NORWALK, Conn., May 26, 2009  -- Xerox Corporation's (NYSE: XRX) ColorQube™ 9200 Series multifunction printer (MFP), launched earlier this month, is already turning heads in the office printing market. The MFP was honored with a Technological Innovation Award from Industry Analysts, Inc., in recognition of the breakthrough technology behind the world's first high-speed solid ink multifunction printer.

Industry Analysts Technical Services Division (IATSD) cited Xerox's technological innovation in expanding solid ink from desktop printers to business-class MFPs capable of printing at speeds up to 85 pages per minute in color.

According to Ted Needleman, senior director of IATSD, "Xerox's solid ink printers have long been recognized as a unique and effective approach to desktop color printing. Xerox has taken this proven approach and ramped it up with new print heads and a new controller that permit high-speed, high-quality color printing."

Customers have also seen the early benefits of solid ink technology. The Old Orchard Junior High School in Skokie, Ill. tested the ColorQube MFP and teachers expressed "hue-phoria" at the power of printing in color. "I use color in every document I create for my students now," said Clifton Dahlgren, seventh grade reading and language arts teacher. "It makes a difference with what the students take away from the lesson."

ROCHESTER, N.Y., May 21—By enhancing the accuracy and quality of scanned images, Kodak helps E-BizDocs deliver more effective document archiving for its customers. A new member of Kodak’s Document Conversion Center program (DCC), E-BizDocs provides its document solutions to government agencies, legal firms and healthcare organizations.

“One of the benefits of participating in our Document Conversion Center program is that it allows service bureaus, like E-BizDocs, to enhance their capabilities and efficiencies by utilizing the latest versions of our  high performance technology and software, which in turn helps reduce their costs and adds margin to their bottom line. We are sensitive to the competitive nature of their business and the DCC program provides a special discount for those companies using our production scanners and software in a services manner,” said Todd Leveque, Channel Sales Director, Document Imaging, Business Solutions and Services, Kodak. “These advanced technologies, combined with strategic pricing, can immediately improve a business’s return on investment.”

Kodak’s DCC program enables service bureaus to improve efficiency and lower costs, with performance imaging capabilities driven by its portfolio of hardware, software, and industry-leading KODAK Service and Support. Kodak’s Perfect Page Image Processing Technology delivers enhanced image clarity, decreases user errors, and increases the usability of scanned documents.

Ramsey, N.J. and Foster City, Calif. – May 20, 2008 – Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc., a leading provider of advanced imaging and networking technologies for the desktop to the print shop, and EFI™ (Nasdaq: EFII), the world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, have launched the Fiery® IC-305 v2.0 with customized color profiles for the newly available bizhub PRO® C65hc from Konica Minolta allowing production printers to support both traditional and new sRGB workflows.

The bizhub PRO C65hc ("hc" stands for High Chroma) incorporates innovative new toner technology enabling customers to expand their color printing palette beyond the typical four-color devices in the marketplace, expanding their capabilities and helping to differentiate their business with clients. The print production system creates brighter, more accurate color by reproducing a larger portion of the sRGB color gamut than previously possible.

EFI utilized its award-winning Color Profiler Suite technology to develop a set of color profiles specific to the HC toner. Fiery technology allows the bizhub PRO C65hc to be more flexible, supporting the use of traditional as well as new sRGB workflows, giving customers the ability to quickly and precisely produce a wider variety of customer jobs. Fiery support of the new sRGB workflow also enables the production printer to more faithfully reproduce colors on screen. This leads to increased accuracy with soft proofing, faster turnaround of jobs, and less waste.

"The bizhub PRO C65hc with its new High Chroma toner technology better meets the demanding color needs of our customers, particularly graphics professionals and commercial printers that require higher quality output," said Kevin Kern, vice president, marketing, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. “Acting as the system’s color and workflow controller, Fiery plays a critical role in developing a solution that meets such strict requirements.”

