Press Release

Canon Latin America is proud to announce its high-quality CanoScan LiDE Color Image Scanner line with two new models

MELVILLE, N.Y., July 8, 2014 – Canon Latin America, Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today announced the addition of two CanoScan LiDE Color Image Scanners – the LiDE220 and LiDE120 scanners to the current lineup. These compact, portable scanners offer consumers affordable, high-speed scanning without sacrificing image quality. The two models also feature an integrated “Send” button that makes archiving, scanning, emailing, and saving photos or important documents to the cloud effortless.

With a maximum color resolution of 4800 x 4800 dpi for the LiDE220 and 2400 x 4800 dpi for the LiDE120 scanner¹, users can be confident that scans will be sharp and high-quality. For small workplaces such as a home or remote office, the LiDE220 scanner utilizes upright scanning allowing the user to scan while the unit is in a vertical position. Both color image scanners meet Energy Star compliance by utilizing USB-power, allowing for lower power consumption.

“The ability to scan important photos and documents for archival and business purposes remains a maximum priority for our consumers,” says Kenji Kobayashi, President of Canon Latin America Inc., “With the introduction of these two CanoScan LiDE scanner models, Canon shows our commitment to meeting consumers’ needs for high-quality, high-speed scanning that easily fits into their busy work and home life.”

The CanoScan LiDE220 and LiDE120 feature a new “Send” button that enables users to transfer photos or documents to popular cloud services such as Evernote and Dropbox. For users who want to email photos or documents, the scanners can adjust the size of the scanned file and attach it to a message for easy delivery. For crafting and scrapbooking enthusiasts, the color image scanners are compatible with Canon’s My Image Garden software, which makes organizing and printing photos fun and stress-free. My Image Garden features facial recognition, special filters, calendar organization, automatic layout suggestions, and more.

Ideal for work scenarios that require the scanning of text documents and files, both color image scanners feature Auto Document Fix to help maintain readability by sharpening and blackening text. Another important feature, Auto Scan Mode, automatically adjusts settings by detecting the type of original being scanned, whether it be photo, text or magazine. Both color image scanners offer an Advanced Z-lid Expansion Top, which expands up to 20 millimeters for scanning thick items like a textbook.

About Canon Latin America Inc.:

Canon Latin America, Inc. is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions, and is a subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., Inc.(“Canon U.S.A.”). Canon U.S.A.’s parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), a top patent holder of technology, ranked third overall in the U.S. in 2012, and is one of Fortune Magazine's World’s Most Admired Companies in 2013. Canon Latin America is committed to the highest levels of customer satisfaction, providing customer support for all of the products it distributes. At Canon, we care because caring is essential to living together in harmony. Canon was founded upon a corporate philosophy of Kyosei – “all people, regardless of race, religion or culture, harmoniously living and working together into the future”

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

¹Resolution may vary based on printer driver setting. Color ink droplets can be placed with a horizontal pitch of 1/9600 inch at minimum.