Document Management News

Canon's (www.canon.com) new imageRUNNER ADVANCE Series is combining hardware, software and services to ease document management.

The MFPs (multi-function printers) that make up the series include the Advanced Box functionality and the imageWARE ADVANCE Essentials Solutions Package to aid workflow.

 The Advanced Box is a document sharing space built into the new models, providing enhanced document storage and advanced collaboration, said Canon.

The Advanced Box allows users to store documents in their native file formats and share Advanced Box documents across network connected models and personal computers.

The imageRUNNER ADVANCE Essentials is an integrated software suite. It includes imageRUNNER ADVANCE Desktop, imageRUNNER ADVANCE Tracker and Workflow Composer with connectors. "Users can bring imageRUNNER ADVANCE functionality directly to their desktops for one-touch workflow key creation, document publishing and management," said Canon.

Enhanced security solutions, including authentication, data, network and document security, are incorporated into the new MFP models to protect sensitive and confidential documents.

To make it easier to share and manage documents using the new imageRUNNER ADVANCE Series, Canon has also introduced the imageWARE Document Server, a document management application.

The imageWARE Document Server is a server application that connects the imageRUNNER ADVANCE Desktop utility and enables workers to collaborate and share information in a networked environment.

It incorporates a variety of popular document management functions, such as check in/check out, version control, full text search, audit trail and user index search.