ABBYY Software and Fujitsu Canada Announce New Distribution Agreement
MILPITAS, CALIF., August 27, 2009 — ABBYY Software, a leading provider of document recognition, data capture and linguistic software, has signed an agreement with Fujitsu Canada to distribute a full range of ABBYY products alongside Fujitsu Canada's complete line of document scanners including ABBYY FineReader®, FlexiCapture®, FormReader®, PDF Transformer™ and Recognition Server™. Currently, ABBYY's TouchTo optical character recognition (OCR) technology is integrated into the Fujitsu fi-6010N iScanner.
"With the growing demand to convert paper into searchable format, the combination of our industry leading scanners and ABBYY's award winning OCR software provides the perfect solution," said Steve Oblin, senior marketing manager, Imaging Products at Fujitsu Canada. "Initial feedback from our resellers has been very positive and several have already become certified on ABBYY's products."
Océ Business Services Ranks No. 1 in Two of the Three Most Important Attributes Influencing Client Satisfaction by The Black Book of Outsourcing Survey
New York, N.Y., September 30, 2009 – Océ Business Services, an international leader in document process management technology and services, has received the top ranking in two of the three most important attributes that influence clients' satisfaction with document process outsourcing (DPO) service providers according to the 2009 Black Book of Outsourcing annual client survey.
In this year's survey clients ranked Océ No.1 in outsourcing implementation as well as in data security and backup; and No. 2 in reliability.
"Our research indicates that outsourcing implementation, data security and backup, and reliability are the three most important qualities that drive clients' satisfaction with their outsourcing providers," said Scott Wilson, partner, Brown-Wilson Group and co-author of The Black Book of Outsourcing. "The survey results show that clients consider Océ the leader in its ability to implement DPO solutions and provide data security and backup, and solid in being able to consistently meet service level agreements."
Each year Brown-Wilson Group and Black Book Research conduct an independent annual user survey of more than 24,000 executives worldwide to evaluate leading global outsourcing service providers and advisors across 18 key performance indicators.
Exposed: The Low Cost of Today’s Document Management
Any business whether it’s healthcare facilities, legal firms, financial services or educational institutions, has to deal with an inordinate amount of documents. When digging through a dusty file cabinet for a case study or client information, at the back of any file clerk or assistant’s mind is the question “Isn’t there a better way?”
Anyone who deals with paper on a regular basis has dreamed of having their paper information on their computer. Now that the price of hardware space has decreased, the possibility of integrating an electronic document management system is more appealing than ever.
Mutoh America Dominates at Print 09 Chicago!
Phoenix, AZ. (September, 2009) – Chicago, IL. MUTOH America dominated the wide-format pavilion at Print 09! Vehicle wrap demonstrations, hosted by Justin Pate, a top vehicle graphic installer, and Todd LaBrie, President of Carwraps, Inc. helped draw a huge group of spectators day after day. Crowds anxiously filled the isles and surrounded the booth to learn time saving, vehicle wrapping techniques that generate a profit.
Mutoh showcased the ValueJet product line, printing richer solid colors, including the ValueJet 1614 “Wrapper’s Choice” and the NEW ValueJet 1618A printer with Mutoh’s Patented Intelligent Interweave Printing Technique (i2): impeccable print quality that virtually eliminates banding!
“The car wrap business is growing in demand and now Mutoh can help you learn EFFECTIVE methods and techniques, utilizing EFFICIENT tools, to make a large PROFIT!” shares Brian Phipps, Director of Sales for Mutoh.
Jetrion wins Label Industry Award for New Innovation
ZAVENTEM, Belgium--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 29, 2009-- EFI™ (NASDAQ: EFII) was announced as the winner of the Label Industry Award for New Innovation at a gala dinner during Labelexpo Europe 2009.
The judging panel praised the company’s pioneering developments in inkjet printing technology and software, which have seen the Jetrion® 4000 UV inkjet system become a market leading, full-colour narrow web alternative to toner-based digital printers.
