Articles - Canon Hong Kong

Multifaceted upgrades on document handling

21 Aug 2024
To surpass traditional document editing software, Power PDF Advanced now offers more than effortless creation, merging, conversion, editing, and sharing of industry-standard PDF files. The latest advancement extends its functionalities beyond mere texts and static images, to enable users to present three-dimensional graphics at ease. Bringing the best graphic presentation and incomparable automation in daily document processing tasks, and hence optimizing collaboration efficiency.

THINK BIG – The Power of Future

05 Aug 2024
2nd Aug 2024 – Navigating the era of omnipresent Generative AI, large-scale language models (LLMs) are becoming indispensable for multifaceted operations due to their expertise in data and textual processing. As a seasoned provider of cutting-edge business technologies, Canon Hong Kong hosted the “THINK BIG – The Power of Future” event at the JW Marriott Hotel Hong Kong, showcasing the revolutionary technological changes transforming the commercial landscape. “Generative AI will be the indispensable companions and pivotal catalyst for entrepreneurs worldwide to stay ahead of the curve,” said Mr. Kazuhiro Ozawa, President and CEO of Canon Hong Kong. “Enterprises will witness the versatile applications of myriad tomorrow’s solutions alongside Canon, enabling them to formulate competitive, cost-effective, and sustainable business strategies with the Power of Future.”

reconnect... drupa next age

21 Jun 2024
Revisit the highlights of Canon’s “Power to Move” booth at drupa 2024 and explore boundless inspiration in the era of modern printing. On 20 June 2024, Canon Hongkong organized the “reconnect… drupa next age” event at Canon Business Experience Center. With the aim to collectively shape the next age of printing, the dynamic exchange of latest market trend and technologies is always welcomed and encouraged. And hence, we held a panel discussion session on the event day, serving as a platform for printing industry experts to delve into the insights from Drupa and share their expertise, harnessing the real-life applications of upcoming technologies across printing operations.

PCM Best of IT Award 2023-24

03 Jun 2024
Canon Hongkong has been honoured with the Corporate and Commercial Application Category - Office Document Management Solution and Service Supplier Award (企業及商業科技應用類別 - 辦公室文件方案管理及服務供應商大獎) under the PCM Best of IT Award 2023-24 for four consecutive years! The PCM Best of IT Award, organized by PCM Magazine, aims to acknowledge outstanding technology products and professional services that are highly regarded by users and the market.

Record Livestream with Ultimate Cost-efficiency

17 May 2024
Whether it is for school events, corporate meetings, or online interactions, the compact yet affordable CR-N100 remote camera is the perfect choice for convenient video recording and live streaming. Without requiring additional professional equipment, it can independently deliver impeccable image quality and viewing experience to the targeted audience.

Comprehensive Document Scanner

07 May 2024
Canon offers a comprehensive selection of document scanners, including the imageFORMULA P series, DR-G series, DR-C series, R40. Enabling enterprises and users to choose based on their specific needs, workspace, and types of documents. Each model is equipped with the following features, empowering users to simplify the step for digitalizing and managing physical documents.

Document Scanner - Scan within click

07 May 2024
Canon Hong Kong is dedicated to developing customized document scanners for diverse occasions. Each model boasts built-in advanced image processing technology that ensures vivid color reproduction and precise detailing in the documents. These scanners cater to the demands of efficient processing and digitization of documents.

Document Digitalization - imageFORMULA ScanFront 400

30 Apr 2024
Canon document scanner, imageFORMULA ScanFront 400, offers an independent network setup, eliminating the need for additional equipment, allowing users to scan, archive, and share electronic documents anytime, anywhere. With a blazing scanning speed of up to 45 pages per minute, effortlessly digitalize and management information, enabling enterprises to focus on core business and value-added tasks.

