LONDON, January 14, 2011 - Canon Europe, world leader in imaging solutions, has been awarded ten ‘Outstanding Achievement’ awards by testing and research organisation, Buyers Laboratory Inc. (BLI) in its Winter 2011 ‘Pick’ Awards. Canon was recognised for its leadership in imaging solutions, demonstrating the highest levels of quality, ease of use, productivity and more across its wide portfolio of small office, office and light production, and large format devices.
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“Canon’s performance in the Winter 2011 ‘Pick of the Year’ awards is testament to the strength and breadth of its product portfolio,” said David Sweetnam, BLI’s European Lab and Research Manager. “It has won awards across a wide variety of categories, from affordable home office printers and MFPs, to scanners, wide-format printers and copier-based MFPs. This year we are also recognising uniFLOW V5 as a Best of Breed Solution, and awarding several models an ‘Outstanding Achievement’ Award for Energy Efficiency. These awards have been earned the hard way, through two months of rigorous durability testing, so customers can be assured that the Canon range stands for the highest standards of quality, usability, sustainability and reliability.”
Canon was awarded Winter ‘Pick’ Awards in the following categories: Outstanding 71- to 80-ppm A3/Ledger Monochrome MFP:Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE 6075
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and Outstanding 51- to 60-ppm A3/Ledger Monochrome MFP:Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE 6055
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for their extraordinary reliability during BLI’s durability testing. Outstanding A4 Personal Printer:Canon i-SENSYS LBP6000
for its speed, reliability and the excellent value-for money it represents. Outstanding A4 MFP for Small Workgroups:Canon i-SENSYS MF5880dn
for its well-balanced features such as automatic duplexing and scan to USB that make it an excellent fit for small workgroups. Outstanding A4 MFP for SMBs:Canon i-SENSYS MF9280Cdn
for its ease of use and high-end imaging features that set it apart from the competition. Outstanding Colour Inkjet Wide-Format Small Workgroup Photo Printer:Canon imagePROGRAF iPF6350
for its overall performance during BLI’s lab test, and for its excellent colour and black-and-white print quality in particular. Outstanding Network Scanner:Canon imageFORMULA ScanFront 300/300P
for its high scan speeds, intuitive control panel and excellent media-handling capabilities. Outstanding Output Management Solution:uniFLOW V5 for its modular format that allows customers to have a single, unified solution to handle a range of tasks that would otherwise require multiple software packages. BLI felt its breadth of scanning and print management features made it unique among the document imaging solutions it has tested.
The BLI Winter 2011 ‘Pick’ Awards also honour the most energy-efficient models tested in the past six months. Two Canon products were recognised for ‘Outstanding Energy Efficiency’: Paul Rowntree, European Product Sales Marketing Director, Canon Europe said, “To win ten ‘Outstanding Achievement’ awards across such a diverse range of products and solutions – from the Canon imageFORMULA ScanFront 300/300P network scanner to Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE 6075/6075i, a high-performance black-and-white multifunctional device – is a terrific achievement. “Canon listens to its customers and partners and uses this insight to develop solutions that meet their specific needs. BLI’s awards confirm Canon’s position at the forefront of the industry and the commitment we have in delivering market-leading imaging solutions across a range of markets.” For more information on BLI’s Winter 2011 ‘Pick’ Awards, please visit: www.buyerslab.com.
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