Canon India has announced the launch of a new range of the imageRUNNER 1700 series and Document Scanners. The imageRUNNER 1700 series includes the imageRUNNER 1730,1730i, 1740i and 1750i models. It offers high speed A4 black and white printing, scanning and copying to address the mid and high end desktop A4 printing requirements where A3 MFD has space constraints. This series comes with four variants with speed ranging for 30 ppm to 50 ppm. Also this comes with inbuilt universal send feature. The new range of Document Scanners P-215, DR C-125, DR M-140 and DR M-160 covers all personal, workgroup to department level digitization needs.
Dr. Alok Bharadwaj, Senior Vice President, Canon India said, “India Inc prints about 15 crores documents annually and is expected to grow at rate of 15% YOY. The government and SME sector are the key growth drivers for this segment, the A4 Copier based MFDs is ideally suited to meet all the requirements of the Indian SMEs and Government segment. With this rapid growth Canon is focusing on Managed Document Services (MDS) as strategic value proposition to its customers and we are expecting 50% growth in this domain with revenue achievement of Rs. 75 crore in MDS for the year. Canon is poised to maintain its market leadership for 5th consecutive year in the copier based MFD segment. To commensurate this achievement, the global head of Canon OIP Business will be in India this September.”
“Document scanners are integral part of digitization and become the first step in this process. Document scanner market is expected to grow by approx. 11%. BFSI, Government & SME’s are key contributors to this growth, Canon likes to leverage this growth by adding more products and solutions in this space”.
The imageRUNNER 1700 series offers printing speeds of between 30 and 50 pages-per-minute and producing first copies in approximately five seconds or less. It offers a maximum capacity of up to 2,300 pages. The imageRUNNER 1700 series has a simple and intuitive design, with an improved user interface, a large 5.7 inch touchscreen display, intuitive menu selection and an interface which can be adjusted so that users can operate the device from any position. Users can also print from and scan to USB memory sticks. The new series is compatible with Canon’s eMaintenance and iWMC (iW Management Console).
The DR-M160 scanner is a compact and flexible document imaging solution with user-friendly design, high-quality image processing, reliable item handling, and intelligent software offer end-to-end options for capturing, converting, communicating, and controlling business information. They can be utilized for workgroups and departments in any industry the DR-M160 scanner provides the basis for efficient records management and paperwork reduction. With speed up to 60 ppm / 120ipm (2-sided) it can scan A4 & Legal size as well. The DR-M160 comes with an automatic Colour Detection that differentiates colour documents from your black & white automatically and the background smoothing function reduce unevenness in scanned document data. This it can produce high-quality 24-bit images in full colour at 60 ppm via simple front panel operations, and the double feed detection and separation retry functions automatically corrects feed errors to maximize efficiency.
The DR-C125 Scanner’s USP is its innovative space-saving design makes it a must have in office environment for improving information accessibility, management, and to modernize paper-based processes. Its high image quality combined with ease of use makes it ideal for converting and capturing paper-based documents to digital format, in corporate or remote offices use by individuals or small workgroups. Without obstructive tray extensions it has a speed of 25 ppm / 50 ipm (2-sided) and can scan any size up to A4 at 25 sheets per minute. The DR-C125 is very compact and small in footprint which requires no additional space for document ejection, and scans a variety of documents with the two available ejection paths: U-turn path and straight ejection path enabling it to scan thick document sheets, driver’s licenses and ID cards as well. Its unique Full Auto Mode automatically applies the best settings and allows you to scan documents that contain pages of varying type under conditions is available with the colour mode, page size, resolution and text orientation automatically determined based on the contents of the document. Another USP is its built-in ultrasonic sensor accurately detects when more than one sheet is fed simultaneously and can prevent important information from being left out.
The P-215 a compact portable scanner to support high level of mobility. With its small form and weight less than 1 kg makes it easy to be carry anywhere. This brand new Canon scanner also comes with several advantages, such as “Capture OnTouch Lite” to allow user to easily scan result to a PC or laptop via USB 3.0 cable. In addition, users also do not need to install any drivers to use this scanner.
Documents are integral part of every organization and therefore printing and scanning are the key to every organization need. Verticals like BFSI, Telecom, healthcare, logistics and government sectors have plenty of documents and these scanners are designed to increase the productivity in any organization.