January 10. 2012 - Hackensack, NJ
CANON U.S.A., INC.
Canon imageFORMULA DR-M160
“Outstanding 50- to
70-ppm A4 Departmental Scanner”
Canon
imageFORMULA DR-M140
“Outstanding 30- to 49-ppm
A4 Departmental Scanner”
Canon imageFORMULA
DR-C125
“Outstanding 20- to 30-ppm Workgroup
Scanner”
Canon imageFORMULA P-215
“Outstanding Mobile Scanner”
Unsurpassed Usability
The 210-ppm
KODAK i5800 high-volume production scanner surpassed
BLI’s expectations in more ways than one. In
addition to its excellent productivity, the i5800
has a variety of features meant to ease the scanning
experience, including an adjustable base, a tiltable
control panel and the ability to remove misfeeds
with the touch of a button. A virtually unlimited
number of customizable scan profiles can be created
for frequently used operations. Users can also
program custom alert sounds for different error
conditions and set scan, maintenance and user
counters. Plus, its advanced media handling
capabilities allow the ADF to handle rice paper,
checks, carbonless forms and even documents up to
180". But these features mentioned are just a few of
the reasons BLI selected the i5800 for a Winter 2012
“Pick” for “Outstanding 130-ppm+ A3 Production
Scanner.”
“The KODAK i5800 is designed with the
user in mind,” said Lisa Reider, BLI’s senior
product editor for scanners. “Too short to reach the
ADF? Lower the scanner height and tilt the control
panel. Sick of rummaging through the scanner’s
insides to remove jams? Press a button to release
them. Want to finely tune the image enhancements as
a part of a preconfigured workflow? Program a scan
profile via Kodak’s Scan Validation Tool. With the
i5800, only the competition is left wanting.”
“Next-generation performance
capabilities of the KODAK i5800 Scanner—including
Dynamic Flow Technology, Controlled Stacking and
Streak Filtering—help businesses to drive more
efficient, highly-productive document capture,” said
Beth Schmidt, Kodak Document Imaging’s future
product manager for production capture. “Kodak’s
recognition as a BLI Winter 2012 ‘Pick’ once again
demonstrates our continued commitment to enable
businesses to achieve greater productivity during
the capture process, and generate cost-benefit
savings from their enterprise-level workflows.”
A Full-Featured Family
Based on
their exceptional overall performance, feature set
and price point, four Canon scanners have earned BLI
“Picks” in their respective categories. In addition
to offering the same BLI award-winning feature set
as its sister model, the imageFORMULA P-150, the
imageFORMULA P-215 goes a step further and includes
a dedicated card scanner for scanning thick plastic
ID cards and business cards. The imageFORMULA P-215
earned stellar marks in the majority of performance
categories tested, including excellent media
handling and driver functionality. And its smaller
than average footprint allows customers to scan on
the go with little added burden.
“The combination of simple use, high
image quality and built-in card scanning capability
in such a compact footprint make the P-215 Personal
Document Scanner ideal for office users and mobile
professionals looking to take document capture
beyond the walls of the office,” said Sam Yoshida,
vice president and general manager of Canon U.S.A.’s
Business Imaging Solutions Group. “We are thrilled
that the Canon P-215 scanner has been picked as the
‘Outstanding Mobile Scanner’ by Buyers Lab.”
The imageFORMULA DR-M140 and
imageFORMULA DR-M160 add oomph to the departmental
category, incorporating the very easy to use Canon
CaptureOnTouch scan utility with the capture power
of Canon CapturePerfect and eCopy PDF Pro Office to
provide a very robust software bundle. Additional
highlights of these departmental powerhouses include
a lower than average cost per scan, a very easy to
use hardware design and the ability to scan a
variety of media types, including long documents up
to 118". “Canon’s DR-M140 is very easy to use and
offers a unique ADF cover that opens at a near
90-degree angle for easy access to misfeeds and
consumables, “noted BLI Senior Test Technician Joe
Ellerman. “This design should certainly be a
standard whenever possible.”
Not to be outdone, the compact
imageFORMULA DR-C125 also earned a BLI “Pick” for
“Outstanding 20- to 30-ppm Workgroup Scanner” thanks
to its small footprint, excellent price, and
outstanding software bundle. In addition to Canon
CaptureOnTouch and eCopy PDF Pro Office, this
scanner also comes with Nuance PaperPort, Nuance
OmniPage and NewSoft BizCard software for a seamless
capture workflow. As with the other Canon scanners
mentioned, the imageFORMULA DR-C125 is also very
easy to use, highly reliable and able to handle a
wide range of paper weights and sizes—perfect for
most any office looking for a robust desktop capture
solution.
“We are excited to receive the
‘Outstanding 20- to 30-ppm Workgroup Scanner’
recognition from Buyers Lab for the Canon DR-C125
scanner,” said Yoshida. “From financial offices to
healthcare facilities, legal offices to government
agencies, the Canon DR-C125 scanner is facilitating
the simple and reliable capture and distribution of
information across their businesses.”
Stay tuned for upcoming Buyers Lab
“Pick” award announcements in the following
categories:
January 11: A4 Picks and A4 Line
January 12: Solutions Picks
January 13: A3 Picks
January 17: Solutions Line and A3 Line
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