Generative AI Design: Unleashing Imagination

18 Apr 2024
Canon Hongkong Company Limited organized an event titled “Generative AI Design: Unleashing Imagination” on April 17,2024. Generative AI has brought revolutionary shift in various industries’ operational models, meanwhile, the capabilities of generative design tools are progressing remarkably. Through this event, Canon provided participants with an unprecedented level of productivity in design by harnessing the power of Generative AI to streamline design processes and enhance efficiency. Attendees also gained valuable insights into considerations when turning the designs into final outputs, enabling them to produce professional design graphics or promotion materials.

Color Management in Digital New Age

16 Apr 2024
Canon Hong Kong organized “Color Management in Digital New Age” on 15 April 2024. Students who are studying Digital Photography and Post-production course at the Hong Kong Shue Yan University are invited to participate in the seminar. In fact, color matching is a common challenge for most of the visually oriented industries, including filming and printing. While color management is a crucial topic in Digital Photography and Post-production, as it involves the techniques in ensuring the consistency of colors and images across various digital input and output devices.

Novation Solutions Limited embraces Canon’s Commercial Printing System, varioPRINT iX3200

15 Apr 2024
Established since 1989, Novation Solutions Limited has been a leading outsourcing provider of professional printing services to a wide range of clients, including banks, financial institutions, and large-scale chain enterprises. With expertise in providing security prints such as statements, cheques, certificates, vouchers, and tickets, etc, Novation has solidified its prominent position in the Great China market. To meet the ever-evolving needs of its customers, Novation has consistently pursued excellence by investing in technological advancements and cutting-edge equipment. In December 2023, they took a significant leap towards digital transformation with the introduction of Canon’s commercial printing system, varioPRINT iX3200. This high-speed inkjet digital printing system is a combination of speed, quality, and flexibility. It boasts printing speed of up to 9000 SRA3 images per hour and rivals the quality of traditional offset printing. Equipped with a 1,200 dpi printheads and processing, it effortlessly delivers vibrant, highly precise, and visually stunning results while optimizing ink consumption, thus ultimately enhancing cost-effectiveness.

Generative AI-Powered MobileWork

27 Mar 2024
Canon’s Antelope MobileWork is a cutting-edge mobile working platform designed specifically for enterprises. It enables enterprises to operate beyond the traditional by offering flexible compatibility desktops, tablets, and mobile devices. With the integration of Generative AI and its user-friendliness, it excels at recognizing and extracting required information from various types of documents. The system can generate customized content and output based on selected instructions. All functionalities can be conveniently accessed and performed within the application and are applicable to a wide range of document formats, such as images, quotations, invoices, and contracts. Hence, empowering employees to enhance their productivity and focus on core tasks.

Canon’s Production Print Solution Department attains Fogra ProcessStandard Digital (PSD) Professional Certification

26 Mar 2024
Five specialists from Canon Hongkong’s Production Print Solution Department have successfully completed the assessment and attained the professional certification in Fogra's ProcessStandard Digital (PSD). Fogra is an internationally recognized printing technology research association, has been dedicated to developing certification systems within the printing industry for over 75 years. The PSD certification is specifically designed for digital printing to ensure controllable production through clearly defined standard work processes and objective testing methods, as a tool for internal quality management. The PSD assessment encompasses three major areas, including output process control, color fidelity, and standardized workflows.

Master of Overtime Management

20 Mar 2024
Allows employees to submit overtime requests and check the accumulated auto- accumulated hours through the embedded link in intranet and mobile applications. Customizable system and calculation methods to accommodate specific HR policies. Employees can flexibly select multiple records for arranging preferable dates and durations of compensation leave. Upon receiving automated email reminders from the system, supervisors and HR departments can directly review and approve requests anytime, anywhere, through the webpage, mobile application, or Microsoft Teams.

Vacation Hacks

19 Mar 2024
Unlocking the HR department’s vacation hacks! All-rounded information management solution, Therefore™ Online, newly launched the e-Leave Application. This add-on is specifically designed to empower HR departments in streamlining the management of digital information, expediting various types of leave applications and approval procedures. Seamlessly integrated into the corporate intranet and Microsoft Teams, it facilitates instant connectivity across diversified departments while offering high flexibility to the existing HR policies. Hence, significantly reducing employee adaptation time and elevating the efficiency of HR operations.

