JEDDAH, 14 March 2004 — Canon Middle East has announced the release of its new Laser Shot LBP3200 laser beam printer. It was Canon that invented the first laser beam printer in the early 1980s. The technology used for the first LBP is still being used today as the core of most other manufacturer’s machines.
Canon uses AIR (Automatic Image Refinement) technology in the LBP3200 to produce high quality, high-resolution prints in a matter of seconds. The printer produces 18 pages per minute at a resolution of 2400 x 600 dpi, one of the highest resolutions available in the market.
An important decision-making factor in all IT purchases is speed. Where most available printers need a certain amount of time to set up and warm up before users can start printing, the LBP 3200 needs no warm-up time and users can have their first print out within 10 seconds of turning it on.
“Technology users in the Middle East are very sophisticated in their knowledge of products and how they differentiate between them. The new Laser Shot LBP 3200 focuses on giving our customers high speeds, quality resolution while taking up a minimum amount of space,” a press statement quoted Michael Sabbagh, marketing manager of Canon Middle East, as saying.
To ensure the printer’s reliability, Canon uses its own CAPT (Canon Advanced Printing Technology) technology to create a print driver that compresses data before sending it on to the printer. This preempts the danger of a memory bottleneck clogging up the printer’s memory and slowing down printing speeds. Instead, the Laser Shot LBP 3200 uses SCoA (Smart Compression Architecture) technology that compresses data before transferring it to the printer.
CAPT also employs a graphic user interface that enables users to control all aspects of the LBP 3200 through their Windows desktop. It also includes a sound-assisted interface that allows the printer to be used as an extension of the computer for seamless integration between applications and print jobs.
Canon’s Laser Shot LBP 3200 runs on an all-in-one cartridge integrating toner, drum and cleaner unit into one container yielding 2,500 A4 pages and has a 250-page cassette accepting a wide range of media. The cartridge is quickly and easily changeable without any mess, giving users an essentially brand-new printer each time.
“The LBP 3200 raises the bar on the standard of photographic and imaging technology in by providing our customers with instantaneous print-outs while still maintaining high quality resolution,” Sabbagh said.
