TWIC Notes "This Week in Canon" 4/5/09

- Canon won a “Best of Show” award in the b/w production print category during the OnDemand show last week in Philadelphia for its new imagePRESS 1110, 1125 and 1135 products.

- Canon announced it has acquired Virtual Imaging Inc., of Deerfield Beach, FL. The company specializes in providing diagnostic imaging solutions and a medical systems integrator.

- Xerox and Canon both successfully defended themselves in court against Kirsch Technologies, who had sued them over alleged illegal use of a fax technology patent that the company owns.

- Canon launched a new website to promote its office equipment products, called “Let Your Business Run” featuring the following topics:
- Color
- Document Management
- Document Distribution
- Productivity
- Security
- Cost Recovery
- Device Management
- Usability
- Accessibility
- Environment

- Canon announced that it will offer the Creo print controllers as an option for its imagePRESS production color devices.

- Canon launched UniFLOW solution offering:
- follow me secure printing, where end user prints job, and then walks up to any Canon MEAP enabled device on the network to retrieve their print job
- access to MFPs via Proximity Card, Swipe Card or a Pin Code that is associated with a Windows Active Directory (AD) login