DRUPA next age - Canon pre-show

13 Mar 2024
On March 12, 2024, Canon Hong Kong held the "DRUPA next age - Canon pre-show" sharing event at Carna by Dario Cecchini in Tsim Sha Tsui. This convivial event served as a platform to gather guests from the printing industry to exchange ideas and thoughts before Drupa. Meanwhile, Canon led the guests to preview the latest developments of its commercial and production printing system that will be showcased in Drupa, aiming to expose tomorrow’s technology to the participants and assist enterprises to pioneer the next age of printing.

Cloud Connector: No more “Long-distance Relationships”

07 Mar 2024
With just a few simple steps, users can effortlessly install and set up Canon’s Cloud Connect for the multi-function devices, imageRUNNER ADVANCE DX series. The devices are then connected to multiple popular cloud systems and email instantly, such as Google Drive, OneDrive, Teams, SharePoint Online, and more. This secure integration ensures the information synchronization of cloud and physical document, strengthening document sharing and collaboration while breaking geographical barriers.

Within Clicks: Scan to store

29 Feb 2024
Canon's one-stop scanning solution, IRISPowerscan™, swiftly captures text, barcode, and QR code data from imported files, automatically indexes and categorizes them into relevant folders and cloud platforms. It offers various output file formats, including searchable PDFs and spreadsheets, ensuring efficient data access and retrieval for users. With the intelligent High Quality Compression (iHQC) technology, it can compress images while preserving the details and exquisite colors, effectively saving space in both office and digital world with less paper and reduced file size.

One-stop Legal Task Management Solution for optimizing contract lifecycle management

07 Feb 2024
Every business is striving to streamline internal workflow and optimize operation efficiency, as they greatly contribute to cost saving and productivity growth. The same case applies to the legal sector, either law firm or in-house legal department. However, massive incoming contracts and documents will be the main obstacle that hinders you to accomplishing these organizational goals. Canon’s One-stop Task Management Solution assists you to optimize contract lifecycle management, starting from initiation, review, approval, to execution and renewal process.

"Endless Journey" Photography Exhibition

30 Jan 2024
Canon Hongkong, in collaboration with renowned photowriter Celia Cheng, to present the "Endless Journey" photography exhibition at the Lemna of the Alchemist in the Hong Kong Cultural Centre from January 27th to March 31st. Canon provides top-notch printing services for the displayed photographs and postcards. With the utilization of the professional-grade large format printers. imagePROGRAF PRO series, Canon ensures that every image is brought to life with exceptional quality. The series enables the flexibility to print on a wide range of media that perfectly complement the theme of each photo. Powered by LUCIA PRO pigment inks, the prints exhibit a wide color gamut, minimal graininess, and outstanding gloss characteristics. Canon breaks the geographic boundaries, ensuring visitors to enjoy the visual extravaganza with true-to-life landscapes and colors around the globe.

Connect & Thrive

26 Jan 2024
Canon Hongkong (Macau Branch) celebrated its 15th anniversary at Wynn Palace on January 25, 2024, with the theme "Connect & Thrive". Apart from expressing gratitude to our business partners for their unwavering support, the event also aimed to highlight Canon’s top-notch imaging technologies and business solutions, sharing the achievements of Canon’s innovation.

Student Profile Management Solution

02 Jan 2024
Therefore™ is an all-rounded information management system facilitating work in the digital world with tidy categorization and streamlined workflow. All kinds of student documents, ranging from assignments to personal information are accurately categorized with unified indexing rules. Staff can easily retrieve a designated file with multi-dimensional search functions. Everyone, on top of that, could enjoy convenient editing with seamless integration to Microsoft tools and transmit documents handily in a customizable workflow. Therefore™ is no doubt your best assistant in building a more ideal campus in this age of innovation.