“To receive the award after such a short space of time is a fantastic honour,” said EFI Jetrion’s general manager Dr Kenneth Stack. “It is testament to the hard work of our team and to the input and support from our customers, without whom we could not have achieved it. “We began Jetrion seven years ago and now we have a full portfolio which includes software, printers and ink. Providing such a complete offering was a key reason behind the win and it also allows us to supply label converters with affordable, high quality products.”
To win the Label Industry Award for New Innovation, a company must have less than ten years’ involvement in the sector and have introduced a key new product or technology to the industry. The judging panel was chaired by Helmut Schreiner, general manager of Schreiner Group, and included Andy Thomas, editor of Labels & Labeling; Wolfgang Klos-Geiger, editor of NarroWebTech; Jack Kenny, editor of Label & Narrow Web; John Hickey, chairman of the board, TLMI; and Jan Frederik Vink, former president of FINAT. Judging took place at the FINAT congress in Turkey in June.
Océ CS665 Pro Color System Using CREO Color Server Receives FograCert Validation for Consistent, High-Quality Color Output
September 28, 2009 – Trumbull, CT – Océ, an international leader in digital document management and delivery, today announced that Fogra has certified the Océ CS665 Pro full-color digital printer with the CREO® Color Server and Océ Proofing Paper as a Validation Printing System. The digital color production solution fulfills the requirements of the latest, ISO-based FograCert certification, an internationally approved standard for sheet-fed and web offset printers. This verifies that the Océ CS665 Pro system and CREO Color Server print with predictable, consistent and measurable quality according to the highest standards.
Munich-based Fogra is a leading research center for the printing industry. Fogra certification demonstrates a printer's commitment to ISO standards, based on measurable criteria for proofing and printing in a production environment. Fogra certification recognizes that Océ CS color cut-sheet printers achieve predictable, measurable quality according to these exacting requirements. The Océ CS665 Pro system, a member of the Océ CS family, was the first product in its class to receive Fogra certification. With the addition of the CREO Color Server, the Océ CS665 Pro system has again received validation as the first Fogra-certified, color cut-sheet system using the CREO Color Server.
"Digital color has become part of almost every print environment, and Océ is committed to providing color solutions of the highest caliber," said Eric de Goeijen, Vice President Marketing, Océ North America Production Printing Systems division. "Achieving FograCert certification validates this, and helps bring color standards into the digital printing industry. Our customers benefit from the ability to deliver consistent, predictable results every time they use their Océ equipment."
Reclamation Isn’t Just About the Environment—Reclaim Your Office Space
With the emphasis on the environment and utilizing what you already have, many organizations are exploring new ways to reclaim wasted office space. If you are looking for more space in your office, a great place to start may be with your 
filing cabinets.
Where to Start
Average rent for an office space is $24 a square foot. Using this average, a 20 x 20 filing room will cost $9,600 annually. If this space can be reclaimed for additional offices, the potential savings realized by not having to move or rent additional rooms are substantial.
Say Good-bye to Paper Documents
Electronic Document Management technology enables paper files to be scanned to a secure network server. The paper files can then be sent to off-site storage or shredded, freeing up valuable office space.
Kofax Announces Promotion that Bundles Kofax Express with Fujitsu Business Scanners
IRVINE, Calif., September 23, 2009 – Kofax plc (LSE: KFX), the leading provider of document driven business process automation solutions, today announced a limited time promotional bundle that packages Kofax Express at a 50 percent discount from its normal suggested list price with Fujitsu business scanner models.
Available now through the end of September 2009, the promotion is being offered through Kofax’s hardware distribution business throughout EMEA with Fujitsu business scanner models that already include Kofax VRS Professional.
“This promotion with Fujitsu demonstrates the power of Kofax software to extend the value of scanning hardware through technology that enhances scanner functionality and performance,” said Alan Kerr, Executive Vice President of Field Operations at Kofax. “The result is increased productivity that drives down business costs and improves profitability.”
