Wednesday, March 4, 2009

TWIC "This Week in Canon"



- Canon announced that on some of its MFP models, end users can add a standard 101 key keyboard, for easier data entry.

- Canon announced it is extending its partnership with the New York Yankees baseball team. It will include signage on the left field wall. Wonder how much they paid for the advertising, they should have put the advertising on the rightfield wall with all of the lefthanded sluggers.

- Canon launched a new b/w laser MFP, the imageRUNNER 5050N offering:
- 50ppm top speed
- Base MSRP of $14,000
- Built-in print controller includes PCL print driver, 40GB hard drive and 1GB RAM
- Optional PostScript print driver for $900
- Supports MEAP, allowing for embedded software applications
- $1000 for Web Access, allowing surfing of Internet on control panel
- $325 for hard drive data erase kit
- $1100 Universal Send option required for scanning
- $900 for searchable PDF scanning
- $900 for PDF scan encryption
- $1000 for fax board
- Optional $7950 EFI Fiery print controller
- Two 550 sheet paper drawers, two 1500 sheet letter drawers and 50 sheet bypass standard
- 100 sheet document feeder with top scan speed of 65opm
- $3000 for side mount 3500 sheet paper deck
- $3000 for multiposition stapling finisher, staples 50 sheets
- $5300 for booklet making finisher
- $850 for hole punch kit
- $2200 for cover insertion unit
- $8000 for cover inserter/paper fold unit
- Uses ceramic amorphous silicon drum with life of 3 million pages ($1630 to replace if scratched)
- 48,000 page yield for black toner

- Canon announced it won the “Center of Excellence” award from Purdue University for its technical support to dealers.

This information was obtained from industry publications

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