Canon Launches Connected Value Platform to Deliver AI-powered Feature Enhancements for Select Printing Products
Canon has launched a 'Connected Value Platform' that utilizes generative AI to enhance printing workflows for home and office users. The initial feature, Web Print Optimizer, automatically cleans up web content like recipes and news articles for better print layouts.
Why it matters
This represents a shift in hardware companies integrating cloud-based AI services to add value to legacy consumer products.
Cloud-based platform that uses generative AI and Canon imaging technology to add smart, on-demand capabilities to select home and office printers.
The platform launches with its first phase on select PIXMA inkjet printers2 with the debut of the Web Print Optimizer add-on. The Web Print Optimizer add-on uses an AI model to analyze documents and images - extracting relevant content, cleaning up clutter, and optimizing layouts to help support virtually seamless printing workflows for various news and recipe websites.
The Web Print Optimizer add-on uses generative AI to analyze various news and recipe article websites, remove ads, sidebars, and extraneous content while automatically reformatting content into clean, easy-to-read prints.
Designed for various news and recipe websites, it transforms how consumers can print this content for special occasions and busy moments such as:
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