The Xerox Phaser 7500 color laser printer features a unique color-matching technology-Color by Words-that specifies color adjustments by selecting words to define the color from a drop down menu, such as "red apple," for the right color and

Moscow, Russia (May 19, 2009) — ABBYY, a leading provider of document recognition, data capture and linguistic software, today announced PDF Transformer 3.0, a new version of its award-winning PDF conversion and creation application. This version brings groundbreaking technology enhancements to PDF conversion making it more accurate than ever before. With ABBYY’s Adaptive Document Recognition Technology (ADRT®), PDF Transformer 3.0 is the only product in its class to re-create logical structure, text flow and consistent formatting of documents across multiple pages when converting PDFs. In addition to its superior conversion functionality, the new version delivers greater flexibility to create and modify PDF documents according to user needs. It also offers advanced features for secure editing and archiving PDF files including the ability to redact sensitive information in PDF documents, add specific attributes such as stamps and bates stamps, compress PDFs and save documents to searchable PDF/A format for long-term preservation.

“Combining powerful technologies with a simple, intuitive interface, ABBYY PDF Transformer provides unrivaled quality and simplicity of any operation with PDF documents,” said Sergey Popov, director of FineReader products department at ABBYY. “It is a versatile and flexible tool designed for a broad audience ranging from corporate users which need to streamline workflow processes and reduce operating expenses in their organizations to individual users who want to quickly and accurately extract information from PDF documents.”

Based on ABBYY’s innovative Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology, PDF Transformer accurately converts any type of PDF files into fully-formatted, editable documents in 184 languages. It features full integration with the popular Microsoft Office applications and allows users to convert and create PDFs directly from within the applications in one click.

ABBYY PDF Transformer 3.0 delivers significant improvements in conversion accuracy and overall functionality:

West Caldwell, NJ,   May 18, 2009 — Ricoh Americas Corporation, a leading provider of digital office equipment, today announced the release of Technesis Print Control System, a document accounting software solution that architectural and engineering firms can use to lower their wide format printing costs and reduce waste. The software reduces printing overhead by combining print assessments with rules-based messages promoting better printing efficiency. Print Control System automatically analyzes all printing and delivers summary reports by user, group and device. Technesis is also integrated with Ricoh multifunction products (MFPs) to track and control walkup copies, scans, faxes and is available to the Ricoh Channel through the Ricoh Independent Solutions Vendor Program (RiSVP).

Technesis Print Control System is an integrated software solution that meets the challenges of print management today, including cost recovery, cost-efficient printing and print accountability. Technesis Print Control System analyzes all printing (local and networked) and automatically delivers usage reports summarized by user, group and device as well as distinguishing between color and black & white pages in a single job. For cost accounting initiatives, Technesis Print Control System integrates with ODBC compliant databases, ERP systems and accounting software to retrieve account codes, projects and billing data for accurate charge back reporting.

“It’s a privilege to be aligned with Ricoh to deliver world-class total cost of ownership solutions to the marketplace,” said Paul Collart, president, Technesis. “It is our assurance to continue to provide comprehensive solutions that enable Ricoh customers to reduce consumable costs as well as maximize their hardware investments.”

Montreal, Canada – (Marketwire – May 18, 2009) – Sagem-Interstar Inc. (Sagem Communications), the global leader* in advanced fax solutions for IP networks (www.sagem-interstar.com), will be demonstrating its newly certified Cisco Application eXtension (AXP) 1.1.1 and Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) 7.0 FoIP server solutions.  Sagem-Interstar’s XMediusFAX Release 6.0 FoIP branch survivability solutions will be featured at Interop Spring held May 17-21 (Cisco Partner Pavilion – POD #8) at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center, in Las Vegas, Nevada.
“Sagem-Interstar’s green-optimized XMediusFAX is among the first global software applications to undergo stringent testing and certification in the recently launched Cisco AXP certification program,” said Jean Champagne, General Manager at Sagem-Interstar. “We have been working very closely with Cisco to ensure XMediusFAX complies rigorously with all of Cisco’s key evolving requirements in enterprise unified communications, branch optimization, and reduction of networking costs and complexities.”

At Interop, Sagem-Interstar’s Christian Larocque will be speaking live on the universal benefits of the Cisco AXP–XMediusFAX FoIP solution at the Cisco Partner Pavilion Theatre on Tuesday, May 19 (11:50 a.m.) and on Wednesday, May 20 (3:50 p.m.). 

