About Canon > History of Canon > Prologue to Becoming an Excellent Global Corporation (1982-1986)
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| 1982 | The second Premier Company Plan is established. Oita Canon Inc. is established in Japan. |  The AS-100 16-bit personal computer is released. A color ink-jet printer is introduced. The HT-3000 handy terminal is introduced. The AP400 and AP500 electronic typewriters (for Western languages) are introduced. A 40 x television zoom lens is introduced. Canon introduces the Crib-O-Gram, an audio-visual tester for infants. |
| 1983 | Canon Bretagne S.A. is established. (France) | Canon launches My Card, a desktop calculator the size of a credit card. The NP Color T, the company's first color copying machine, is introduced. The T50 SLR camera is introduced and wins Japan's 1983 Good Design Grand Prize. |
| 1984 |  Canon's color electronic still camera transmits images from the Los Angeles Olympic Games. Copying machine production commences in Zhuhai and Tianjin through a technical tie-up with the government of the People's Republic of China. Canon Components, Inc. is established in Japan. | Canon unveils its LBP-8/CX, the world's smallest and lightest laser beam printer. Zoom lenses for high-definition TV are launched. The PC Printer 70 is introduced as the world's first plain-paper reader/printer for COM. Sales of the AS-300 workstation commence. Canon announces laser beam facsimile machines. The digital laser copying machine system NP-9030 is introduced. The FPA-1500FA stepper is introduced. |
| 1985 | A tie-up agreement related to computer technology is concluded with Hewlett-Packard Co. of the United States. Canon Virginia, Inc. is established. (U.S.A.) Lotte Canon Co., Ltd., a joint venture, is established in the Republic of Korea. The Canon Research Center building (at the time) is completed in Atsugi, Japan. The world's first optical card reader/writer is developed. | The BJ-80, the world's first inkjet printer using Bubble Jet technology, is introduced. The Canovision 8VM-E1 video camcorder/player is unveiled. Canon develops the world's first optical card reader unit. The NP-3525, a copying machine with one-touch automatic two-color duplexing, is introduced. |
| 1986 | Beijing Office is established. (China) A tie-up agreement covering ISDN fax interface technology is concluded with Siemens AG of Germany. A tie-up agreement covering advanced medical equipment is concluded with Eastman Kodak Co. of the U.S. Canon's Corner Cube Reflector is installed in the Ajisai geodetic satellite. | The Multimedia Phone MMP-10, the world's first multifunctional telephone with facsimile functions, is introduced. The FC-3 and FC-5 portable personal-use copying machines are introduced. The SYSTEM 3000 office processor, jointly developed with Hewlett-Packard Co., is introduced. The Canofax Laser 3100, conforming to the G4 standard, is introduced. The Canola BP1210-D, a Bubble Jet desktop calculator, is introduced. The T90 high-performance electronic SLR is introduced. A still video system is introduced. Sales begin for the Auto Keratometer RK-1, which can measure both refractivity and corneal shape. |
