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UXBRIDGE -- Xerox today announced that it has been selected by Honeywell as the provider of the company's global fleet of printers and multifunction systems – which print, copy, scan and fax.The contract spans Honeywell facilities worldwide.The new equipment will include a mix of colour and black-and-white Phaser ® printers and WorkCentre ® multifunction systems. As part of the company's growth strategy, Xerox is expanding its focus on major global accounts to deliver superior service and technology around the world.Xerox is assigning a single, senior-level point of contact for a core group of its largest customers. These "client managing directors" are responsible for working with large enterprises to help integrate document management, pricing, support and related processes across multiple locations and operating divisions. "Given our breadth of products, experience and understanding of demanding IT environments, Xerox is able to deploy a balanced mix of equipment that can adapt to changing business needs", said Suzi Good, Xerox's client managing director for Honeywell."This contract creates a long-term multinational partnership with Honeywell and underscores the effectiveness of Xerox's service to key global accounts". Xerox offers an array of innovative document solutions, services and systems – including colour and black-and-white printers, digital presses, multifunction devices and digital copiers – designed for offices and production-printing environments.In addition, the company is expanding its portfolio of document-related services and software designed to help companies and organisations boost worker productivity, enhance collaboration and reduce costs. Xerox DocuShare ® software, for example, provides an online repository for secure sharing and storage of documents to improve access and control in a distributed work force. Xerox is also conducting Lean Six Sigma-based Office Document Assessments to help global customers uncover the ac

UXBRIDGE -- Xerox scientists have announced the latest in Automatic Image Enhancement (AIE) technology. This newest version of AIE can correct the shortcomings found in images clipped from a Web page or compressed too tightly for faster e-mail. It also works on specific problem spots and incorporates a new algorithm that can automatically determine in advance whether or not an image will be improved by applying enhancements to those areas. While software exists to manually "fix" digital image problems, it requires time and a skilled craftsman. In the late 1990's, Xerox, which boasts some of the world's top scientists in the fields of digital imaging and colour science, took up the challenge of developing a system that could automatically correct imperfect images without damaging good ones. The solution developed by its researchers is Automatic Image Enhancement technology, or AIE, which has automated colour correction in Xerox systems. The basic AIE algorithms significantly enhance pictures – brightening underexposed images, sharpening blurred prints, or burning the haze off holiday images to let the bright colours shine through. When originally introduced, AIE corrected the most common amateur photography mistakes. AIE technology can be applied in the print driver on the user's computer, as a pre-press service, or within printer software itself. In all cases, it analyses the image and, if needed, develops a custom prescription of image processing elements and applies it to the image. Found only in Xerox digital systems, ranging from desktop colour laser printers to 54-inch-wide colour printers/plotters, AIE has just been added to the latest version of Xerox FreeFlow ® Process Manager software, which is part of Xerox's FreeFlow ® Digital Workflow Collection for commercial print providers. In this latest version, AIE not only fixes contrast in sections of photos but also includes features relevant to commercial printers who want to be able to fine-tun

UXBRIDGE -- Xerox today announced the Xerox WorkCentre 7132 digital colour multifunction system targeted at small and medium workgroups that need advanced monochrome multifunction features, colour scanning, and the ability to print occasionally in colour. Printing and copying up to 32ppm black and white and 8ppm colour, the WorkCentre 7132 multifunction system produces high-quality images with true 1200 x 600 dpi print resolution whilst Xerox Emulsion Aggregation High Gloss toner delivers crisp black detail and vibrant colour. The system provides several advanced features, such as the ability to save document workflows. This automates sending scanned documents to a variety of locations simultaneously.With one scan, for example, users can send a document to multiple fax numbers, e-mail addresses and network folders – directly from the device. The device can also store up to 500 commonly used forms or templates, such as purchase orders and expense reports, and print them on-demand from the control panel. The WorkCentre 7132 also features "smart paper trays" which automatically sense paper size to match the print or copy job and are designed to be easy to install and maintain. Darren Cassidy, Director and General Manager, Xerox UK Office Business, said: "At Xerox we are always in search of technology that helps our customers transition to colour but without sacrificing the productivity and efficiency that they have become accustomed to with our multifunction systems. With the WorkCentre 7132 customers can keep their mono multifunction productivity but at the same time have colour available for those crucial situations when you want to make the best impression." Xerox's CentreWare ® Internet Services desktop management software allows IT administrators or office workers to configure and manage remotely the WorkCentre 7132.Xerox's SMART eSolutions software automatically reports how many prints, copies, scans and faxes are completed on the system.Adva

