Press release
EMBARGO: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Canon i-SENSYS MF9170 Wins Prestigious
Buyers Lab Award
Hi-res versions of the i-SENSYS laser All-In-One range and fax range can be downloaded from
http://www.canon.co.uk/press_centre
United Kingdom / Republic of Ireland, 12 February 2009: Canon today announced
that the i-SENSYS MF9170 has won the prestigious Buyers Laboratory Inc, (BLI)
‘Pick of the Year’ award in the ‘Outstanding Small Workgroup Colour Multifunction
Printer’ category.
The fast, 21ppm colour multifunctional i-SENSYS MF9170, which is designed for
corporate and business workgroup use, combines high quality automatic doublesided printing, copying, scanning and faxing and was commended for its reliability,
overall ease of use and high image quality. It inherits many of the advance colour
imaging technologies found in Canon’s high-end imaging devices which deliver
superb colour images and graphics, sharp fine text as well as unrivalled colour
consistency and accuracy. The i-SENSYS MF9170 also features Canon’s SEND
functionality which allows users to scan colour documents directly to email, network
server (SMB and FTP), or to USB memory key.
“To win BLI’s ‘Pick of the Year’ award for the i-SENSYS MF9170 is a fantastic
achievement and highlights our commitment to creating best in class products,” said
Akira Adachi, European Laser Product Manager, Canon Europe N.V.
The influential awards give potential buyers the confidence that they are purchasing
the best product in its category or class. BLI gives special recognition only twice a
year to those products which provide the most outstanding performance in their
exhaustive two month lab tests. This comprehensive evaluation involves testing the
product across many aspects including reliability, image quality, performance,
productivity, ease of use, drivers, bundled software and cost of running.
“In addition to its flawless reliability test performance, we were impressed by the
wealth of ease-of-use features that Canon has added to the product such as the
new swivel mounted 3.5 inch colour TFT screen, a scroll wheel for fast data entry,
two host USB ports for printing and scanning and SD card printing capability,” said
David Sweetnam, BLI European Lab and Research Manager. “
BLI also awarded Canon with "Highly Recommended" ratings for a further nine
i-SENSYS products.
The MF9170 features:
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Colour laser All-in-One: print, copy, scan & fax
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21 ppm/cpm in colour & mono
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Automatic double-sided print/copy/fax/scan
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Quick First-Print & energy efficient
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Network ready, PCL 5c/6 support
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SEND functionality: scan directly to email, network folder and USB
memory key
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3.5 inch colour TFT display with Easy-Scroll Wheel
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About Canon (UK) Limited
Canon is a world-leading innovator and provider of imaging and information technology solutions for the
home and office environments.
Canon has a global philosophy of Kyosei - living and working together for the common good, which
clearly demonstrates commitment to customers, staff and the environment shared by all.
Canon (UK) Ltd is the UK marketing and sales operation for the global company based in Tokyo, Japan.
In the UK Canon employs around 1,800 people in various locations including Ireland.
The main business focus for Canon (UK) Ltd is in two clearly defined market segments: Business
Solutions covering both the office and professional printing environments (including: multifunctional
printers, IT consultation, photocopiers, printers, large format printers, fax machines, document
management hardware & software) and Consumer Imaging (input solutions: film and digital SLR
cameras, digital still compact cameras, camcorders, binoculars, calculators and scanners; and output
solutions: Inkjet and laser printers, faxes, desktop all-in-ones and multimedia projectors). Broadcast
Division is an extension of our product portfolio covering the supply and servicing of professional
lenses and their accessories to the Television Broadcasting environment.
About BLI
For 47 years, Buyers Lab has been the leading independent office-equipment testing lab and business
consumer advocate. In addition to publishing the industry's most comprehensive and accurate test
reports on office document imaging devices, each representing months of exhaustive hands-on testing
in BLI's US and UK laboratories, the company has been the leading source for extensive databases of
specifications and pricing on copiers, printers, fax machines and multifunctional products.
For more information visit www.buyerslab.com