Canon U.S.A. Enters A New Era of Digital Imaging Excellence With The Introduction Of Its New imageRUNNER Advance Series
Las Vegas, September 22, 2009 – Opening the door to a new era of advanced image quality, workflow simplicity and efficiency in the workplace, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital document imaging, today launched the imageRUNNER ADVANCE Series, a new document service platform that blends hardware, software and services to help advance modern business environments.
Building upon the Company's long heritage of its award-winning imageRUNNER product line, the new imageRUNNER ADVANCE Series will help seamlessly bridge the distance between user and multifunction printer (MFP) to transform and advance one's business and digital communications. Incorporating sophisticated workflows and innovative technologies, the Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE Series is designed to address the ever-growing needs of users, administrators and business decision makers to better manage and customize workflows, while accomplishing more tasks in less time and achieving higher levels of quality.
The new Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE Series will include:
"Over the years, Canon has developed and delivered several monumental technology innovations and solutions to respond to customers' needs and change the marketplace, including the transition to digital with its GP product line in the early 1990s and the introduction of the current imageRUNNER product line in 1999," said Sam Yoshida, vice president and general manager, Imaging Systems Group, Canon U.S.A.
Canon U.S.A. Extends Its Corporate Commitment to Environmental Responsibility To Its New imageRUNNER Advance Family
Las Vegas, September 22, 2009 – Further advancing its corporate commitment to environmental responsibility throughout the entire product life cycle, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital document imaging and corporate social responsibility, is taking another step towards helping to ensure the sustainability of our environment with the introduction of its new imageRUNNER ADVANCE family.
The imageRUNNER ADVANCE Series, a new document services platform that seamlessly blends hardware, software and service to advance modern business environments, is the first solution from Canon developed using the Company's Life Cycle Assessment product design system. From production, usage, and end-of-life, Canon's Life Cycle Assessment system is designed to assess a product's CO2 emissions and explore avenues to reduce those emissions and minimize environmental impacts at various stages of a product's life, helping end-users to maximize cost and resource efficiency.
"Committed to the corporate philosophy of Kyosei, Canon strives to achieve harmony between people, our products and the environment, and our latest line of imageRUNNER ADVANCE products takes this commitment to the next level," said Sam Yoshida, vice president and general manager, Imaging Systems Group, Canon U.S.A. "Canon views superior product development and environmental responsibility as working hand-in-hand, and a natural obligation as we work to fulfill the expectations of our stakeholders, beginning with our customers, our employees and the local communities in which we operate.
Canon U.S.A. Introduces New Document Sharing Server In Conjunction With The imageRUNNER Advance Series Launch
Las Vegas, September 22, 2009 – To make it easier to share and manage documents using the new imageRUNNER ADVANCE Series, Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging and office solutions, today introduced imageWARE Document Server, a document management application designed to expand upon the sophisticated collaborative capabilities of the new imageRUNNER ADVANCE Series.
imageWARE Document Server represents the server component of a comprehensive collaboration and document management solution. The newly announced imageRUNNER ADVANCE Series of multifunction devices incorporates an abundant collection of features designed to facilitate collaboration and sharing of documents. To fully take advantage of this technology and to extend the interaction of the powerful MFP to desktop users, Canon also introduced imageRUNNER ADVANCE Desktop utility software on the new imageRUNNER ADVANCE Series. Users can utilize imageRUNNER ADVANCE Desktop for desktop publishing, remote device monitoring and personal document storage/management activities. When using the software for personal document management activities, the addition of imageWARE Document Server will enable the same users to share documents with other personnel in workgroups or departments within their organization.
imageWARE Document Server is a server application that simply connects the imageRUNNER ADVANCE Desktop utility and enables workers to collaborate and share information in a networked environment. imageWARE Document Server incorporates a variety of popular document management functions, such as Check In/Check Out, Version Control, Full Text Search, Audit Trail and User Index Search. imageWARE Document Server was developed using Windows SharePoint Services, Microsoft's popular and reliable collaboration platform, helping to make the system easy to deploy and enable IT administrators to easily manage and configure the system from any personal computer using a Web browser.