The Cisco AXP–XMediusFAX FoIP offering is the first and only, global IP fax server solution to run inside the Cisco Integrated Services Router (ISR), which houses the Cisco AXP.  It includes robust support for advanced FoIP deployments in disaster recovery and branch survivability scenarios. 

FAIRFIELD, N.J. – May 14, 2009 – Kyocera Mita America, Inc., one of the world's leading document solutions companies, is proud to announce that Better Buys for Business, a leading independent authority on document imaging equipment, has recognized Kyocera’s FS-C5300DN and FS-C5200DN with 2009 Editor’s Choice Awards. As part of Kyocera’s ECOSYS® line of environmentally friendly printers, both Energy Star certified models utilize long-life consumables while consistently delivering high-quality image output.

According to Better Buys for Business the FS-C5300DN and FS-C5200DN are powerful workgroup printers, offer respectable paper handling capabilities and provide impressive consumables costs. Better Buys indicated that the cost per page for black & white output is extraordinary and for color output the FS-C5300DN and FS-C5200DN offer a cost per page almost half of the industry average, remarking that this “alone makes these printers standout.”

“At Better Buys for Business, we select the most exceptional color printers on an annual basis and recommend them based on a comparison with all current models,” said Stephen Hannaford, editor, Better Buys for Business. "With these products, Kyocera has once again proven itself to be a very strong player in the printer market, with highly-reliable and consistent devices.”

In selecting the Editor's Choice Award models, Better Buys for Business evaluates new products in a number of categories, including product area; features and technology vendor profiles; a detailed summary on most models from most vendors; full specifications; and pricing information including cost per page. Kyocera’s outstanding printer technology enabled them to secure a ranking in the prestigious award winners’ category.

Kyocera’s recognition from Better Buys for Business is the latest in a number of recent industry awards the company has received. Kyocera was recently recognized with the 2009 BERTL Readers’ Choice Award for Monochrome Reliability and Quality for segments 4-6 and two 2009 Channel Choice Awards from the Business Technology Association (BTA) in the categories of Product Line and Distribution, based on survey results from independent office technology dealers. The Channel Choice Award for Product Line recognized Kyocera’s printers and Multifunctional products (MFPs) for offering strong performance, reliability and effectiveness. For the Channel Choice Award for Distribution, Kyocera was recognized for their dedication to supporting dealers with fair and equitable agreements, strong advertising support, and offering pricing models that are competitive and profitable for dealers.

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y. -- Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging and software solutions, today introduced the imageFORMULA DR-6010C departmental scanner. Building upon its highly successful and award-winning line of departmental scanners, the DR-6010C delivers flexibility, high-speed, reliable document handling and superior image quality in a small footprint design. The DR-6010C joins the imageFORMULA DR-4010C to strengthen Canon’s scanning solutions for departmental environments.
Recognizing many scanning environments must increase speed without sacrificing quality, the DR-6010C departmental scanner includes several advanced image-processing features in a convenient design for precise, yet rapid document capture. The DR-6010C can scan up to 60 pages-per-minute (ppm) and 120 images-per-minute (ipm)I, at resolutions up to 600 dots-per-inch (dpi). In order to maintain the integrity and quality of scanned documents without forfeiting scanning speeds, the new scanner includes features such as advanced three-line contact image sensor (CIS) technology, Bleed-Through Prevention/Background Removal, Moire Reduction, as well as Sensor Shading Mechanisms to produce precise, high-quality images.
“Most companies are looking for ways to maximize returns at all levels of the business system, and therefore need practical solutions for ad-hoc and mission-specific document capture tasks,” said Jim Rosetta, vice president and general manager, Imaging Systems Group, Canon U.S.A., Inc. “The new imageFORMULA DR-6010C departmental scanner offers a fast, reliable option without compromising overall image quality.”

As more departments and business environments adopt document imaging solutions, the DR-6010C scanner provides a flexible solution that can meet the needs of several vertical markets such as government, legal and financial marketplaces, among others. The DR-6010C scanner includes capabilities such as Ultrasonic Double Feed Detection, straight paper path, and Long Document Mode which allows it to reliably accommodate a wide variety of document sizes and types, including plastic or business cards, fragile or thick documents, and documents up to 39-inches in length.