Canon ScanFront 220P Network Scanner

June 29, 2007

Canon ScanFront 220P (Image courtesy Akihabara News)
Canon Europe recently announced a couple of new scanners designed to directly connect to an existing network without any additional hardware or software. The ScanFront 220 (standard) and ScanFront 220P (professional) can scan up to 24 pages per minute (A4 sized) and up to 48 images per minute. I assume by ‘images’ they mean photographs that aren’t full page size which would explain the difference in speed.

What’s particularly cool is how the ScanFront 220 can be used to easily move files around your network. Once the document is scanned the large LCD touchscreen can be used to send the files or images directly to a personal or shared network folder, an FTP site or a USB device. The ScanFront 220 can also be used to email the document by accessing your personal address book or a global company email directory. And since network security is a big issue these days the scanner also includes a biometric fingerprint authentication feature.

The ScanFront 220 professional and standard versions should be available in Europe sometime in September of this year. And while there’s no specific information yet it I can assume/hope we’ll be seeing North American versions as well.

[ Canon ScanFront 220P ] VIA [ Akihabara News ]