[December 10, 2012]

Canon Honored with Buyers Laboratory LLC Line of the Year Award for Energy Efficiency

In recognition of outstanding environmental performance, Canon (News - Alert) U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today announced the Company's A3 line of multifunction products featuring imageRUNNER and imageRUNNER ADVANCE models has been named the Buyers Laboratory LLC 2013 (BLI) Line of the Year for Energy Efficiency. Buyers Lab, with a database covering over 16,000 products, is the leading independent office-equipment testing lab and business consumer advocate.

To qualify for the award, devices had to achieve energy consumption rates of 35 percent or more below the competitive average. Canon's A3 line of products consistently achieved levels of energy consumption significantly lower than the industry average ranging from 37 to 62 percent below competitor averages. Many of the Canon models tested feature additional energy saving features including toner-save mode, automatic duplexing functionality and the ability to fax or scan documents without having the device completely warmed up.

"Canon is extremely honored to be the recipient of this prestigious award from Buyers Laboratory," said Sam Yoshida, vice president and general manager, Marketing, Business Imaging Solutions Group, Canon U.S.A. "We are proud to be recognized for providing our customers with high-performance and quality products while at the same time helping to reduce energy consumption."

This is not the first time Canon has positioned itself as an industry leader in providing highly energy-efficient products. Canon has won 18 BLI "Outstanding Achievement" awards for energy efficiency to-date, which is more than any other vendor. For this year, the Canon models tested include imageRUNNER ADVANCE monchrome and color devices ranging from 20 pages per minute to 75 pages per minute.

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. With approximately $45.6 billion in global revenue, its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), ranks third overall in U.S. patents registered in 2011† and is one of Fortune Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies in 2012. In 2012, Canon U.S.A. has received the PCMag.com Readers' Choice Award for Service and Reliability in the digital camera and printer categories for the ninth consecutive year, and for camcorders for the past two years. Canon U.S.A. is committed to the highest level of customer satisfaction and loyalty, providing 100 percent U.S.-based consumer service and support for all of the products it distributes. Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of social and environmental responsibility. 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.

†Based on weekly patent counts issued by United States Patent and Trademark Office.

All referenced product names, and other marks, are trademarks of their respective owners.

About Buyers Laboratory

Since 1961, Buyers Lab has been the leading independent office-equipment testing lab and business consumer advocate. In addition to publishing the industry's most comprehensive and accurate test reports on office document imaging devices, each representing months of exhaustive hands-on testing in BLI's US and UK laboratories, the company has been the leading source for extensive databases of specifications and pricing on copiers, printers, fax machines and multifunctional products. The company's databases cover over 13,000 products and have a long-standing reputation for being the industry's most trustworthy and complete source for global competitive intelligence. They are available to BLI subscribers online via the company's bliQ competitive information service. This encyclopedic resource also provides quick and easy access to BLI's First Look Reports, Field Test Reports, Lab Test Reports, Solutions Reports, and BLI-produced articles.

In addition to the testing of office equipment for its subscribers, Buyers Lab provides consulting services to buyers and a vast array of confidential for-hire private testing services that include document imaging device beta and pre-launch testing, performance certification testing, consumables testing (such as toner, ink and photoconductors), software solutions and print media testing (including virgin and recycled papers).

For more information on Buyers Lab, please call (201) 488-0404, visit www.buyerslab.com, or e-mail [email protected].

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