New Compact Canon Copier with BIG Features

Finale a small compact multifunction device that preforms like a BIG Box ..... the imageRUNNER 1700 series brings small office and workgroups a multifunction devise that offers 6 models from 32 - 52 pages per minute copy, network print and Canon's advance Universal Send....

At-a-Glance
Powerful performance Robust imageCHIP Lite system architecture

Outstanding paper handling

• Standard 100-sheet document feeder
• Standard 550-sheet cassette with auto paper size detection
• 100-sheet stack bypass tray
• Envelope-feeding cassette option
• Up to 2,300-sheet maximum paper capacity

Convenient finishing

• Compact staple finisher option with 50-sheet corner-stapling
• Standard 250-sheet output capacity
• Maximum 500-sheet output capacity
• Sophisticated Features
• 5.7" QVGA adjustable black-and-white touch-panel
• Standard Authentication at Send Operation (AuSend)
• Serverless secured printing and proximity card options
• Scan to USB/print from USB
• USB keyboard support
• Simplified installation and maintenance

Specifications
imageRUNNER 1750iF/1740iF/1730iF imageRUNNER 1750/1740/1730
Print Standard: UFR II LT, PCL 5e/6
PostScript® 3™ Emulation
Standard: UFR II LT
Optional: PCL 5e/6
PostScript 3 Emulation
Color Send Standard Standard
Searchable PDF Standard Optional: Color Send Searchable
PDF Kit-E1
Fax Standard Optional: Single Line

Attention Maryland Business Patent Trolls want to sue you for scanning

We have seen an activity increase around Maryland from Patent Trolls sending out letters of intent to sue or settle for claims that your Copier MFP, Desktop Scanner, anything you use to scan to email based on "REAL" US Patents......... US Patent 6771381 /  US Patent 7477410  /  US Patent 7986426 . A.K.A Project Paperless.

Project Paperless has been going on for sometime and there have been many claims sent thru-out Atlanta and eastern Virginia area.. These Patent Trolls typical would go after app developers for using technologies provided that companies like Apple and Google require their app developers to use, but there is a growing trend of going after end-users.

Why are they coming after you? Let face it would you want to fight the deep pockets of the likes of Canon, Konica-Minolta, Ricoh, and all the others?  So, instead of making the scanner itself the issue, Project Paperless LLC claim it is the scanner + the network + the email system which if your using scan to email your "Liable" BUT WAIT! Very little of the patent actually makes any sense, it seems to spend lots of words on the scanner functionality and not much at all on the network need for scan to email functionally.

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We want you to be educated so if this happens to you that there are resources available
Resource Articles:

• Small Business Beats Patent Troll at Its Own Game
• Meet the nice-guy lawyers who want $1,000 per worker for using scanners
• The patent trolls are back, and this time they're after you
  

What Can I DO?

• Stop Project Paperless is the best up to date resource for what can you do..
• Project Paperless, LLC 
• Hill, Kertscher & Wharton LLP 
• What Can I Do? 
• Are Copier Companies Liable?  
• Join the Coalition!

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Deploy Technology to reduce cost and improve business process

How to deploy technology to streamline processes in order to reduce costs and improve business process

The economic challenges that Maryland businesses faced over the past several years have had a lasting impact in many different ways, but surprisingly, not all of them are bad. One positive outcome is that companies have learned to do more with less in order to reduce costs and boost profitability.

There are several methods of doing this. The most basic—and sometimes the most difficult—is to streamline existing business processes. Simply because something has always been done a particular way does not necessarily mean that it’s the best way of doing it. Companies that are trying to squeeze every last dollar out of the bottom line have found that reinvention, reconfiguration and re-engineering can go a long way towards increased profitability. There are of course limits to how far this can take a business, but streamlining existing business processes and practices is a great place to start.

The hardest part about this approach is that sometimes it’s difficult to see the forest for the trees. Helping companies to reinvent themselves has long been the province of management consultants who consider this service their stock in trade, and charge dearly for it. On the other hand, Innovative Copy Products who partners with Office Equipment Manufactures and Solution providers, has a advantage of working on solutions for many different organizations, and offer similar services as a part of a solution bundle, delivering you the customer significant value—and saving a tremendous amount of money—in the process.
 
As companies seek to accomplish a process re-engineering project, they often come up against challenges that can’t be resolved through simple changes to workflow. When this occurs, they turn to Innovative Copy Products,  to create entirely new solutions and processes that ultimately reduce costs, improve efficiency, and ultimately, increase profits. Unlike simple re-engineering however, there’s a paradox when it comes to using technology to boost the bottom line—you have to spend money to make money.

In order to meet these requirements, companies are demanding much more than simple equipment transactions. Instead of deciding on a single piece of equipment and buying it, businesses today want end-to-end, comprehensive solutions that solve many different business needs and problems at the same time. Innovative Copy Products has been capitalizing on this need by offering bundled packages that combine diverse technologies with a broad range of professional expertise that are all brought together into a high value problem solving offering.

