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Special Report - Consumables & Office Machines

Fujitsu brings the paperless office nearer

Fujitsu entered the new year by launching a new edition to its for easy compatibility - just so long as that software supports PDF
Scansnap range of scanners. The range now comprises eight or JPG formats.
models, and the company has already sold well over a million The iX500 has also been designed to be easy to use, with a one-
units since it was first launched in 2001, actually passing the touch button operation, so that companies do not have to waste
million mark in December 2009. time getting staff trained up.
But the Scansnap iX500 brings the range fully up-to-date by Klaus Shulz, PFU’s product marketing manager for the EMEA
embracing the latest developments in office technology. region, says the launch of the new Scansap is being supported
It can scan anything from business cards to A3 size sheets through its partner programme. Resellers can access marketing
of paper, and, being Android and iOS compatible, can scan material through its Imaging Channel Programme, while
them through its wi-fi connection to tablet computers and authorised and premium imaging resellers can brand selected
smartphones. material with their own logo.
PFU Imaging Solutions, the Fujitsu subsidiary responsible for “Fujitsu engages in many demand generation activities
scanners, says that effectively the iX500 is designed to bring the and these opportunities are distributed to the appropriate
paperless office just that little bit nearer, so that, for example, reseller partners within the Imaging Channel Program,” he says.
a sales manager wanting to make a presentation document “Additionally, there will also be access to exclusive incentives and
promotions and at the highest tier level the ability to earn a rebate
available to all executives coming to a sales meeting now only promotions and at the highest tier level the ability to earn a rebate
on scanner purchases.”
needs to scan the document once for it to be able to appear on on scanner purchases.”
whatever type of hardware the executive chooses to bring to the
meeting. more information is available by visiting
more information is available by visiting
www.imaging-channel-program.com.
Mike Nelson, the company’s general sales manager for the www.imaging-channel-program.com.
EMEA region, says the iX500 is the “most significant milestone yet
in the evolution or our Scansnap series”. “As part of our scan-to-
mobile strategy, we want to help users integrate paper-based
information into digital processes as easily and efficiently as
possible. With the Scansnap iX500, we have taken a giant step in
that direction,” he adds.
Scanned documents can even be stored in the cloud through
Evernote, Dropbox, Google Docs, Salesforce and SugarSync. The
iX500’s software also makes it possible to integrate whatever
software application the client company uses into its quick menu

brother offers flexibility

UK now work in a home office, so it feels it has a fair market to go
at. As it recently sold its millionth A3 inkjet in Europe, it feels its
experience in the A3 market should also put it in good stead.
The J4000 range can handle print speeds of up to 20ipm for
colour and 18ipm for mono, and has a sheet capacity of 150 to
400 sheets. It also supports mobile printing from iOS, Android,
Windows and Blackberry devices. Touchsreen controls also let
users print directly from cloud services run by Google Docs,
Dropbox, Evernote, Sky Drive, Facebook, Flickr and Picassa.
Brother UK’s sales and marketing general manager Andy
Forsyth says: the new launch provides “a huge opportunity for
A home worker who occasionally needs to do a lot of varied resellers to target home-based businesses and SMEs who are
printing but doesn’t have much room in their home office is the demanding lots of features but have little space to house a large
latest focus for Brother UK. machine”.
The company has brought out the J4000 range of compact He says: “We have invested in developing completely new to
all-in-one A4 printers that have the capability of doing A3 printing market landscape print technology, which has A3 print capability
as well, but without taking up the huge amount of space that A3 from a machine which is more compact than many A4 all-in-
printers usually require. ones. The technology also enables faster print speeds than the
The company claims that one in 12 people employed in the traditional portrait printers.”

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