UXBRIDGE -- Xerox has launched the Xerox WorkCentre® 4118 desktop multifunction device designed to deliver advanced copying, printing, scanning and faxing typically found in high-end multifunction systems to small offices. Starting at £743, the WorkCentre 4118 copies and prints at 17 pages per minute and offers advanced features that enable customers to copy both sides of a document, such as an ID card, licence or an insurance card onto one side of the page. This feature is essential for medical and healthcare organisations that want to cut the number of steps involved in creating patient files while reducing paper waste. "Small businesses want 'high-end' performance in one easy-to-use, compact device. We are meeting those needs with an expanding array of digital copiers, printers and multifunction machines," said Darren Cassidy, Director and General Manager for Xerox UK Office Business. "The WorkCentre 4118 does it all - providing customers with the extra features they want at an affordable price." The WorkCentre 4118 comes with colour scanning up to 4800 dpi and Nuance's PaperPort SE v10.0 document and image management software that allows people to manage scanned files. The WorkCentre 4118 also comes with Nuance's OmniPage™ SE v4.0 software, which converts paper into editable electronic documents providing small businesses with a tool to quickly turn stacks of paper - letters, contracts, tables and manuals - into word processing and spreadsheet documents. The WorkCentre 4118 is easy to use - a large front panel display makes it easier to select printing, copying, scanning and faxing options. High-capacity toner cartridges with a yield of 8,000 pages, coupled with an industry-leading paper tray capacity of 550 sheets, means less time maintaining the device. The WorkCentre 4118 also provides flexibility with options such as a second 550-sheet paper tray and internal network card, which allows companies to add features as they grow. The Xerox W

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UXBRIDGE -- At the company's annual shareholder meeting, Anne M. Mulcahy, chairman and CEO of Xerox, described Xerox's strategies for success and said a relentless focus on excellence will fuel shareholder value and deliver revenue growth. "Because of the progress we're making, we're back in the driver's seat, in control of our own destiny, and in a position to leverage our balance sheet to create shareholder value - and that's precisely what we're doing," Mulcahy said. Xerox earned $978 million on $15.7 billion in revenue in 2005, while generating $1.4 billion in operating cash flow and reducing debt by $2.8 billion from year-end 2004. Reflecting continued confidence in Xerox's performance, the board of directors authorised a $1 billion share repurchase plan - the first in eight years. As of April 30, the company had repurchased $676 million in Xerox stock. Mulcahy noted that the company routinely invests about 6 per cent of its revenues in research, development and engineering - all based on customer need and all focused on areas where Xerox can deliver profitable revenue growth. Last year alone, Xerox launched 49 new colour and black-and-white digital presses, printers, copiers and multifunction systems along with an array of document management services and software to help people anywhere they work, from the office to the commercial print enterprise. Nine additional Xerox systems have been launched so far this year, including last week's announcement of the DocuColor® 5000 Digital Press and three WorkCentre® colour multifunction devices that print, copy, fax and scan. Colour printing is rapidly becoming a business-critical tool for customers - and the number of colour pages printed on Xerox devices has doubled in the past two years. "Colour now represents more than 30 per cent of our total revenue," Mulcahy noted. "The potential for colour technology is as enormous as it is profitable." In a market estimated to be worth $112 billion, Xerox's

UXBRIDGE -- Xerox today launched the 50 page-per-minute DocuColor® 5000 Digital Press, the industry's first digital colour press to address the needs of print operations that have mid-range monthly print volumes and that require more advanced printing features. The digital printing press, one of several new offerings designed to further bolster Xerox's industry-leading colour printing portfolio, was unveiled at the AIIM/On Demand print industry trade show in Philadelphia earlier this month. "The productivity and price of the new DocuColor 5000 opens up new opportunities in the mid-production segment and extends Xerox's leadership," said Jim Hamilton, director of InfoTrends' On Demand Printing & Publishing Consulting Service. "The DocuColor 5000 offers the image resolution, broad substrate support and robustness of the higher-end DocuColor products at a price point that will make it attractive to a wide range of production sites." The DocuColor 5000 is designed for print providers that average between 30,000 and 150,000 impressions per month. It features 2400 x 2400 dpi print resolution and state-of-the-art laser technology. The DocuColor 5000's 32-beam laser - compared to a typical 2-beam laser - allows the press to scan more data faster and at a higher resolution. It also offers tighter registration and a wider choice of colour management capabilities than light-production digital colour systems now on the market. Designed to produce marketing brochures, posters, customised direct-mail pieces and more, the digital press maintains its speed when printing on heavyweight, oversized and coated paper. "The DocuColor 5000 gives customers what they need to enter the digital colour market or grow their current digital colour business right here, right now," said Anoush Gordon, Director and General Manager, Xerox Production Group. "Xerox's 10 years of experience developing industry-leading digital colour printing systems has resulted in an unparalleled pr

