Philadelphia, March 31, 2009 – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging and office solutions, has been recognized at this year's ON DEMAND event with a Best of Show award in the Monochrome Digital Printing Equipment category for its imagePRESS 1135/1125/1110 Black and White Digital Press. The Company also received honorable mention in the Color Digital Printing Equipment category for the imagePRESS C1+. Both devices, first announced at Graph Expo 2008, augment Canon's already robust, award-winning line of imagePRESS products.

"Canon is thrilled and honored to receive a Best of Show award and honorable mention at this year's ON DEMAND Exposition for our imagePRESS product line" said Sam Yoshida, vice president and general manager, Marketing & Field Sales Division, Canon U.S.A. "These awards are a testament to Canon's commitment of providing innovative, versatile, industry leading monochrome and color printing solutions that can help a business run at its greatest capacity."

The award-winning imagePRESS 1135/1125/1110 combines Canon's wealth of knowledge in monochrome printing with the successful core architecture and reliability of the imagePRESS line to offer a highly customizable and extremely versatile black-and-white digital press. Through utilizing Canon's unique Twin Sleeve Technology, the imagePRESS 1135/1125/1110 produces monochrome prints at a quality level never before seen in an electrophotographic device.

Also garnering an honorable mention was the Canon imagePRESS C1+ in the Color Digital Printing Equipment category. Developed for the graphic and creative markets, the Canon imagePRESS C1+ is the first device of its size and speed to offer a clear toner station, which greatly expands the design elements and features that can be included in prints.

InfoTrends, a leading market research and consulting firm in the digital imaging and document solutions industry, partnered with the ON DEMAND Conference & Exposition to produce the awards program. The ON DEMAND Conference & Exposition is the world's leading digital printing conference and exposition, encompassing all of the technologies that are used to create, manage, personalize, print and deliver content.

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About Canon U.S.A., Inc.
Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions. Its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), a top patent holder of technology, ranked third overall in the U.S. in 2008†, with global revenues of US $45 billion, is listed as number seven in the computer industry on Fortune Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies 2008 list, and is on the 2008 BusinessWeek list of "Top 100 Brands." At Canon, we care because caring is essential to living together in harmony. Founded upon a corporate philosophy of Kyosei – "all people, regardless of race, religion or culture, harmoniously living and working together into the future" – Canon U.S.A. supports a number of social, youth, educational and other programs, including environmental and recycling initiatives. Additional information about these programs can be found at www.usa.canon.com/kyosei. To keep apprised of the latest news from Canon U.S.A., sign up for the Company's RSS news feed by visiting www.usa.canon.com/rss.