Canon and Adobe Advance Office Document Solutions on Canon Products
Las Vegas, September 22, 2009 – Helping organizations reach new levels of printing, scanning and document security in office environments, Canon Inc., and Adobe Systems Incorporated have entered into a global agreement to embed Adobe technology into Canon's newest family of office document solutions. This agreement is an extension of an alliance between the two companies established in 2005.
Leveraging this partnership, Canon will promote a number of Adobe technologies within the new Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE Series, benefiting knowledge workers in the areas of document output, workflow and security. The technologies include:
eCopy Brings Business Application Connectivity to Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE Series
Nashua, N.H., September 22, 2009 - eCopy, Inc. today supported the introduction of Canon's imageRUNNER ADVANCE multifunction system with software products that enable organizations to extend document scanning to business applications and improve user productivity in business processes that mix paper and electronic documents. The eCopy solutions help customers create more effective workflows and improve returns on investment for Canon devices.
eCopy ShareScan® software enables imageRUNNER ADVANCE customers to extend beyond basic scan-to-folder and scan-to-email, by scanning documents directly into business applications. There are over 100 Connectors available that were developed by eCopy and eCopy Connections Alliance Program (eCAP) Partners. These Connectors immediately provide imageRUNNER ADVANCE with integration to applications including Microsoft SharePoint and Exchange, EMC Documentum and Autonomy iManage WorkSite to name a few.
eCopy PaperWorks™ provides desktop document imaging capabilities for organizations utilizing imageRUNNER ADVANCE models for document capture. The software enables organizations to get work done faster and simplify business processes that mix paper and electronic documents. It helps office workers secure and preserve information contained across document types into a single, easy to manage PDF software file.
Support for Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE models by eCopy builds on the two companies' successful partnership, which has resulted in more than 100,000 Canon multifunction products (MFPs) sold with eCopy ShareScan document scanning software.
eCopy was the first software firm to deliver an application for the Canon Multifunctional Embedded Application Platform (MEAP), which is included with imageRUNNER ADVANCE models. It has the largest customer market share for third-party applications developed for Canon MEAP devices.
ABBYY FineReader 10 Breaks New Ground in Document Digitization
Moscow, Russia (September 22, 2009) — ABBYY, a leading provider of document recognition, data capture and language software, today announced ABBYY FineReader 10, the newest version of the professional-level optical character recognition (OCR) application. Delivering the next generations of its two major technologies — ABBYY ADRT® (Adaptive Document Recognition Technology) for reproducing multi-page document formatting and Camera OCR, FineReader 10 takes OCR to new heights, driving it beyond traditional text recognition. In combination with its highly intuitive, task-oriented interface, the enhanced technologies bring greater efficiency, simplicity and performance to all scenarios of professional work with documents, for both consumer and business users.
ABBYY FineReader 10 delivers further enhancements in page layout retention, especially on documents with background images (e.g. magazine pages). The new version also provides up to 30 percent increase in text recognition accuracy for Asian languages (e.g. Chinese and Japanese) and up to 20 percent increase for European languages (e.g. English, French, German, Polish, etc.). In addition, it demonstrates up to 30 percent accuracy improvement on low print quality images such as digital photos and faxes and takes a significant step forward in delivering accurate results on photographs captured with mobile phone cameras. Providing superior accuracy in recognizing various types of documents, FineReader allows users to considerably reduce manual operations while working with documents and facilitates the transition to a paperless environment.