UXBRIDGE -- Underlining its position as a public sector "technology beacon", London Borough of Islington is embarking on an ambitious digital archiving project aimed at improving efficiency, reducing response times and freeing valuable office space. The project follows the successful introduction of the first phase of the council's Xerox DocuShare installation, which is managed by its long-standing document outsourcing partner Xerox Global Services. The council, which is widely acknowledged as being one of the most technologically advanced in the country, is also set to become one of the UK's largest users of DocuShare, Xerox's secure web-based content management software, when the substantial document conversion project is rolled out across ten departments. The project is the principal component of London Borough of Islington's plan to reduce its reliance on hard copy documents wherever possible, which is part of its wider strategy to support sustainability, improve services and reduce costs. It is hoped that eventually the vast majority of documents stored by the council will be converted into searchable, digital documents. The head of London Borough of Islington's information communication and technology department, Technology Solutions Group (TSG), John Lowin, said: "London Borough of Islington is committed to sustainability, which is why we have a number of projects that maximise value from existing resources, improve services to those we serve, as well as creating a dynamic and clutter-free environment for those working here. We estimate that it costs at least £6,000 per annum to maintain a single desk space in Islington, so archiving bulky hard-copy documents on-site is extremely expensive. By removing unnecessary document storage, and introducing hot-desking and home working, we've doubled the number of people working at TSG and increased the amount of space that each person has." "We encourage staff to scan documents on our new Xerox WorkCentre 255

UXBRIDGE -- Xerox today is adding three kits to its ProfitAccelerator™ Digital Business Resources, a unique collection of more than 40 tools, programmes and services that help printing professionals find new ways to grow and profit from their digital printing business. The latest additions to the industry-leading ProfitAccelerator collection are: ProfitAccelerator Kit for In-Plants - includes tools, guides and templates tailored specifically to the business needs of in-plant providers, the printing departments in corporations, government agencies and educational institutions. ProfitAccelerator Individualized Media Tool Kit - guides, tips and case studies that emphasise the profit-generating power of personalised documents. ProfitAccelerator Vertical Market Kit II - includes a collection of templates, files and industry-specific information that helps graphic communication businesses develop new customers in 10 more markets, such as government, higher education, legal and manufacturing. Business Resources for In-Plants Xerox's ProfitAccelerator In-Plant Kit helps in-plant print providers more effectively serve their clients, promote new offerings and build print volume by uncovering new business opportunities. The kit includes a how-to guide and templates for creating a marketing plan, a financial modelling tool to help understand job costs, and resources to generate new digital applications such as signs and brochures. Also available are invitations that print operations managers can use to hold an open house promoting new services and customer satisfaction surveys to assist in marketing in-plant capabilities. "The business development tools within the Xerox Profit Accelerator Kit provide in-plant users with similar tools available to our Graphic Arts customers to gain knowledge, develop business and extend their services," said Kevin O'Donnell, Xerox DocuColor Product Marketing Manager. "As the in-pl

UXBRIDGE -- For Xerox, the office market in 2006 is all about growing partnerships and increasing customers' productivity. As part of that process, today Xerox announced a series of strategic channel updates, products and solutions, to strengthen its position in the Office market and improve the end-user experience. Taking a services-led approach in both large and small enterprise, Xerox continues to concentrate on its channel development and today launched a new pan-European accreditation programme that will nearly double the number of elite resellers by the end of the year. Colour continues to be a strategic imperative for Xerox and a business critical application for its customers. Aimed at high-volume users that require a quality, networked machine for a workgroup, Xerox has launched three new A3 colour machines - the Phaser 7760, the Xerox WorkCentre 7655 / 7665 and the Xerox WorkCentre 7228 / 7235 / 7245 - as well as a new Splash RPX-I Workflow Software controller for the acclaimed DocuColor 240/250 In addition, Xerox launched three software solutions and upgrades, both proprietary and from Xerox Alliance Partners, aimed at giving businesses greater control over their office devices. Two new scanning programs - Xerox FreeFlow SMARTsend 2.0 and ScanFlowStore 5.0 - allow workers to quickly and easily capture, share and store documents, while Equitrac Office 4 will help offices monitor, track and allocate document costs to specific departments or clients. Darren Cassidy, Director and General Manager for Xerox UK, Office Business said: "Today's announcements demonstrate our continued commitment to the channel and end-users and confirms our position as a foremost technology partner. These developments are just the first of many that you can expect from Xerox this year and encompass everything from software and hardware improvements, and new developments in our channel strategy. We are proving that Xerox is here to make business easier for our customers