Canon U.S.A Presents Leading Check Transport And Document Scanning Technologies At BAI Retail Delivery Show

Canon Displays Award-Winning Check Transport and Digital Scanning Solutions for the Financial Marketplace

Orlando, Florida – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital document imaging and supplier of check capture devices, will showcase the versatility and benefits of its broad line of leading check transports and digital document scanners at this year’s Bank Administration Institute (BAI) Retail Delivery Show, beginning today at the Orange County Convention Center, Booth # 1749.

“At this show, we will demonstrate how our imageFORMULA scanning and check transport product lines can offer efficient and practical solutions to meet the needs of the financial services marketplace,” said Jim Rosetta, vice president and general manager, Imaging Systems Group, Canon U.S.A. “We will show how Canon can help financial institutions improve their overall workflow and customer satisfaction, and how their customers can streamline their check posting and clearing processes, accelerating fund availability.”

This year’s BAI Show will focus on ’Return on Innovation’ – using innovative strategies to maximize existing resources and ideas to ensure greater profitability and performance in the future. Building on this theme and helping to address the evolving needs of the financial services industry, Canon will exhibit some of its industry leading imageFORMULA product line, including:

# imageFORMULA CR-180 Check Transport: A fast, reliable solution for batch conversion of paper checks into electronic images for simple and efficient processing, making it perfect for high-volume distributed or branch capture, and remittance / lockbox processing applications. It scans up to 180 double-sided checks-per-minuteI, while simultaneously reading Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR) data. The CR-180 delivers high-quality images compliant with Check 21 and features two output pockets for easier post-scan sorting, and a built-in endorser. It comes bundled with Silver Bullet Ranger Transport API software that allows users to mix and match the types of item processing software and hardware they select.


# imageFORMULA CR-55 Check Transport: A convenient, compact solution to decentralize payment processing from the first point of presentment to settlement. Ideal for teller, branch, and remote deposit / merchant capture applications. It offers high-quality scanning, compliant with Check 21, at speeds of up to 55 checks-per-minute.II The CR-55 simultaneously reads MICR data and features a built-in endorser. Bundled with the Silver Bullet Ranger Driver, as well as Infrared Double Feed Detection and Paper Thickness Adjustment capabilities for reliable paper feeding and image capture.


# imageFORMULA ScanFront 220P Network Scanner: The ScanFront 220P offers users an easy-to-use, stand-alone, and secure solution for moving capture of hard-copy documents closer to the point of origin within the business process. It is ideal for decentralized or distributed scanning applications, and for easily sharing documents via a network. The ScanFront 220P features an 8.4-inch color touch panel that allows for easy navigation as well as a preview of scanned images. It can scan at up to 25ppmIII, and captures color, grayscale and black and white images in various file formats including high compression and searchable PDF, TIFF and JPEG.


# imageFORMULA DR-5010C Production Scanner: Compactly designed, reliable, and developed for centralized or consolidated scanning applications with exceptional speed and high image quality, the DR-5010C scans in both color and black-and-white at a constant rate of 64 pages-per-minuteIV, as well as 128 images-per-minute (ipm) in duplex scanning at 200 dots-per-inch (dpi).


About Canon U.S.A., Inc.
Canon U.S.A., Inc. delivers consumer, business-to-business, and industrial imaging solutions. Its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), a top patent holder of technology, ranked third overall in the U.S. in 2007†, with global revenues of $34.9 billion, is listed as one of Fortune’s Most Admired Companies in America and is on the 2007 BusinessWeek list of “Top 100 Brands.” To keep apprised of the latest news from Canon U.S.A., sign up for the Company’s RSS news feed by visiting www.usa.canon.com/pressroom.

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† IFI Patent Intelligence Press Release, January 2008

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I Examples based on typical settings, rated in checks/images per minute with U.S. personal checks at 200 dpi in black and white or grayscale.
II Based on American Style Check (152mm x 0.1mm) in duplex mode at 200 dpi.
III Examples based on typical settings, rated in pages/images per minute with letter-sized documents, portrait-feeding direction, up to 200 dpi.
IV Based on letter size documents, scanned in landscape mode.