Inkjet & Digital Printing
Alphagraphics Wheaton Acquires Canon Technology to Help Expand Their Business with on-Demand Printing
Thursday 21. April 2011 - Leading Print Media Company Installs Canon imagePRESS C6010 for its Extraordinary Image Quality and Versatility
Canon Business Solutions, Inc., a subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, today announced that print media company Alphagraphics Wheaton, part of the UK-based Pindar Group, has installed the Canon imagePRESS C6010 digital press to complement their offset capabilities for short-run work and bring added value to their customers. The imagePRESS C6010 features variable data printing capabilities, a form of on-demand printing in which text, graphics and other images may be changed from one printed piece to the next, without stopping or slowing down the printing process.
“With the Canon imagePRESS line and a growing menu of services to support the technology, Canon Business Solutions is helping customers such as Alphagraphics Wheaton meet the demands of their clientele,” said Tod Pike, President of Canon Business Solutions, Inc. “Were proud of our role in helping clients achieve success and will continue to invest in new and improved solutions offerings.”
Alphagraphics Wheaton is also leveraging Canons RevGen Program, a mentoring service available to Canon imagePRESS customers and offered in three levels of engagement based on customer-specific needs to target revenue generation, as well as identify organizational readiness for business growth, develop market positioning, create customer campaigns and increase the overall value of their services to customers.
“We are confident in Canon Business Solutions ability to support Alphagraphics Wheaton beyond just technology,” said Frank Kohout, Co-Owner, Alphagraphics Wheaton. “We have enjoyed a long and productive relationship with Canon Business Solutions and their solutions, services and support have helped us produce outstanding quality output for our customers, allowing us to deliver a level of satisfaction that our clients have come to expect.”
“Now that the Canon imagePRESS C6010 has been installed, we are looking forward to promoting advanced services like variable data printing,” said Kohout. “We really felt comfortable broadening our services, especially given that Canon Business Solutions offers the RevGen program which will teach us best practices on generating revenue with our newly installed technology and put us in the right position for long-term success.”
The Canon imagePRESS line represents the largest single-engine research and development (R&D) investment in Canon’s history. Capable of printing images up to 1200 x 1200 dpi resolution with a superior level of quality, the imagePRESS C6010 prints at 60 pages per minute, including media up to 120lb cover stock. The imagePRESS C6010 reflects Canons commitment to enabling businesses of all sizes to capitalize on years of extensive R&D in digital color imaging and reproduction.