| Device Profile: Canon CD-4070NW digital document recorder |
(Jul. 8, 2004)
Canon's new Windows XP Embedded powered Digital Document Recorder is said to allow users to quickly and easily scan and archive reports, contracts, legal briefs, invoices, and other important documents onto CD-Recordable (CD-R) disks or into network folders. Designed for credit unions, law firms, and other office environments requiring plug-and-play document management, the CD-4070NW combines "advanced capture, archiving, and networking in an economical, all-in-one desktop system," according to Canon.
 The device runs Windows XP Embedded on a 600Mhz Via Cyrix III processor equipped with 256MB of SDRAM memory, but in the spirit of a true embedded device, users are totally unaware of the underlying embedded computer and Windows operating system.
The user interface is an 8.4-inch high-resolution color touch-screen LCD panel, and Canon has developed a simple menu system for all user inputs. A Canon spokesperson claims users of the device can plug it in and begin scanning within a few minutes, without needing to read the user's manual, thanks to the simple touch-screen menu system.
The CD-4070NW scans images and stores them automatically on an internal 40 GB hard drive. The scanned images can be written to CDs in standard ISO 9660 format, or shared directly over a network. Images on the CD are organized into a directory tree based on index data such as date, category, and specific image designation. The images on the CD can then be easily retrieved and viewed through Windows explorer on virtually any PC, without the need for special software.
The built-in hard drive automatically archives scanned documents (unless otherwise configured by an administrator) until the drive is filled or the user deletes unwanted documents. Stored documents can be protected from unwanted access, with users being restricted to specific areas of the storage hierarchy.
The recorder offers black-and-white scanning speeds of up to 43 letter-sized pages per minute (simplex) and 87 images per minute (duplex). It also features several scanning modes -- 24-bit color, 8-bit grayscale, and black and white, with output resolutions up to 300 dpi -- and is able to convert documents into multi-page TIFF, JPEG, or searchable PDF image files. Built-in Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software reduces the need for manual data entry.
Through its 100Base-T network port, the recorder can be accessed from any network PC using standard Internet browsers. It allows authorized network users to search, view and download documents archived on the device's hard drive by using either a key word, file name, file type, date or directory reference. Additional network scanning capabilities include scan-to-file and scan-to-email, which allow documents to be sent without being saved -- an important security feature, according to Canon.
The CD-4070NW Digital Document Recorder is available now through authorized Canon Image Filing Systems dealers with a suggested retail price of $8,395.
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