One-stop IT Infrastructure Solution - Assists Ward Office Opening at Ease

11 Dec 2023
An all-round service tailored for council offices, assisting you in efficiently preparing the essential operational equipment. From procurement and installation to post-sales inquiries, we have you covered! We alleviate the hassle of dealing with multiple suppliers, solving various IT challenges, allowing you to focus on community service and governance work.

One-Click Conversion

07 Dec 2023
The counterproductive scanning task hinders the process of digital transformation and looking for more efficient document digitalization? Canon document scanners, imageFORMULA DR-M140II and DR-M1060II, offer automatic image and text correction to ensure the quality of your scanned files, achieving an impressive output resolution of up to 1,200 dpi. With just a few simple steps, you can quickly convert important information with rich graphics and text into digital documents. Moreover, you can customize the conversion to specified formats based on user settings and requirements, allowing you to achieve "one-click conversion"!

Hong Kong SME Innovation Award 2023 Presentation Ceremony

28 Nov 2023
Canon Hong Kong is honored to be awarded the Smart Hybrid Office Award of the Best SME Business Transformation Partner (最佳中小企夥伴智能混合辦公大獎) organized by Hong Kong Greater China SME Alliance Association. Aligned with the overarching aims of crafting and leading a better future, the award serves as a platform to propel and incentivize SMEs, students, and creative designers to inject diversified elements through the application of innovative technologies, ideas, and aptitudes.

Canon Hongkong and Good Century Holdings Limited Signing ceremony

16 Nov 2023
Canon Hongkong Company Limited and Good Century Holdings Limited co-organized a signing ceremony on 14 November 2023, announcing Good Century as the authorized dealer of Canon products in Hong Kong. This strategic collaboration aspires to fulfill the increasingly diverse and growing market demands, offering pioneering business products and solutions that seamlessly integrate automation technology, thereby leading enterprises towards unprecedent operational efficacy.

PCM The 15th Biz.IT Excellence 2023 - IT Solution Excellence Award

08 Nov 2023
With ever-evolving technological advancements, enterprises are eager to harness the potential of these pioneering technologies to drive digital transformation. These aspirations include enhancing their competitive edge, reducing operational costs, automating workflow, and more. The 15th PCM Biz.IT Excellence 2023, organized by PCM Magazine, aims to acknowledge outstanding business solutions and organizations that are dedicated to developing top-notch applications. The organizer seeks to foster development within the local technology industry by encouraging the widespread adoption of solutions across various sectors. And hence enhance sustainable competitive advantages and business performance.

Asset Manager Transforms Your Trackdition

31 Oct 2023
During each inventory check, unintentional duplication in counting often occurs, which leads to confusion. How can we prevent such chaotic situations from recurring? The acquisition of assets and equipment is an indispensable and crucial part of business operations. Nonetheless, the absence of an effective inventory policy not only increases labor expenditures but also poses the potential risk of losses due to information inaccuracies. Canon's RFID Enterprise Asset Management Solution, Asset Manager, encompassing cutting-edge RFID handheld readers, cloud inventory management portal, and mobile APP operation system. Asset Manager serves as an invaluable ally for enterprises in comprehensively enhancing asset management efficiency.

AI-GEN at Work

13 Oct 2023
The globe has entered an age abounding in innovative ideas, in which people are more open to state-of-the-art technologies regardless of generation. Our society dedicates itself to explore contemporary methods for streamlining daily practices. AI, being a powerful tool for workplace transformation, has prevailed across industries. Solutions and devices leverage existing resources and automate workflow with intelligence beyond senseless operation, leading to unprecedented improvements today.

AI-GEN at Work - Solution Introduction

09 Oct 2023
The omnipresence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology permeates every aspect of human lives, and the advent of Generative AI has become a catalyst for entrepreneurs worldwide to devise their business strategies. To unveil the boundless potential of AI, Canon Hong Kong is dedicated to exploring the AI generation alongside you by hosting "AI-GEN at Work" event, showcasing a range of pioneering business solutions with seamless integration of AI. Together, we examine its capability in optimizing synergy across diverse operations, empowering organizations to embrace ever-evolving future and triumph over upcoming challenges.