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35
ima
g
ePRESS C7000V
P
C
olor ima
g
eRUNNER C3480 (iR C3580 in some areas
)
imagePRESS C600
0
C
o
l
or imageRUNNER C3480
(
iR C3580 in some areas
)
i
magePRESS C1
+
Fiscal 2008 Revie
w
Net sales in the Offi ce Imaging Prod
-
ucts business amounted to ¥1,119.5
billion, a decrease o
f
13.3% year on
y
ear. Unit sales also
f
ell as the Com
-
pan
y
’s per
f
ormance in this business
was impacte
d
by
t
h
e
gl
o
b
a
l
economic
do
wn
tu
rn in
t
h
e
seco
n
d
h
a
lf
o
f
t
h
e
year and the appreciation of the yen.
Sales of the Company’s offi ce
n
et
w
o
rk MFD
s
w
e
r
e
s
l
o
w
due
to
t
h
e
appreciation o
f
the yen and restrained
investment in o
ffi
ce equipment. Sales
o
f
its monochrome MFDs were down
,
re
fl
ectin
g
low demand as the market
continued to shi
f
t toward color
p
roducts. Canon’s sales of color
n
etwork MFDs showed robust growth
i
n 2008, and the Company released
s
everal new models, including the
C
olor ima
g
eRUNNER C3480/C3080
s
eries (iR C3580/C3080 in some
a
reas), which is tar
g
eted at small- to
m
edium-sized offi ces and work
g
roups.
In
d
ocument so
l
utions, t
h
e Com-
p
any’s eCopy solution* for simple and
secu
r
e
e
l
ect
r
o
ni
c
d
i
st
ri
but
i
o
n
a
n
d
t
h
e
s
haring of paper documents was well
r
eceived in the United States. We also
r
ecorded solid unit sales o
f
our E
-
m
aintenance service s
y
stem, which
u
ses networ
k
s to automatica
lly
d
etect
pro
bl
ems invo
l
ving t
h
e Company’s
MFDs and notify a service base as
necessary. The convenience of this
service resulted in a high rate o
f
s
y
stem installations.
In commercial printers, Canon
expan
d
e
d
its
b
usiness in t
h
e POD
m
a
rk
et
wi
t
h
t
h
e
r
e
l
ease
o
f i
ts
n
e
w
imagePRESS C6000
d
igita
l
press,
designed to meet the needs of small-
to
m
ed
i
u
m-
s
iz
ed
bus
in
esses
. W
e
a
l
so
introduced the imagePRESS C1+
model
f
eaturing a clear toner system
that o
ff
ers new possibilities
f
or
g
raph-
ics and desi
g
n. Sales o
f
the new model
were particu
l
ar
ly
stron
g
in Europe.
*
eCop
y
is a trademark o
f
eCop
y
, Inc.