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everyday tasks such as personal record-
keeping or expenses management.
On-demand printing
So where does this leave printing? Does
the rise of scanning mean the end of
printing in offices?
Not at all, though it has undoubtedly
had an effect on how, when and why
people print.
Instead of printing documents and
distributing them in paper form and
then archiving them, smart businesses
today distribute and store documents
electronically, printing them for specific,
transient purposes, such as marking
up, proof-reading or sharing with team
members. Once finished with, print-outs
aren’t kept in a filing cabinet but are put
straight into the recycling bin.
Office printing has changed, but
Canon printers, like scanners, remain a
vital business tool that office workers
rely on to get their work done.
For small and medium-sized
businesses and workgroups, Canon offers
a choice of inkjet and laser devices to suit
customer preferences and printing needs.
The new MAXIFY range of inkjet
printers, featuring a new pigment-based
ink, has been specially designed for
business use. The printers come with
extra-large cartridges for up to 50% lower
running costs than consumer models and
feature advanced ink level detection that
warns when ink levels are low.
For rapid job turnaround, the MAXIFY
range has a first print out time of just
7 seconds – the fastest in its class.
Other useful business features include
wireless and mobile connectivity for easy
printing, scanning, sending and saving
to the cloud from multiple devices; and
single-pass, two-sided scanning, for
super-fast scanning of pages printed on
both sides.
For businesses with higher print
volumes or a preference for laser
output, Canon’s i-SENSYS printers are
an ideal choice. These compact, high
quality printers combine sophisticated
business features with very low energy
consumption and impressive ease of use.
With PCL compatibility and PostScript
printing availability, the network laser
devices connect effortlessly into an
existing IT environment and deliver the
productivity benefits businesses expect.
High-Performance Controller Technology,
which quickly processes even large and
complex documents, and Quick First-
Print technologies ensure print jobs are
produced much more quickly than with
equivalent competitor devices.
On-Demand Fixing minimises
warm-up time and reduces energy
consumption, contributing to best-in-
class Typical Electricity Consumption
(TEC) ratings and fewer greenhouse gas
emissions. Customers can shrink their
carbon footprint further by returning the
printer’s all-in-one cartridges to Canon
for recycling.
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NEW from Canon
The Canon imageFORMULA
DR-C240
A compact, solidly built A4 duplex
scanner, the imageFORMULA DR-C240
is designed for decentralised scanning
in customer-facing and back-office
environments.
It will suit any public or private sector
organisation that has a regular need to
scan paper documents including those
brought in by customers, such as banks,
hotels, hospitals and Government offices.
Versatile paper handling includes
the ability to scan documents as light
as 27gsm, as long as 3 metres and up
to 4mm thick. This makes it ideal for
scanning ID documents needed for
account openings, loan and mortgage
applications, hospital admissions,
benefits claims and so on.
A carrier sheet supplied with the
scanner means that the imageFORMULA
DR-C240 can even scan UK passports.
Despite its compact size and quiet
operation, the DR-C240 has scan speeds
of 45 pages per minute – or 90 images
per minute when scanning two-sided
documents – and can handle a workload
of up to 4,000 scans per day. A 60-sheet
Automatic Document Feeder (ADF)
enables efficient batch scanning.
The scanner is supplied with Canon
CapturePerfect software, offering
advanced processing features such as
automatic batch separation and zonal
optical character recognition; Kofax VRS
for enhanced image quality; eCopy PDF
Pro PDF creation and editing software;
and Canon CaptureOnTouch 3, which
lets you save scans in different file
formats and send them to multiple
destinations, such as Sharepoint,
DropBox, Evernote, OneDrive,
GoogleDrive and SugarSync.
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Canon is offering free 3-year warranties
on 29 of its most popular scanners and printers,
instead of the usual 12-month guarantee.
The special promotion, which runs until August 31
2015, reflects the importance of scanners and printers
to customers’ operations and gives them peace of
mind that they will be able to function normally if
something goes wrong with a device.
Warranty extensions are being offered on select
imageFORMULA scanners and MAXIFY, i-SENSYS and
imageRUNNER printers. Depending on the model in
question, they include:
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on-site repair by a Canon authorised technician;
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on-site exchange, with a replacement machine
delivered by courier; or
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return to base, with the device being repaired at a
Canon-approved repair facility and then shipped back
to the customer when in working order.
To find out more, please visit
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Does the rise
of scanning
mean the
end of
printing in
offices?
