The Canon imageRUNNER 1700 Series Photocopier/MFPs

Monday, 03 October 2011 19:00

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Canon, the leading imaging solutions provider, has recently announced the launch of the new imageRUNNER 1700, a series of highly productive A4 photocopiers designed to meet the needs of small, busy workgroups. For those organisations currently asking themselves 'which photocopier?' in this kinds of scenario, these new imageRUNNER multifunction printer/photocopiers offer impressive, high speed black and white A4 printing and copying, colour scanning and send and come with cost monitoring and security functionality, through Canon's award-winning uniFLOW document workflow solution.

The imageRUNNER 1700 Series MFPs - Intuitive Ease of Use, Straightforward Administration and Maintenance

The new imageRUNNER 1700 series of photocopiers provide a simple and intuitive, large 5.7" tiltable LCD touch-screen user interface with an easy-to-operate menu.

Enabling administrators a high level of monitoring and usage control, the new imageRUNNER 1700 series photocopiers are equipped with both Canon's eMaintenance tool and imageWARE Management Console, providing straightforward access to real-time device performance data and helping to reduce service requirement cost of ownership.

Embedded uniFLOW enhances administrators' fleet management capabililties and provides severless secure printing. With the imageRUNNER 1700 series' 'My Print Anywhere' functionality, individual users need only identify themselves at the photocopier/MFP to collect or process documents from any devices on the Canon imageRUNNER network. PIN or user card authentication means that copiers or prints are much less likely to end up in the wrong hands.

The imageRUNNER 1700 Series MFPs - A Variety of Speeds for all Scenarios

Which photocopier, many office workgroup administrators will often ask themselves, can provide both a small footprint and also offer high levels of productivity. The imageRUNNER 1700 series, while offering one of the smallest footprints for a device of its kind, provides a range of print speeds from 30 to 55 ppm:

- The imageRUNNER 1750/1750i: The highest speed iR 1700 model, with printing and copying output speeds of 52ppm and scanning speeds of 52 ipm for black and white (600dpi) and colour (300 dpi).

- The imageRUNNER 1740/1740i: Middle of the iR1700 speed options, the iR 1740 offers output speeds at up to 42 ppm and scanning speeds of up to 52 ipm for both black and white (600 dpi) and colour (300 dpi).

- The imageRUNNER 1730/1730i: The lowest of the speed offerings, the iR 1730 still provides output speeds of up to 32 ppm and scan speeds of up to 32 ipm for black and white (600 dpi) and colour (300 dpi).

The imageRUNNER 1700 Series - Excellent Media Capacity and Other Impressive Features

All of the new imageRUNNER 1700 series photocopiers/MFPs offer a 550 sheet capacity paper cassette as standard. There is the option of up to three optional cassettes providing a maximum paper capacity of 2300 sheets, including a stack bypass tray of 100 sheets.

All the new iR1700 models offer UFRII LT for printing, 512 MB of RAM, colour scanning, colour send and a single USB port.

All the imageRUNNER iR1700 photocopiers/MFPs are EPA Energy Star certified. 'i' models provide additional print and network scanning functionality, including PCL and Post Script printing, searchable PDF and fax capability.

Commenting on the release of the new imageRUNNER 1700 photocopier models, the Product Marketing Manager of the Canon Business Imaging Group, Trevor Dodsworth stated,

"The market for A4 black amnd white devices grew 15% during Q1 2011 compared to the same period last year...With the imageRUNNER 1700 series, Canon is entering a new and rapidly growing sector for high speed devices. We have listened to our customers and have developed the new series to provide a choice of three fast, reliable and feature-rich devices. The devices are perfect for small and busy workgroups looking to increase productivity."

The new imageRUNNER 1700 series photocopiers go on sale in the UK on 1st October and are available from leading Canon Business Solutions Partners.