The imageRUNNER 105, like its predecessors, carries on Canon’s networking tradition. imageRUNNER 105 customers can select both copying and printing capa- bilities at the time of their initial purchase, or they can add network printing capabilities later on.
Unparalled Print Performance
The imageRUNNER 105 offers two ways to connect to the network—the Canon-designed Network Multi-PDL Printer Kit-B2, and the imagePASS-M1 Print Controller, developed by Canon and Electronics for Imaging (EFITM). Both solutions enable 600 x 2400 dpi interpolated print resolution, and allow users to pro- gram imageRUNNER system capabilities directly from their desktops. However, each controller also has distinctive strengths that make each ideally suited to very different types of printing environments.
Canon’s Network Multi-PDL Printer Kit-B2 leverages the standard 250MHz processor built into each imageRUNNER 105 base model. Using this Canon- customized processor, the Network Multi-PDL Printer Kit-B2 is best suited for the text-intensive, everyday printing needs of busy corporate in-plants and print-
for-pay environments where PCL page description language represents the bulk of jobs sent to the printer.
Canon’s imagePASS-M1 Print Controller features an Intel® Pentium® III 500MHz processor, and is designed to meet the needs of customers printing true Adobe® PostScript® files, complex graphics, and variable data output, as well as support EFI utilities such as Fiery FreeFormTM.
When printing large, sophisticated files, the print performance of an imageRUNNER 105 is at its best when equipped with the imagePASS-M1 Print Controller. But there are also some imageRUNNER 105 capabilities that can only be enabled through the use of the Canon Network Multi-PDL Printer Kit-B2, such as Canon’s Universal Send** functionality. imageRUNNER 105 customers should select the print controller best suited for their particular printing requirements. Both solutions have been designed to integrate seamlessly with a customer’s existing network infrastructure, and come with a full suite of system utilities to simplify device installation and management.
