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Press ReleaseAdobe and Canon Advance Office DocumentSolutions on Canon products· New imageRUNNER ADVANCE series to take advantage of Adobe technology toadvance printing, scanning and document securityDublin, 25 September 2009. Helping organisations reach new levels of printing,scanning and document security in office environments, Canon Inc., and AdobeSystems Incorporated have entered into a global agreement to embed Adobetechnology into Canon’s newest family of office document solutions. This agreement isan extension of an alliance between the two companies established in 2005.Leveraging this partnership, Canon, world leader in imaging solutions, will promote anumber of Adobe technologies within the new Canon imageRUNNER ADVANCE Series,benefiting knowledge workers in the areas of document output, workflow and security.The technologies include:Adobe® PostScript® 3 Printing – With Canon’s new imageRUNNER ADVANCEsystems, embedded printing capabilities including support for Adobe Postscript 3 willbe available to help organisations achieve higher document control and quality at anaffordableprice.Adobe PDF Technology – Supporting Adobe PDF technologies, including PDF Reader®Extensions, PDF/A-1b archiving support, Optimise PDF for Web, Adobe PDF file formatsand Digital Signatures, Canon’s new imageRUNNER ADVANCE systems are capable ofenhancing end-user information workflows within PDF centric business processes.Adobe LiveCycle® Rights Management ES* – With integration to Adobe LiveCycleRights Management ES directly from the imageRUNNER ADVANCE control panel, userscan easily apply LiveCycle document security policies to scanned documents assuringvaluable corporate information is protected regardless of where and to whom it is sent.“Working with industry-leading partners such as Adobe has allowed us to developvalue-added capabilities on the imageRUNNER ADVANCE platform which we expect todeliver tremendous benefits to regional and global organisations,” said Gary Horsfall,Director, Global Sales and Professional Services, Canon Business Solutions, CanonEurope. “The combination of Canon’s advanced innovation and Adobe’s industryleadingtechnologies will allow both companies to offer their customers enhanceddocument management solutions as well as improved document security.”“Canon and Adobe share a great heritage in providing compelling document solutionsto the market,” said Naresh Gupta, senior vice president, Print and Publishing atAdobe. “With the integration of Adobe PDF technology into Canon’s leading officeimaging products, enterprises will be able to turn paper documents into intelligent,policy-protected PDFs and further maximize their return on investment.”Canon’s imageRUNNER ADVANCE series, representing the company’s latesttechnology offering, is a new document services platform that blends hardware,software and services to advance modern business environments. By supporting thelatest capabilities inherent in Adobe Postscript, LiveCycle and the PDF file format,

customers are afforded a greater level of flexibility when printing, scanning and storingdocuments with the new imageRUNNER ADVANCE series.- ENDS -About Adobe Systems IncorporatedAdobe revolutionizes how the world engages with ideas and information – anytime,anywhere and through any medium. For more information, visit www.adobe.com.Adobe, the Adobe logo, LiveCycle, PostScript 3, and Reader are either registeredtrademarks or trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the Unitied States and/orother countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. †Based on weekly patent counts issued by the United States Patent and TrademarkOffice.All referenced product names, and other marks, are trademarks of their respectiveowners.* Requires installation of Adobe LiveCycle Rights Management ES© 2009 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved.About CanonCanon is a world-leading innovator and provider of imaging and informationtechnology solutions for the home and office environments.Canon has a global philosophy of Kyosei - living and working together for the commongood, which clearly demonstrates commitment to customers, staff and theenvironment shared by all.Canon Ireland is the Irish operation for the global company based in Tokyo, Japan.Canon products have been marketed in Ireland since 1978.The main business focus for Canon (Ireland) Ltd is in two clearly defined marketsegments: Business Solutions covering both the office and professional printingenvironments (including: multifunctional printers, IT consultation, photocopiers,printers, large format printers, fax machines, document management hardware &software) and Consumer Imaging (input solutions: film and digital SLR cameras,digital still compact cameras, camcorders, binoculars, calculators and scanners; andoutput solutions: Inkjet and laser printers, faxes, desktop all-in-ones and multimediaprojectors). Broadcast Division is an extension of our product portfolio covering thesupply and servicing of professional lenses and their accessories to the TelevisionBroadcasting environment.Media enquiries please contact:Piaras KellyA&R Edelman01 678 9333086 8131691pkelly@arpartners.com