Press Release

Canon U.S.A. – Latin America Group is pleased to announce the release of the new imageFORMULA DR-C240 office document scanner

MELVILLE, N.Y., May 17, 2016 -  Canon U.S.A. – Latin America Group is pleased to announce the release of the new imageFORMULA DR-C240 office document scanner. This user-friendly scanner helps boost office efficiency and productivity. With its powerful document capture capabilities and dynamic ability to scan various document types like passports, this scanner can easily convert paper-based documents into high-quality digital files for any office environment.

DR-C240 Uses:

Sectors such as government, financial / banking, insurance, accommodation services, transportation, rental and leasing services, legal services, and more can benefit from the dynamic scanning the DR-C240 scanner offers. It can be used to integrate information into digital workflows for process automation and information distribution while helping to increase collaboration among individuals or workgroups.

DR-C240 Highlighted Abilities and Advantages:

• Scans in grayscale, and black & white at speeds up to 45 ppm / 90 ipm and in color at speeds up to 30 ppm / 60 ipm with single-pass duplex scanning capable of handling a wide variety of document types, including thick, thin, or long documents, and plastic or embossed cards for superb reliability and flexibility¹
• Optional Carrier Sheet allows for easy scanning of passports for processing dynamic job tasks
• Equipped with double feed release functions and one touch release button to help detect double-feed occurrences for a seamless and more efficient scanning experience
• Bundled Canon CaptureOnTouch and CapturePerfect software enables users to simplify scanning tasks and scan directly to cloud applications such as Evernote™, Microsoft© SharePoint©, Google Drive™, SugarSync, OneDrive, and Dropbox²
• Features to help improve character legibility, straighten and remove shadows from scanned images, and automatically adjust output resolution of mixed batches of documents and photographs, for high quality imaging
• Windows ISIS / TWAIN and Mac TWAIN drivers included for easy scanner sharing between users in either environment
• Meets ENERGY STAR® guidelines for energy efficiency, and complies with the EU RoHS and WEEE directives, and with the ErP Lot 6 directive for energy consumption, for an environmentally conscious choice³

For additional information on the new imageFORMULA DR-C240 Document Scanner visit the Canon, U.S.A. – Latin America Group site: www.cla.canon.com.

About Canon U.S.A., Inc:

Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions to the United States and to Latin America and the Caribbean (excluding Mexico) markets. With approximately $31 billion in global revenue, its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), ranked third overall in U.S. patents granted in 2015† and is one of Fortune Magazine's World’s Most Admired Companies in 2015. Canon U.S.A. is committed to the highest level of customer satisfaction and loyalty, providing service and support for all of the products it distributes. Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of social and environmental responsibility. In 2014, the Canon Americas Headquarters secured LEED® Gold certification, a recognition for the design, construction, operations and maintenance of high-performance green buildings.

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† Based on weekly patent counts issued by United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Specifications subject to change without notice.

1. Examples based on typical settings, rated in pages/images per minute, with letter sized documents at 200 dpi portrait-feeding direction. Actual processing speeds may vary based on PC performance and application.

2. Subscription to a third-party cloud service required. Subject to third-party cloud service providers’ terms and conditions.

3. The facts and product statistics about EU RoHS and WEEE were obtained from Canon Electronics Inc. as of 2015.