{"id":41999,"date":"2020-10-22T09:02:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-22T16:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/?p=41999"},"modified":"2020-10-22T09:02:09","modified_gmt":"2020-10-22T16:02:09","slug":"canon-receives-three-keypoint-intelligence-awards-in-buyers-lab-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/news\/2020\/10\/canon-receives-three-keypoint-intelligence-awards-in-buyers-lab-round-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Canon Receives Three Keypoint Intelligence Awards in Buyers Lab Round-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Melville, NY (Oct. 21, 2020)<\/em> \u2014 Keypoint Intelligence has recognized the advances that Canon U.S.A. Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, has made in production print and wide format\/display graphics with the announcement of BLI Outstanding Innovation Awards in Production Print for three Canon products: the varioPRINT iX-series sheetfed inkjet press, the ProStream 1800 continuous feed inkjet press, and the Arizona 2300 flatbed printer series. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This award recognizes products that showcase exceptional performance and productivity, offer reliable tools and solutions, and whose capabilities make an impact in the print industry and set the standard for innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selected by a panel of expert analysts with years of combined experience in commercial print products and analyzing market trends, the products were judged against three key metrics: how ground-breaking or unique the product innovation was, its likely impact on the market segment it addresses, and the expected timeline for availability to the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn the face of a challenging year for our industry, developers and engineers continued to deliver innovative products\u2014and with in-person tradeshows having been cancelled or put on hold, we felt it was even more imperative to showcase these accomplishments,\u201d said Aaron Hale, group director and chief analyst, Keypoint Intelligence. \u201cThe winners of our Outstanding Innovation Awards feature technologies that improve output quality, enhance productivity, deliver workflow efficiencies, impact sustainability, and advance their product segments in meaningful ways.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canon varioPRINT iX-Series<\/strong>
Excelling in quality, productivity, media versatility and flexibility, Keypoint Intelligence highlighted that the varioPRINT iX-series is \u201cthe first true sheetfed inkjet press capable of handling different formats and weights of coated and uncoated media. The press\u2019 maximum speed of 320 A4 images per minute and monthly volumes of up to 10 million images per month were also recognized as being impressive for its class\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since its launch in April 2020, the varioPRINT iX-series has seen more than 40 orders globally. IMS, Inc., an integrated service provider for Conversational AI and Omnichannel Communications, was one of the first customers worldwide to install a varioPRINT iX-series. \u201cWe chose to invest in the Canon varioPRINT iX-series this year because it gives us the ability to run high-quality jobs \u2013 comparable to offset on an inkjet press \u2013 expanding our ability to support our customers,\u201d said Josh Mashia, president and chief operating officer, IMS Direct. \u201cWe\u2019ve been able to displace multiple toner boxes and drive our overall costs down while increasing our efficiency.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canon ProStream 1800<\/strong>
The ProStream 1800 was noted as \u201can impressive evolution for its class,\u201d with its ability to achieve offset print quality on standard coated stock with increased speeds of up to 133 meters per minute. Its air flotation drying system and Canon\u2019s Inline Quality Control high-performance camera system were also referenced as \u201cother innovations\u201d contributing to the ProStream\u2019s superior print quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DS Graphics\/Universal Wilde, a full-service printer and production facility in the Greater Boston area, became one of the first beta customers to run a trial of the ProStream 1800 ahead of its launch in August 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Canon ProStream 1800 press quickly found a home in our state-of-the-art facility and has been the perfect addition to our current fleet of continuous feed inkjet,\u201d said Chris Wells, executive vice president, DS Graphics\/Universal Wilde. \u201cIts high-speed, high-quality, variable digital print options allow our clients to connect in a consistent, targeted manner regardless of the size of their audience. We\u2019re confident that our fleet of cut sheet and roll fed digital equipment is now unmatched in the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canon Arizona 2300 Series<\/strong>
