Industry recognition for the company’s wide range of solutions that support offices of all sizes
BRAMPTON, ON, SEPTEMBER 23, 2021 – Canon Canada Inc., a leader in digital imaging technology, is proud to announce that five of its products recently claimed Buyers Lab (BLI) 2021 Awards from Keypoint Intelligence.
Canon received one BLI PRO Award and four BLI Office Hardware Pick Awards. BLI PRO Awards celebrate the best production performers on an annual basis. Awarded twice annually for office equipment, BLI Pick Awards acknowledge products that gave the best performance in Keypoint Intelligence’s extensive suite of lab tests the previous six months.
“Canon is committed to bringing innovative yet user-friendly technology to market,” says Naoki “Mike” Sannomiya, Senior Vice-President and General Manager, Business Information Communications Group, Canon Canada. “As office employees adapt to new ways of doing their jobs, it’s important that they have reliable, efficient, security-rich solutions that meet the needs of their work environment, no matter its size. These industry awards speak to our success in delivering products that empower our customers and drive their businesses.”
BLI PRO Award
Outstanding CRD/Professional Office Device: imagePRESS Lite C165 with imagePRESS Server L30 V2
The imagePRESS Lite C165 combines the best of Canon’s award-winning technology with a suite of user-friendly tools. Aimed for in-house printing and small production environments, it offers the simplicity of a walk-up device with the high-quality output of a digital press. The feature-rich colour production printer includes an extensive set of security features; support for heavy, coated, textured and other specialty stocks; and a variety of office and professional in-line finishing solutions. When connected to the imagePRESS Server L30 V2 controller, the setup provides users the tools to increase performance, preserve corporate branding and create high quality complex documents.
BLI Pick Award
Outstanding SOHO Color Inkjet All-in-One: MAXIFY GX6020/GX7020
The four-in-one MAXIFY GX7020 and three-in-one MAXIFY GX6020 offer home offices and small businesses with large-volume printing needs a high-speed solution. The MAXIFY GX MegaTank Series printers claimed a BLI 2021 Pick Award thanks, in part, to their incredible value proposition; impressive user-friendliness, including an intuitive touchscreen; vivid colour output; and support for a wide range of choices around mobile and cloud printing.
“The Canon MAXIFY GX6020/GX7020 is the perfect choice for small and home office environments looking for a highly reliable, easy-to-use colour all-in-one that will save them a lot of money in the long run,” says Kaitlin Shaw, Associate Director of A4 Hardware of Keypoint Intelligence.
BLI Pick Awards
Outstanding 40-ppm A3 Color MFP: imageRUNNER ADVANCE DX C5840i
Outstanding 60-ppm A3 Color MFP: imageRUNNER ADVANCE DX C5860i
Outstanding 70-ppm A3 Color MFP: imageRUNNER ADVANCE DX C5870i
Canon introduced the imageRUNNER ADVANCE DX C5800 Series to offer small and medium-sized businesses efficient office technology to meet their everyday colour printing needs. Keypoint Intelligence cited the reliability and expansive mobile printing and cloud-readiness of all three models.
“Ease of use is another remarkable facet of the Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE DX C5840i,” says George Mikolay, Associate Director of A3 Hardware/Production at Keypoint Intelligence. “Touchscreen menus and print driver tabs are logical and easy to navigate, and both can be customized to a high degree to further simplify job programming. Whether for archival purposes or to share with peers, digitizing documents will be a cinch given the device’s rich scan features, including the ability to scan to Word and PowerPoint file formats, encrypt PDFs, and the automatic split of large scan files for more manageable email delivery.
“The [Canon imageADVANCE DX C5860i] impresses with faultless reliability, superb all-round user-friendliness and enhanced connectivity, ensuring mid-size and large workgroups will keep productive day in and day out. Job programming is simple regardless if it’s performed at the device or from the desktop. The touchscreen is logically organized and combines quick menu options with the main function buttons to make it easier for users to access their most pertinent settings, while a timeline feature enables them to perform recent jobs without the need to reprogram.
“The Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE DX C5870i completes Canon’s DX portfolio, bearing the same qualities that make this series shine. Given its faultless reliability, simple maintenance routines for replacing toner with predictive consumables monitoring and accessible misfeed areas with excellent guidance, downtime should rarely, if ever, be an issue. Sophisticated security features include standard uniFLOW Online Express, flexible authentication methods and encrypted PDF scanning, while a combination of Verify system at startup and McAfee embedded control software provide peace of mind that the device and its output are well protected, in real time.”
About Keypoint Intelligence
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About Canon Canada Inc.
Headquartered in Brampton, Ontario, Canon Canada Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canon U.S.A. Inc., is a leading provider of consumer and business-to-business digital imaging solutions. Innovation and cutting-edge technology have been essential ingredients in Canon’s success. Canon Canada Inc. is committed to the highest level of customer satisfaction and loyalty, providing 100 per cent Canadian-based service and support for all of the products it distributes. Canon Canada Inc. is dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of social and environmental responsibility.
For more information, please visit canon.ca or follow the company on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram using @CanonCanada.
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