Technology is rarely cheap and it tends to get even more expensive the more complicated it gets. This is especially true for technology that is used for very specialized applications in particular industries. Whenever technology is deployed, the cost of the equipment—including not just the cost of acquisition but also delivery and installation as well as ongoing consumable supplies, service and support—must be carefully weighed against the cost savings in terms of operational efficiency that the solution will deliver.

Innovative Copy Products needs to be very sensitive to this fact. Because specialized, bundled technology solutions can become very expensive, the more value-adds that can be incorporated into the solution the more cost effective it becomes. This leads us back to the idea of providing expert services as a part of the solution development and delivery process.

For example, Innovative Copy Products might partner with a telephony company as well as a network integration company to offer a managed services solution that ties all of the customer’s copiers, printers, and scanners into the network. This is an end-to-end approach that starts with us and all of the other participating providers combining their professional expertise to develop an appropriate solution based on the needs of the business

Highly capable financing partners are also important because many small- and mid-sized businesses are still feeling the effects of the recession. When sales are flat and credit is still tight, business tend to hold both cash and credit lines in reserve for major business emergencies. Acquiring equipment requires not only creative financing by a creative financing partner, but also requires an approach that delivers maximum value for every dollar spent.
This type of solution does several things. First, there are tremendous economies of scale that enable the customer to maximize the value received from every solution dollar committed. Second, there is significant value to be gained from the combined expertise of Innovative Copy Products who thrives on delivering a solution. Third, a managed services solution of this type is multi-dimensional. Instead of addressing and solving one isolated business problem, it has a much broader impact in several different areas of the organization. But most importantly, a well designed and properly delivered bundled solution saves the customer money.

If you need more information on how Innovative Copy can help streamline your business and do more with less contact Innovative Copy Products 410-766-0200 (Glen Burnie, MD 21061)

Innovative Copy Products is an authorized Canon and Canon ADVANCE sales, service and solutions dealer, located in Glen Burnie, Maryland

Decisions... Decisions Office Equipment Lease vs. Purchase......

Your decision whether to lease or to buy office equipment should involve much more than simply crunching numbers

When presented with the option of whether to lease or purchase a piece of office equipment many customers turn to their accountants who in turn apply a fairly standard lease/purchase analysis to the transaction. This approach takes all of the financial variables involved in an equipment lease and crunches them in relation to the variables included in a purchase option, where the buyer plans to finance the equipment using a bank loan.

For example, the factors needed to evaluate a lease would include any upfront payments or security deposits, the monthly payment, the residual value at the end of the lease, the term of the lease, as well as a discount rate that reflects the present value of money. The purchase analysis would typically include the down payment, the resale value of the equipment at the end of the note, the term, and the interest rate.

This type of analysis is intended to provide clear financial justification for the lease or purchase decision. The standard logic is that by reducing the decision into purely financial terms, the correct decision becomes self-evident. When the calculation is complete and reduced down to one number, the theory is that the lowest number—for either leasing or buying—represents the logical choice in order to acquire the equipment.

The problem with this approach however is that if a customer applies this basic accounting approach to the lease vs. buy decision, they will not be able to take advantage of many of the benefits that apply to leasing. These benefits are real and deliver significant value, even if they are not completely quantifiable in terms of a formal financial analysis.

One set of variables that should always be included in a typical lease vs. purchase analysis are the tax benefits that are realized by a customer in an office equipment lease. Even though tax benefits tend to change—at least to a degree—from year to year, at least for tax year 2013 "see section 179" those benefits are significant.

Beyond the purely financial approach to the lease vs. buy decision, it’s important to assess all of the benefits that accrue to a business when equipment is leased. From our perspective "the equipment vendor" it is important to understand and convey these benefits to customers who are considering the leasing option. 

One of the biggest benefits of leasing is convenience in the form of simplified bookkeeping and asset management. A lease is extremely convenient because everything necessary to bring the equipment online can be rolled into the contract. Consumables, service, support and maintenance, installation and training, and any other up front or ongoing expenses can typically be included in the lease program. The customer can budget for one comprehensive, fixed monthly payment instead of worrying about unexpected charges throughout the usable life of the equipment. This makes the cost of ownership both predictable and manageable instead of becoming random and out of control.

Another valuable advantage of a lease is the ability to take advantage of equipment updates and upgrades. If the manufacturer comes out with a new line of equipment that includes enhanced features and benefits, it’s a very straightforward process to upgrade a lease in order to acquire the upgraded equipment. On the other hand, owning equipment makes it far more difficult to upgrade since it must be traded in or sold, often well below it’s book value, not to mention the “hassle factor” of trying to sell used equipment. In our approved leases "the equipment refresh provision" allows us to update the equipment without the lease going full term

When evaluated from all angles, a leasing option is almost always the best approach for acquiring new—and in some cases even used— office equipment, software as well as related office equipment supplies and services. You the customer gets tremendous flexibility in terms of payment structure, technology refresh, and end-to-end support throughout the equipment life-cycle.

