Hackensack, NJ – Buyers Laboratory LLC (BLI), the world’s leading independent evaluator of document imaging hardware and software, today announced its Winter 2014 “Pick” and “Outstanding Achievement” award recipients in the document imaging solutions category. Bestowed twice a year by the editors of BLI, these awards honor the most impressive solutions evaluated by BLI during the previous six months. Solutions from Canon, was selected as one of the standouts in their respective categories from among the dozens of eligible products:

Canon U.S.A., Inc.
imageWARE Remote (eMaintenance)
Outstanding MPS Solution
uniFLOW v5.2
Outstanding Output Management Solution


Canon Solutions Remain Impressive in Latest Versions

Two entries from Canon—imageWARE Remote (eMaintenance) and uniFLOW—are repeat BLI “Pick” award recipients, with the previously tested versions of each also having been recognized.

uniFLOW v5.2 is an extensive and feature-rich solution that addresses a number of output management needs. More than a dozen dedicated modules are available to handle document security, print routing, scan routing, print management, mobile printing, and cost control/recovery, among other needs.

“The breadth of output management needs uniFLOW v5.2 can fulfill makes it unique among document imaging solutions BLI has tested to date,” said BLI’s Bsales. “The modular nature of the platform means customers can tailor the product to their particular situation, paying only for the functionality they need and adding additional capabilities as needs evolve and budgets allow. Indeed, the key advantage of uniFLOW is that it allows customers to have a single, unified solution to handle a range of tasks that would otherwise require multiple software packages.”

“Our customers have used and praised our uniFLOW solution and uniFLOW v5.2 strongly builds on this legacy, helping them continue to reduce costs and improve productivity,” said Canon’s Yoshida. “Canon is extremely pleased that the BLI Winter ‘Pick’ awards have also recognized the solution’s effectiveness. uniFLOW v5.2 can be scaled to fit an organization of any size, providing effective controls over their entire printer and multifunction printer fleet.”


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Mr. Raymond Fung, Vice President of Business Imaging Group represented Canon Hongkong to receive Outstanding MPS solution Award and Outstanding Output Management Solution for eMaintenance and uniFLOW v5.2 respectively.