G K Vale gets best alternative to conventional photo printing in Canon DreamLabo 5000 The Bangalore based 100 year old photo lab chooses Canon’s new evolution DreamLabo 5000 – South Asia’s first commercial inkjet photo printer, which also marks Canon’s entry into the commercial photo printing domain. Canon India has announced its entry into the commercial photo printing business in India, introducing the new DreamLabo 5000 commercial inkjet printer equipment targeting the retail photo and album printing industry. With this new launch, Canon India marks its entry into the commercial photo printing market, a new business domain for the company. Canon held a press announcement event recently which was attended by Mr. Kensaku Konishi - President & CEO, Canon Singapore Pte Ltd. GK Vale, a 100 year old photo lab in Bangalore is the first customer to purchase and install DreamLabo 5000 in India.
A technology to revitalize the industry and open up new business opportunities
Delivering a new standard of combined photo and text quality together with high productivity, the DreamLabo offers the production photo printing market a viable alternative to silver halide technology.
This launch makes India the first country in South Asia where the DreamLabo 5000 machine is being installed. “The core technology of this Canon machine has been the sole criteria for us to adopt the new technology,” says Anand Sukumar, Managing Partner, G K Vale. “It is the best alternative to Silver Halide photo printing technology,” he adds. Present at the launch ceremony in Bangalore, Mr. Kazutada Kobayashi, President & CEO, Canon India, said, “Canon has always been at the forefront of
bringing innovative products to customers. With this latest business entry, we are hoping to strengthen our ability to meet the printing needs of professional and wedding photographers. With the DreamLabo 5000, we clearly want to establish innovation leadership in India. For us at Canon India, this is not just a new machine, but the technology that can revitalize the entire industry and open up substantial new business opportunities. Canon is setting a new benchmark for the production printing of high quality photos with this launch.” In addition, through opportunities possible from premium quality, it offers both the production photo and the small batch premium print-on-demand (POD) markets substantial new revenue opportunities. For G K Vale, the DreamLabo 5000 will be catering to personalized greetings, invitations, calendars, and digital photo books. But for the time being it may not be an option for commercial digital printing of documents for them, says Sukumar.
HD prints by DL 5000 – An answer to high quality photographic needs Till date, Canon has offered an extensive selection of imaging products across a range of markets, from digital cameras for amateur and professional-level photographers, to home-use printers that allow users to easily create and enjoy beautiful photo prints &
Key Notes : > Introduces premium commercial inkjet photo printer for retail and albums. > Aims at digitizing India’s 3000 Cr. photo print market, 10% of which is digital as of now. > Selects G K Vale, a 100 year old photo lab in Bangalore as the first partner.
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December 2013
Anand Sukumar Managing Partner, G K Vale