If you need more information on leasing your next Copier, Printer, Scanners or other office work-flow solutions contact Innovative Copy Products 410-766-0200 (Glen Burnie, MD 21061)

Innovative Copy Products is an authorized Canon and Canon ADVANCE sales, service and solutions dealer, located in Glen Burnie, Maryland

Didn't Your Mother Teach You To Share.....

In today's business world the importance of sharing information in the Cloud is critical.

With the New Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE series sharing information has never been easier and more affordable......

Introducing Cloud Portal for imageRUNNER ADVANCE software provides users with direct connectivity to their Microsoft SharePoint Online and Google Docs cloud services from their imageRUNNER ADVANCE device. Using Cloud Portal for imageRUNNER ADVANCE software, any user is capable of scanning and storing paper documents into their cloud service. Users are also able to print documents stored in their cloud service on demand. 

This next generation MEAP solution maximizes office productivity by allowing users to access cloud services right from their imageRUNNER ADVANCE devices. There’s no additional hardware or software required to access the cloud. Users simply walk up to their imageRUNNER ADVANCE device and login to their cloud service from the front panel of the device.

 The application is available as a free download 

Download is done at device through Canon Content Delivery System 

• Enhance Scan Functionality: 
• Scan documents as PDF, XPS, OOXML, or TIFF with the touch of a button* (optional accessories are required to scan documents as XPS, OOXML, and TIFF)

Time / Cost Savings: No additional hardware or software required

• Server-less, driver-less solution
• Easy setup and installation
• Access cloud service from any imageRUNNER ADVANCE device (provided application has been downloaded and installed on device)

Easy Access to your Cloud Content:

• Access your cloud services folder and file structure easily from the front panel of an imageRUNNER ADVANCE system

Productivity: 

• Enhance collaboration (connect all users via shared folders, workspaces, shared group emails)
• No loss of cloud functionality with imageRUNNER ADVANCE connectivity
• Simple user interface
• Expand use of cloud services 
• Enable Scan and Print MFP functionality into cloud environments

 Download The Canon Cloud Solutions Brochure Here

To find out how to integrate cloud based solutions for your business contact Chuck @ 410-766-0200 x 107 (Maryland Customers Only)

This blog is brought to you by Innovative Copy Products.. Glen Burnie, Maryland

Canon ADVANCE Printer Multifunction Solution "Collaborate" Part 4

Innovative Copy Products is pleased to announce a mufti-part blog explaining the benefits of the Canon ADVANCE imageRUNNER Printer Multifunction Series. PART: 4 "Collaborate"

Freely exchange information with built-in document solutions that let you retrieve and edit files in archival and native formats

Workflow
With seamless connections, streamlined integration, and drag-and-drop simplicity, the imageRUNNER ADVANCE Series lets you accomplish so much more in so much less time.
 
Print to anywhere, from anywhere - In today’s increasingly mobile world, the next-generation imageRUNNER ADVANCE Series keeps your work flowing. A simple touch of a button on the user interface lets you access documents directly from the cloud. Print and scan from your laptop, iPad® tablet, and iPhone® or BlackBerry® smartphone. Safe authentication lets you print from anywhere within the network to any connected device, easily and safely.* * May require optional accessories.


Cloud-Based - From your imageRUNNER ADVANCE device, you can scan to, access, or print documents directly from the cloud. In addition, business process workflows can be implemented on a cloud-based system.


Web-Ready - View Web pages directly from the device control panel. Just enter a URL to browse pages. Easily output Web pages and online PDFs.


Mobile - Print from, and scan to, your mobile device at your imageRUNNER ADVANCE system.

Integrate imaging and enterprise applications - A new middleware technology effortlessly links enterprise applications, such as Oracle and SAP, with CRM systems like Salesforce.com or the ECM system of your choice. You can also combine your document-intensive workflows and processes with these applications. The streamlined workflow automates complex business processes and offers easy access to information, saving both time and money. 

Do it all from your PC - Enjoy even greater control and convenience right from your PC with the ability to manage, prepare, and monitor documents without even opening an application. Combine multiple formats, preview files, and select the finishing functions. With drag-and-drop simplicity, you can print, fax, and convert files to PDFs. Even check the status of your imageRUNNER ADVANCE system. 

Save more time - Simplify your workflow processes with intelligent tools. For complicated or repeated tasks, use Workflow Composer to create all-in-one buttons that can be registered in the Quick Menu. Distribute to multiple destinations in a single step. Scan and convert documents directly to Microsoft® Word® and PowerPoint®. And streamline the exchange of information with Advanced Box, Canon’s unique, built-in document-sharing solution. 

 Canon Advance Home Page  

This information is brought to you by Innovative Copy Products, an authorized Canon ADVANCE imageRUNNER multifunction printer dealer Sales and Service for Maryland

Innovative Copy Products
500 McCormick Drive
Suite N-P
Glen Burnie, MD 21061
410-766-0200