Canon’s eco-friendly i-SENSYS MF 9170 Wins Fall 2008 “Pick” award from BLI
The nomination was received during BLI’s “Pick” Awards for colour printers and colour printer MFPs
Canon’s i-SENSYS MF9170 multi functional printer has won the ‘Pick’ award by Buyers Laboratory Inc (BLI), the world’s leading independent tester of document imaging products for its colour printers and colour printer MFPs category.
Canon’s i-SENSYS MF 9170 was selected for its outstanding performance in a wide range of areas, including reliability, productivity, image quality, ease of use, IT and security. Over the past six months, BLI subjected colour printers from the major vendors to its in-depth lab tests. The two-month evaluation included assessments of several parameters including reliability, image quality, productivity,, ease of use, toner yield and cost of ownership
“The Canon i-SENSYS MF 9170 offers a set of features unlike many products in this class. In addition to its flawless reliability test performance, we were impressed by the wealth of ease of use features that Canon has added to this 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 print and scan users and SD card printing capability,” said David Sweetnam, BLI’s European Lab and Research Manager.
“We are delighted to have earned this recognition from the respected experts at BLI. This award underlines the i-SENSYS MF9170 unique features and performances that makes it the “Best of Breed” in its category,” said Bittu Mattam, Product Manager, Canon Middle East.
The i-Sensys MF9170 delivers high quality colour scans, copies and prints that are characterised by superb colour images and graphics, sharp fine text, and unrivalled colour consistency and accuracy – even when handling conventionally difficult images, such as those featuring skin tones and nuanced, shaded areas.
The features of the MF 9170 are as follows:
· MF9170: Network-ready colour laser 4-in-1; Print, Copy, Scan, Fax
· Highest quality professional colour output with unique i-SENSYS colour technologies
· High speed: 21 cpm/ppm in colour and mono
· First Copy Out Time of approximately 12.5 seconds
· On-Demand Fixing technology for instant warm-up and improved energy efficiency: only 1.2 watts in sleep mode
· SEND functionality with Compact PDF: scan directly to email, network folder, i-FAX and USB memory key
· Easy to use 3.5 inch colour TFT with Easy-Scroll Wheel
· Double-sided printing, copying, scanning & faxing
· 50-sheet Duplex ADF (Automatic Document Feeder)
· Card Direct printing from compatible memory cards
