Canon’s imageRUNNER ADVANCE 4500
The OEM’s subsidiary has released the imageRUNNER ADVANCE 4500 series to offer “increased flexibility and customisation” for businesses.
The OEM reported the launch of the machines by noting that it is “fulfilling our promise to customer and channel partners to deliver office solutions for today’s evolving businesses”, with the “third generation” of imageRUNNER ADVANCE MFPs offering “an information management platform for integrated and holistic business process solutions”.
The devices include “powerful scanning capabilities with advanced personalisation and additional security features”, and include the 4551i, 4545i, 4535i and 4525i. The MFPs are also said to offer “excellent document workflow systems” for SMBs and departments “that require efficient, cost-effective, monochrome printing”. Each offers single-pass duplexing scanning, support for third-party cloud services through the ADVANCE Cloud Portal, and a Universal Login Manager for security.
This feature is a “serverless authentication solution” allowing users to “provide customisation without compromising control”, allowing each separate user to have their own “preferred functions and settings”. Finishing options offered include hole-punching, staple-free stapling, staple “on demand” and booklet-making, while each machine can also be connected to Canon’s uniFLOW and uniFLOW online solutions for “cloud-based print management”.
In terms of security, the MFPs include a hard disk drive encryption function, while again in terms of MPS and MDS they can each be supported by Canon’s imageWARE enterprise management console and Managed Document Services. Finally, on sustainability, the machines each feature ENERGY STAR certification, and are rated EPEAT Gold. All are available at suggested prices of $15,000 (€14,020) for the 4551i; $13,500 (€12,618) for the 4545i; $10,000 (€9,347) for the 4535; and $8,000 (€7,477) for the 4525i.
George Mikolay, Senior Product Editor for A3 Copiers/MFPs at Keypoint Intelligence, commented: “Canon has a strong reputation in the A3 market for offering reliable, easily adaptable systems that enhance existing workflows. With this latest product line upgrade, Canon has demonstrated its commitment to this market segment by bringing its latest innovations in this area to these A3 MFPs, most notably seen in their fast scanning capability, customisation ability and easy connection to their uniFLOW Online solution.”
Toyotsugu Kuwamura, Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Business Imaging Solutions Group at Canon USA, added “The workforce of the future is now the workforce of today, with millennial habits and preferences altering the way companies do business. In order to succeed, businesses are integrating office technology that meets expectations for increased flexibility and customisation.
“With this series of imageRUNNER ADVANCE models, we are delivering an efficient, adaptable and cost-effective print capability designed to enable businesses to expand their productivity.”