Brother Canada introduces business-centric scanning solutions

New versatile workgroup desktop scanners drive productivity, compatibility and value

MONTREAL, Feb. 22, 2016 /CNW Telbec/ - Demonstrating its commitment to providing capture solutions to small and medium-sized businesses, Brother Canada, a leader in printing, scanning, labelling and sewing technology, today announced its next generation of workgroup scanners that offer the ideal blend of quality, productivity, compatibility and value.

"More and more businesses are recognizing the need to digitize documents," said Kelly Abrahamian, Director, Product Planning, at Brother Canada. "Our new scanners deliver what today's office environment needs for robust and reliable document imaging to enhance workflows and security at a competitive price."

Brother's ADS Series Desktop Scanners are built for the business user with greater scanning requirements. They can be integral to a balanced deployment strategy, which can right-size an organization's workflow environment to deliver the appropriate number of printers and all-in-one devices in close proximity, for greater efficiency.

Each Brother model offers unique, essential features to fit virtually any business scanning need.

The new ADS-2400N Scanner
Available this month, the new ADS-2400N:

• Helps businesses to enhance office productivity:
  • Speeds up to 30 pages per minute
  • Single-pass, two-sided scanning
  • A 50-sheet capacity automatic document feeder with the power to scan up to 2,500 pages per day
• Digitize and edit documents more easily with:
  • Gigabit Ethernet networking, Kofax compatibility, and ABBYY FineReader Sprint and PDF Transformer+ software

The new ADS-3600W Scanner
Available in April 2016, the new ADS-3600W continues to set the standard for desktop scanners in the workgroup environment.

• Helps businesses to enhance office productivity:
  • Fast, two-sided scanning
  • High-capacity automatic document feeders
  • Colour scanning up to 50 pages per minute/5,000 pages per day (with included ABBYY® FineReader Professional software)
  • Flexible network and local connectivity options
• Mobile device compatibility for easy scanning to your phone or tablet
• The ability to scan a wide assortment of media—from embossed plastic cards to documents over 4 metres long
• 3.7-inch Touchscreen Display for a user-friendly, smart-phone type interface
• Wireless networking and Brother Web Connect to scan to a number of cloud-based services.
• Increased security and efficiency with:
  • Secure digital document management in a variety of business environments
  • An integrated NFC card reader for increased security and efficiency within the office workflow
• Customized scanning solutions through the Brother Solutions Interface (BSI), a web application development platform that helps enhance office workflow.

Additionally, our new ADS Scanners are compatible with Kofax® VRS, an industry-leading image processing software that dynamically examines scanned materials and automatically applies the appropriate image correction settings for optimal scan results. Plus, each model is bundled with ABBYY® FineReader and PDF Transformer+ software, designed for converting document scans into editable texts.

About Brother International Corporation (Canada)
Our customers create amazing things. They need high-quality, user-friendly products that are easy to set up, and work when they need them to. Period. So whether it's one of our award-winning printers, Multi-Function Center® all-in-ones, ScanNCuts, or our market-leading P-touch® electronic labellers, our Canadian team's At Your Side—for the entire life of your product. Established in 1960 and headquartered in Montreal, QC, Brother Canada is a subsidiary of Brother International Corporation, the US subsidiary of Japan-based Brother Industries Ltd. We provide home, home office, and business products that improve the way we live and work.
www.brother.ca

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