Fiery Controllers Power Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE Line-Up, Delivering Vibrant Color and Unmatched Performance for the Office User to the Print Service Provider
LAS VEGAS -- Sep. 22, 2009-- EFI™ (Nasdaq: EFII), a world leader in customer-focused digital printing innovation, today announced that the latest Fiery® controllers are driving the newest line-up of imageRUNNER ADVANCE systems from Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging and advanced office solutions, bringing the fastest delivery and most consistent, vibrant color printing and publishing to users ranging from office workgroups to production printers. This powerful combination is on display at the Canon Integrated Solutions Showcase (CISS) event this week, along with a preview of the imageRUNNER ADVANCE portfolio integrated to EFI’s MicroPress® and Fiery Central production workflow solutions that automate workflows and dramatically reduce job set-up for lightning fast turn-around times.
The Fiery controllers are powered by the award-winning Command WorkStation® 5 job management software that has intuitive and fully automated workflows to improve productivity and enable users to increase profits by easily producing complex jobs, such as more lucrative Variable Data Printing (VDP) projects, while ensuring accurate and consistent color output every time. Ideal for a variety of users ranging from office workers to professional printing establishments, the stand-alone Fiery Canon ColorPASS-GX300 is available for the imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5051 and the other new Canon models, and the embedded Canon imagePASS-A1 drives the imageRUNNER ADVANCE C9075 PRO, the C9065 PRO, C7065 and C7055. The embedded Canon imagePASS-B1 supports the imageRUNNER ADVANCE C5051, C5045, C5035 and C5030 targeted at office workgroups.
“EFI Fiery controllers have a winning history of successfully driving Canon imageRUNNER systems, and now the latest application of Fiery technology is paired with the newest output devices to bring a higher level of color quality, automation and productivity to a wide range of Canon customers,” said John Henze, vice president of marketing, Fiery division, EFI. "With integration to our print management solutions and the EFI Digital StoreFront® web-to-print platform, and the forthcoming integration of MicroPress and Fiery Central, more customers will realize the tremendous value of EFI's robust portfolio of products specifically designed to drive increased competitiveness, efficiency and profitability."
“As our customers continue to look for creative ways to be productive and profitable during these difficult times, the Fiery-driven imageRUNNER ADVANCE line-up offers a smart, flexible choice for office workgroups, CRDs, print for pay and digital print service providers,” said Sam Yoshida, vice president and general manager, Imaging Systems Group, Canon U.S.A. “The intuitive and user-friendly tools that are the hallmark of Fiery controllers allow customers to achieve professional color while optional tools enable even greater control and productivity improvements.”
How EDMS Will Keep Your Customers Coming Back For More
Customer relations are an integral part to any company. Without customers you don’t have a business.
No matter what industry you are in, you need to access information quickly. It’s a key factor in determining your quality of customer service interaction. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if hold or call-back time was reduced or even eliminated?
You can answer frequently asked customer questions easily and efficiently and lower costs with the use of Electronic Document Management Systems technology.
- Provide Your Customers with Better Service
With EDMS, you won’t have to put a customer on hold or have them wait for a call-back. Retrieve and view document instantaneously on your computer while the customer is on the phone or waiting in person. The customer gets the information they need quickly and your staff is able to move on to the next request.
RISO Launches the AR9100, a New Envelope Feeder for High-Speed Inkjet Printers
DANVERS, Mass.-- RISO, Inc., a leader in digital printing technology, today introduced the AR9100 high-speed envelope feeder. Designed for use with RISO’s ComColor® and HC5500 inkjet printers, the AR9100 offers high-volume color printing and variable addressing of envelopes and card stock. This is RISO’s second envelope feeder introduction this month. On September 8th, the company launched its KR324-R, a heavy-duty envelope feeder for higher volumes.
“As demand for our ComColor series grows, we are offering our customers more accessories that extend the capabilities of inkjet,” said David Murphy, Vice President of Marketing for RISO, Inc. “The AR9100 envelope feeder is ideal for printing and addressing envelopes with personalized color messages.”
