Canon wins BLI 2016 A3 MFP Line of the Year

Canon has won BLI's 2016A3 MFP Line of the Year Award for the Winter 2016 test season for its:
- Outstanding reliability
- Superior user experience
- Value-add innovations
- Unsurpassed flexibility 

Canon, Inc. is the winner of Buyers Laboratory LLC's (BLI) most coveted award: 2016 A3 MFP Line of the Year. Once annually, Buyers Lab, the leading global provider of information and testing services to the digital imaging industry, acknowledges the vendors whose product lines are determined to be the best overall in their respective categories based on the cumulative results of models tested in our rigorous two-month laboratory evaluations. By assessing reliability, image quality, ease of use, productivity and a range of other criteria, the tests reveal the products that deliver the best value and performance. Also considered are the vendor's breadth of line and ability to provide quality products suitable to a broad spectrum of customer needs, from low volumes to high volumes.

"Canon offers consistently outstanding products across its entire A3 line in nearly every speed band," said BLI Editor George Mikolay. "From its exceptional reliability and ease of use, to its innovation and customisability, Canon's A3 line is the industry benchmark among its competitors."
 
Unmatched Reliability
"To run a combined total of 2,885,000 impressions with just 11 misfeeds recorded is remarkable," said BLI Director of Research & Lab Services Pete Emory. "In fact, with just one misfeed every 262,272 impressions, Canon has the highest number of impressions between misfeeds of all of the OEMs, a truly remarkable feat." 

Superior User Experience for the New World 
"In today's workforce, OEMs need to move beyond the box and provide the ease of use, solutions and services that drive value, as well as the customisability and flexibility to meet the needs of any work style and environment, and Canon's A3 line does just that," said Mikolay.
- Driver and control panel consistency throughout the line assure workers of the same user experience regardless of speed.
- "Know one, know all" philosophy allows users to easily upgrade to faster products with more capabilities as needs change and businesses grow.
- Graphical and easy to use drivers, with most commonly used features selectable from the first tab, unlimited presets and dynamic Help button

"Similar to its drivers, Canon's control panel user interface is logically organised and easy to use, which makes walk-up programming a cinch," said Mikolay.

- Text and graphics clearly explain what each function is responsible for.
- Job review and proof copy keys are readily available.
- Quick Menu lets users easily register frequently used

Award-Winning Solutions
The ease of use of Canon's line, complemented by the BLI award-winning uniFLOW platform, among other solutions, makes a very compelling case for Canon in fleet deals and MPS contracts. "No output management solution BLI has evaluated offers as much integrated functionality as uniFLOW," said Jamie Bsales, BLI Director of Office Workflow Solutions Analysis. "And unlike competitors, uniFLOW even offers integrated print room management features, allowing larger organisations to use one platform to manage both their office infrastructure and their in-house print room."

Value-Add Innovations
"Additional solutions and innovations bring more even more value to Canon's A3 line," said Mikolay. "And the future, much like the present, looks bright."
- Canon's MEAP platform, which works with many third-party software providers that make up the business process solutions ecosystem.
- A cloud-based version of Therefore Enterprise provides customers with all of the benefits and functionality of the on-site edition, without the need to invest and maintain additional IT infrastructure and personnel to support that investment.
Canon Cloud Portal*, which is a free, downloadable application, allows users to scan docu-ments as PDFs directly to their Google Drive accounts using the MFP control panel.
- Support for mobile printing.
- Staple on demand support via the inner finisher allows users to make a copy and restaple it directly from the device.
- Staple-free stapling via the inner finisher binds pages together by pressure versus staples, making separation easier later on, and also cutting down on consumable usage.
- User-replaceable components including drums, waste toner, staples and automatic docu-ment feeder rollers, maximize uptime.
- Live action videos lead users through the replacement of components.
 *Not avaliable in all regions

 "At Canon, we are proud to receive the award from BLI for the Line of the Year in A3 Multifunctional Devices," said Tom Sullivan, General Manager of Marketing for Canon Business Services, Canon Australia. "As a trusted brand and Company that invests in innovation, Canon is grateful to receive the recognition as the leader in the industry, and we will continue to innovate and develop our products and solutions to enable our customers to achieve more."