Canon launches portable scanner

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Canon announced the launch of it's first ultralight portable scanner imageFORUMLA P-201 scanner along with CaptureOnTouch, a mobile application for easy scanning on the go. The scanner and application together will help consumers to effectively scan the documents in variety of file formats like PDF, JPEG and so forth. Users can further share the scans through e-mail or archive in other applications on a click.

Portability, convenience and comfort of scanning through a variety of devices has helped Canon brand this as "My Personal Scanner". Scanning anytime, anywhere of important documents with P-201 is just a plug away and is a perfect fit in the growing consumer requirement for a cost-effective, compact scanner.

P-201 is capable of scanning variety of document sizes and paper densities like plain paper, postcard and business card. The scanner scans at a speed of 7.5 seconds per page with a 200 x 200 dpi result. The scanner weighs only 550 gms and consumes 2.5 W electricity.

The scanner is loaded with latest image processing options and is equipped with an Automatic Paper Size Detection. P-201 has auto color detection which intelligently determines whether to save the scan in Grayscale or Color, this eliminates the need to manually switch between mono and color modes.

Canon's CaptureOnTouch Mobile allows users to scan directly to iOS and Android devices via Wi-Fi network or direct plug-in with USB based tablets. Users can also share documents easily by email or by uploading to their favourite cloud-based applications. CaptureOnTouch is available on both Google Play and itunes.

Canon is mainly targeting two segments - households which have enormous personal hard copy documents and sales representatives of insurance companies who digitize customer documents on-site. Besides this demand for mobile scanning is expected to rise for frequent travelers, SOHOs, MSME/SMEs and doctors, etc.

Alok Bharadwaj, executive VP, Canon India said, "We expect to create a business of Rs. 15 crore in this segment of mobile scanning and targeting a total digitization pie of Rs. 100 crore in 2014. This is 50 per cent growth over 2013. There are 2 million selling agents for BFSI vertical. India will modernize the last mile sales transactions. The portable scanner will help in making this more efficient."