loan
applications and perform other
document-intensive processes
more efficiently.
Just before
PrintIT
went to
press, Lexmark announced the
acquisition of two more software
companies, enterprise search
specialist ISYS Search Software
and Nolij, a provider of web-
based imaging and workflow
platforms for the education
sector.
All three companies will be
absorbed by Perceptive Software,
which is run as a standalone
business unit within Lexmark.
www.lexmark.com
www.perceptivesoftware.com
Advance on all fronts
Whitelisting to improve security
Lexmark back on the acquisition trail
Lexmark is making the
transtion from hardware
supplier to solutions provider