By connecting the AR9100 envelope feeder to RISO’s ComColor and HC5500 inkjet printers, users can continuously feed envelopes, invitations, and postcards without interruption. The AR9100 handles hard to-feed stocks and requires only minimal setup time. The AR9100 accommodates envelope sizes ranging from 4” x 6” to 10” x 13”, and card stocks ranging from 8.5” x 5.5” and smaller, up to 110 lb. index. Plus, RISO’s high-speed inkjet printers utilize a heatless printing process that allows the system to accommodate window envelopes, and alleviates the stress of flaps adhering during printing or problems with pressure sensitive envelope stocks. The suggested retail price of the AR9100 is $6,295.
Konica Minolta Boosts Productivity for Small- to Mid-Sized Businesses and Workgroups with New Color MFPs
Newest Office Systems in Award-Winning Product Line Meet Needs of Sophisticated Color Users and Those Transitioning from Black and White Environments
Ramsey, N.J. – September 21, 2009 – Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta), a leading provider of advanced imaging and networking technologies for the desktop to the print shop, today launched the next wave of color multifunctional printers (MFPs – print, copy, fax, scan all-in-one system) in the award-winning bizhub® product line. These new color systems, which include the bizhub C452, bizhub C360, bizhub C280, and bizhub C220, are designed to meet the diverse needs of small- to mid-sized office workgroups, both for color as well as black and white environments, from end-users needing only occasional color or have graphic output requirements to those that mainly generate monochrome output. They can handle a heavy workload with their robust and efficient productivity features, and offer the same functionality and features at different speeds, ranging from 45 pages per minute (ppm) to 22 ppm.
These full-color MFPs offer color-specific tools for the art professionals such as unique Pantone colors, advanced queue management and/or need for additional processing speed, as well as Fiery® support for broader and more specific color requirements. By producing the same robust productivity of a black and white device, the new office systems are an ideal replacement for current monochrome users seeking an efficient, high quality replacement to transition to color output.
“Customers requiring a versatile MFP can rely on our newest color systems to deliver not only high impact color and image quality, but also the flexibility to handle a variety of output needs” said Kevin Kern, Vice President, Marketing, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. Inc.
Samsung's New Compact Mono Laser Printers
Samsung will shortly release a new range of mono laser printers and MFPs, starting with the modest ML-1910 personal laser printer, which online retailers are already pricing at a very affordable £83, and going up to the SCX-4623FN MFP (speculatively priced at £189) and single-function ML-2580N (£108).
Even the most expensive of these is hardly going to break the bank, although none is exactly what we'd describe as an office workhorse. Only two, the SCX-4623FN and ML-2580N, have Ethernet ports for network printing and their high yield cartridges can only print 2.500 pages before they need replacing.
Canon U.S.A. Breaks Into the Mobile Image Captur Market With New imageFORMULA P-150 Personal Document Scanning Device
Lake Success, N.Y., September 17, 2009 – Continuing its tradition in high-quality imaging devices and recognizing a growing need for portable and mobile image capture solutions, Canon U.S.A. Inc., a leader in digital imaging and office solutions, today announced the imageFORMULA P-150 personal scanner. Building upon its award-winning imageFORMULA product line, the P-150 personal scanner's compact size and simple use liberates document capture by taking it beyond the walls of the office to the convenience of any user location. Its innovative design and outstanding value make it ideal for use by "road warriors" and office users for general-purpose distributed scanning applications to improve personal efficiency and productivity.
"The new imageFORMULA P-150 personal scanner is an easy-to-use, mobile scanning device that can be utilized by a wide variety of commercial end-users," said Jim Rosetta, vice president and general manager, Imaging Systems Group, Canon U.S.A. "The combination of speed, advanced features and high image quality in such a compact footprint make this an ideal image capture solution for everyone from 'on-the-go travelers' to users in small offices."
Measuring at only 11 inches long, 3.7 inches wide and 1.6 inches high and weighing just over two pounds, the new Canon P-150 personal scanner redefines the minimum dimensions of a document scanner with automatic document feeder. The P-150 can scan a batch of up to 20 documents at its maximum scanning speed of 15 pages-per-minute (ppm) in simplex, or 30 images-per-minute (ipm) in duplex scanning, yet still fits easily into a briefcase.
