One Step is Canon’s 2,000th imagePRESS C7010VP Digital Press Install

LAKE SUCCESS, NY—July 18, 2011—Canon U.S.A., a leader in digital imaging, announced the sale of the 2,000th unit of its imagePRESS C7010VP series digital production press. One Step of Davenport, IA, purchased the landmark unit from Canon Authorized dealer RK Dixon, also of Davenport.

A Canon imagePRESS customer since March 2008, One Step (www.print1step.com) focuses on delivering high-quality digital output and services—including custom short-run printing, Web-to-print and hybrid workflows combining offset and digital printing—to customers in the Quad Cities and Chicago metropolitan areas. As demand for its digital services has grown, the company worked with the production experts at RK Dixon to expand the shop’s digital press fleet through the addition of a new Canon imagePRESS C7010VP.

Starting as a digital-only print shop in 1995, One Step leveraged Canon’s renowned image quality and the durability of the imagePRESS platform to approach larger customers seeking high-volume production runs that demand uniform quality and timeliness to expand their business.

“When One Step sought to grow our digital print service portfolio, we felt that the Canon imagePRESS digital press was the first true digital press on the market capable of delivering the offset-like quality and reliability that we required,” said Doug May, co-owner of One Step. “As we open a new 35,000-square-foot print facility, we are thrilled to be recognized by Canon for adding the 2,000th Canon imagePRESS C7010VP digital press to our fleet of Canon digital imaging products and look forward to working with them, and our friends at RK Dixon in the future.”

“Reflecting on the incredible sales of the Canon imagePRESS C7010VP series of digital presses since its launch, Canon is proud to mark the sale of the 2,000th imagePRESS color digital press,” added Sam Yoshida, vice president and general manager, Imaging Systems Group, Canon U.S.A. “This milestone demonstrates how the company’s largest investment in R&D and three years of customer-centric feedback has created a digital production solution that is helping customers transform their businesses.”

“For many customers, the ability of the Canon imagePRESS C7010VP series to handle larger sheet sizes and heavier stocks while delivering consistent output speed and maximized uptime gives them the confidence to go after bigger, more complex pieces of business,” said Bryan Dixon, president and CEO of RK Dixon. Once RK Dixon understands our customer’s process, we provide them with the hardware, service and software solutions that they need to be successful and we are proud to offer Canon products to our customers like One Step.

July 2011 also marks another significant milestone for Canon and the imagePRESS C7010VP series as Canon Business Solutions, a subsidiary of Canon U.S.A., sold its 1,000th imagePRESS C7010VP series digital press, further reflecting the strength of Canon’s distribution network.

The Canon imagePRESS C7010VP series is available for customer delivery through Canon Authorized Dealers, Canon Business Solutions and Océ North America.

For more information, please visit www.usa.canon.com.

About Canon U.S.A.
Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions. Its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), a top patent holder of technology, ranked fourth overall in the U.S. in 2010, with global revenues of more than US $45 billion and is listed as number five in the computer industry on Fortune Magazine's World’s Most Admired Companies 2011 list. Canon U.S.A. is committed to the highest levels of customer satisfaction and loyalty, providing 100 percent U.S.-based consumer service and support for all of the products it distributes. At Canon, we care because caring is essential to living together in harmony. Founded upon a corporate philosophy of Kyosei—“all people, regardless of race, religion or culture, harmoniously living and working together into the future”—Canon U.S.A. supports a number of social, youth, educational and other programs, including environmental and recycling initiatives. Additional information about these programs can be found at www.usa.canon.com/kyosei.

Source: Canon.