Launched in September 2020, the Arizona 2300 was quickly recognized for its ground-breaking Arizona FLOW technology. Using an airflow suction technique, it combines a zone-less, multi-origin table layout with easy-to-use registration pins to better secure a substrate in place on the table. With this technology, the Arizona 2300 no longer requires operator time for masking the table or taping down the media, reducing changeover time between jobs and shorter set-up times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are humbled to have had these three printers recognized in the inaugural Keypoint Intelligence BLI Awards. We are as successful as the success of our customers and we are very proud of the feedback we have received thus far on our production print product portfolio,\u201d said Shinichi Yoshida, executive vice president and general manager, Canon U.S.A., Inc. \u201cAt Canon, it is our top priority to deliver continuous innovation, quality, versatility and productivity to our customers, and we pride ourselves on providing high-quality, operationally-efficient solutions built to help improve production efficiencies, expand their application possibilities and, in turn, achieve business growth.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About Keypoint Intelligence<\/strong>
For almost 60 years, clients in the digital imaging industry have relied on Keypoint Intelligence for independent hands-on testing, lab data, and extensive market research to drive their product and sales success. Keypoint Intelligence has been recognized as the industry\u2019s most trusted resource for unbiased information, analysis, and awards due to decades of analyst experience. Customers have harnessed this mission-critical knowledge for strategic decision-making, daily sales enablement, and operational excellence\u2014improving business goals and increasing bottom lines. With a central focus on clients, Keypoint Intelligence continues to evolve as the industry changes by expanding offerings and updating methods, while intimately understanding and serving manufacturers\u2019, channels\u2019, and their customers\u2019 transformation in the digital printing and imaging sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Buyers Lab Outstanding Innovation Awards<\/strong>
Outstanding Innovation awards acknowledge newly introduced or publicly announced products, capabilities, or technologies that Keypoint Intelligence analysts believe will advance a product category or move the industry forward in a meaningful way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About Canon U.S.A. Inc.<\/strong>
Canon U.S.A. Inc.<\/a> is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions to the United States and to Latin America and the Caribbean markets. With approximately $33 billion in global revenue, its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), ranks third overall in U.S. patents granted in 2019\u2020 and was named one of Fortune Magazine<\/em>‘s World’s Most Admired Companies in 2020. Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of social and environmental responsibility. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Melville, NY (Oct. 21, 2020) \u2014 Keypoint Intelligence has recognized the advances that Canon U.S.A. Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, has made in production print and wide format\/display graphics with the announcement of BLI Outstanding Innovation Awards in Production Print for three Canon products: the varioPRINT iX-series sheetfed inkjet press, the ProStream 1800 continuous feed inkjet press, and the Arizona 2300 flatbed printer series. This award recognizes products that showcase exceptional performance and productivity, offer reliable tools and solutions, and whose capabilities make an impact in the print industry and set the standard for innovation. Selected by a panel of expert analysts with years of combined experience in commercial print products and analyzing market trends, the products were judged against three key metrics: how ground-breaking or unique the product innovation was, its likely impact on the market segment it addresses, and the expected timeline for availability to the market. \u201cIn the face of a challenging year for our industry, developers and engineers continued to deliver innovative products\u2014and with in-person tradeshows having been cancelled or put on hold, we felt it was even more imperative to showcase these accomplishments,\u201d said Aaron Hale, group director and chief analyst, Keypoint Intelligence. \u201cThe winners of our Outstanding Innovation Awards feature technologies that improve output quality, enhance productivity, deliver workflow efficiencies, impact sustainability, and advance their product segments in meaningful ways.