Canon launches the SmartBase MPC200 Photo at GITEX Riyadh

Designed for home and small business use, this new model in the SmartBase range seen for the first time at GITEX Riyadh in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia produces crisp copies and prints and can also print full-colour photos directly from a digital camera memory card, without the need for a PC. This is Canon's first fully featured All-In-One device to offer direct photo printing and allows users to print photographs quickly and easily at home or in the workplace.

Photo quality printing
The SmartBase MPC200 Photo delivers outstanding photo prints. Its high print resolution of 2400 x 1200 dpi ensures high-contrast prints and a broad colour range, even on plain paper. The SmartBase MPC200 Photo delivers a fast 14 ppm in monochrome and 10 ppm in colour. It further distinguishes itself from other models in the SmartBase line up with its borderless printing and copying capabilities in both A4 and 4"x6" formats.

Photo functions
By simply inserting their digital camera's memory card (using an adapter) into the SmartBase MPC200 Photo, users can print their photos directly from the card without the need for a computer. The MPC200 Photo is supplied with a PCMCIA Compact Flash™ card adapter but is also compatible with SmartMedia™, SD card™ and Sony Memory Stick® providing the appropriate adapter is used. Additionally adjusting the photo settings is easy with the user friendly control panel, enabling users to directly print out A4 or 4" × 6" high-contrast borderless photos on any paper type.

The SmartBase MPC200 Photo comes with various software packages to guarantee excellent quality photos. The innovative Exif Print standard improves the way digital cameras and printers work together. It allows images to be printed exactly as the photographer intended at the time they took the picture and ensures optimised high quality output every time. Furthermore, Canon's Easy Photo Print software means users can quickly and easily select and edit images for perfect printed results.

The SmartBase MPC 200 Photo uses Canon's Vivid Photo technology. This enhances photos by using the printer's capabilities to go beyond the colour limits of a PC monitor and therefore achieve more precise results.

Photo-quality copying and scanning
As a digital colour copier, the SmartBase MPC200 Photo has all the features normally associated with a dedicated high-quality machine with a copy resolution of 600 x 600 dpi monochrome and 1200 x 1200 dpi colour. At 14 pages per minute in monochrome, and 10 ppm in colour, the SmartBase MPC 200 Photo delivers fast copying speeds. This machine also boasts a 25-400% zoom function as well as other convenient features such as 2-on-1 copying and a 'Fit to Page' option.

The SmartBase MPC200 Photo is also a high-performance scanner, giving resolutions of 600 x 1200 dpi optical, up to 9600 dpi enhanced. While colour reproduction is ensured by 36-bit colour depth, the 256 shades of grey scale give clear monochrome scans. By using the Multi-Photo scan function, separate images that were scanned in a single take will be saved as separate files.

Quality
The combination of high-resolution printing capability and Advanced MicroFine Droplet TechnologyTM means that the SmartBase MPC200 Photo consistently provides crisp, high-contrast results, even on plain paper. Canon's Advanced MicroFine Droplet Technology gives the most accurate dot placement, sharpness and density possible so that print quality is always consistently high. Twenty five years light fastness* is guaranteed when using Canon's Photo Paper Pro (PR 101), meaning bright colours, crisp blacks and sharp-looking documents with no ink-bleed or fading.

Surprisingly compact, the high performance SmartBase MPC 200 Photo measures less than 40 x 55 cm. With an attractively styled metallic lid and the universal operation panel, this user-friendly All-in-One is ideal for creative households or small businesses where space is at a premium and high quality can not be compromised.

The USB Full Speed interface ensures full compatibility with Windows® 98, ME, 2000 and XP. The SmartBase MPC200 Photo can be installed within minutes, thanks to the multifunctional concept; just a single cable and one computer driver is required. "This is a really exciting new product for us. It builds on the strength of our new SmartBase range and is the first time Canon has offered a great looking, compact multifunctional that can also print outstanding quality photos directly from a digital camera's memory card. We believe that with such high quality, high speed multifunctionality, the MPC200 Photo will be an extremely popular model," said Michel Sabbagh, Marketing Manager at Canon Middle East.