CANON DISPLAYS SPECIALIST SKILLS

Photo stalwart Canon has a couple of slightly more niche bits of kit for the trade and its customers this month. Its new Maxify series GX6550 printer (right) is described as built for compact office environments. Available from early September at £469.99 SRP, this one is a 3-in-1 model with low running costs and huge page yields that can deliver savings of up to 90% (based on 1,000 pages per month over a five-year period) according to the manufacturer. Its design has been devised to allow it to fit onto shelves or cabinets, while a 2.7-inch colour LCD and two-sided automatic document feeder are said to provide ease-of-use. It’s also straightforward to check the print status via the translucent tray, even when the printer is positioned in places of limited accessibility, such as beneath a desk. Furthermore – and this is where it might prove itself useful to specialist retailers – it can handle a variety of media, providing businesses with the opportunity to create a variety of pointof-sale materials in-house, including posters, stickers and even banners up to 1.2 metres in length. On-board Wi-Fi allows for cable free printing while there’s also a built in scanning facility. www.canon.co.uk

The manufacturer’s second specialist tool for this month comes in the shape of the MS-500 (below), which it describes as the world’s first ultra high sensitivity camera equipped with a SPAD (Single Photon Avalanche Diode) sensor used for colour video shooting. This is an interchangeable lens camera that can be used in conjunction with ultra telephoto broadcast lenses, making it possible to capture clear videos of subjects at a distance of several kilometers – therefore suggesting itself as an ideal security and surveillance tool.