\u201d Canon varioPRINT iX-SeriesExcelling in quality, productivity, media versatility and flexibility, Keypoint Intelligence highlighted that the varioPRINT iX-series is \u201cthe first true sheetfed inkjet press capable of handling different formats and weights of coated and uncoated media. The press\u2019 maximum speed of 320 A4 images per minute and monthly volumes of up to 10 million images per month were also recognized as being impressive for its class\u201d. Since its launch in April 2020, the varioPRINT iX-series has seen more than 40 orders globally. IMS, Inc., an integrated service provider for Conversational AI and Omnichannel Communications, was one of the first customers worldwide to install a varioPRINT iX-series. \u201cWe chose to invest in the Canon varioPRINT iX-series this year because it gives us the ability to run high-quality jobs \u2013 comparable to offset on an inkjet press \u2013 expanding our ability to support our customers,\u201d said Josh Mashia, president and chief operating officer, IMS Direct. \u201cWe\u2019ve been able to displace multiple toner boxes and drive our overall costs down while increasing our efficiency.\u201d Canon ProStream 1800The ProStream 1800 was noted as \u201can impressive evolution for its class,\u201d with its ability to achieve offset print quality on standard coated stock with increased speeds of up to 133 meters per minute. Its air flotation drying system and Canon\u2019s Inline Quality Control high-performance camera system were also referenced as \u201cother innovations\u201d contributing to the ProStream\u2019s superior print quality. DS Graphics\/Universal Wilde, a full-service printer and production facility in the Greater Boston area, became one of the first beta customers to run a trial of the ProStream 1800 ahead of its launch in August 2020. \u201cThe Canon ProStream 1800 press quickly found a home in our state-of-the-art facility and has been the perfect addition to our current fleet of continuous feed inkjet,\u201d said Chris Wells, executive vice president, DS Graphics\/Universal Wilde. \u201cIts high-speed, high-quality, variable digital print options allow our clients to connect in a consistent, targeted manner regardless of the size of their audience. We\u2019re confident that our fleet of cut sheet and roll fed digital equipment is now unmatched in the industry.\u201d Canon Arizona 2300 SeriesLaunched in September 2020, the Arizona 2300 was quickly recognized for its ground-breaking Arizona FLOW technology. Using an airflow suction technique, it combines a zone-less, multi-origin table layout with easy-to-use registration pins to better secure a substrate in place on the table. With this technology, the Arizona 2300 no longer requires operator time for masking the table or taping down the media, reducing changeover time between jobs and shorter set-up times. \u201cWe are humbled to have had these three printers recognized in the inaugural Keypoint Intelligence BLI Awards. We are as successful as the success of our customers and we are very proud of the feedback we have received thus far on our production print product portfolio,\u201d said Shinichi Yoshida, executive vice president and general manager, Canon U.S.A., Inc. \u201cAt Canon, it is our top priority to deliver continuous innovation, quality, versatility and productivity to our customers, and we pride ourselves on providing high-quality, operationally-efficient solutions built to help improve production efficiencies, expand their application possibilities and, in turn, achieve business growth.\u201d ### About Keypoint IntelligenceFor almost 60 years, clients in the digital imaging industry have relied on Keypoint Intelligence for independent hands-on testing, lab data, and extensive market research to drive their product and sales success. Keypoint Intelligence has been recognized as the industry\u2019s most trusted resource for unbiased information, analysis, and awards due to decades of analyst experience. Customers have harnessed this mission-critical knowledge for strategic decision-making, daily sales enablement, and operational excellence\u2014improving business goals and increasing bottom lines. With a central focus on clients, Keypoint Intelligence continues to evolve as the industry changes by expanding offerings and updating methods, while intimately understanding and serving manufacturers\u2019, channels\u2019, and their customers\u2019 transformation in the digital printing and imaging sector. About Buyers Lab Outstanding Innovation AwardsOutstanding Innovation awards acknowledge newly introduced or publicly announced products, capabilities, or technologies that Keypoint Intelligence analysts believe will advance a product category or move the industry forward in a meaningful way. About Canon U.S.A. Inc.Canon U.S.A. Inc. is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions to the United States and to Latin America and the Caribbean markets. With approximately $33 billion in global revenue, its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), ranks third overall in U.S. patents granted in 2019\u2020 and was named one of Fortune Magazine‘s World’s Most Admired Companies in 2020. Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of social and environmental responsibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[86],"tags":[899],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41999"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41999"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42000,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41999\/revisions\/42000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.enxmag.com\/twii\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}