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Launched in September 2009, the imageRUNNER ADVANCE office MFD series, a product of Canon's Groupwide Environmental Frontrunner Project, which seeks to bolster the development of environmentally conscious products, is replete with environmental functions.
For example, Canon's own energy conservation technologies are used to reduce power consumption, while adoption of our proprietary LCA Design System cuts CO₂ emissions across the total product lifecycle.
The imageRUNNER ADVANCE features only recoverable materials, recycled plastics, and other low environmental impact raw materials. Bio-based plastic is utilized for operational buttons and other parts with frequent user handling, and a bio-based plastic featuring the world's highest flame resistance* is used for part of the exterior parts.
In addition, all parts except for electrical and electronic components are lead free, and part of the electrical substrate is free from halogens. The environmental impact during transportation has also been considered, and we use returnable packaging for shipping within Japan.
The special environmental features described above have been incorporated in the imageRUNNER ADVANCE series, which has been on the market since 2010. Bio-based plastics are also being adapted for use in our Satera series of laser printers (Japan only) and our imagePRESS series of digital production printers.

The PIXMA MG 6200 series multifunction inkjet printer, which went on sale in September 2011, offers outstanding functionality through high-quality, speedy image printing while also reducing power consumption by approximately 41% compared with its predecessor, the MP630, and offering energy-efficient technology at every stage of operation, whether in use, sleep, or power-off mode.
Also, PIXMA series inkjet printers have a new function, "Eco settings," which allows two-sided printing and auto-power off to be easily set on the printer itself, saving paper and restricting power use during idling, which in turn contributes to resource and energy conservation.
While complying with the EU RoHS Directive, Canon is strengthening measures in advance of new RoHS regulations covering previously excluded materials, including adoption of mercury-free LEDs and a lead-free lens, resulting in a model with a reduced amount of hazardous substances.
In addition to the above, we are pursuing enhanced functionality through such features as a new Intelligent Touch System function that uses illumination for navigation and the use of gray ink for more expressive printing. These products make Canon's environmental vision of balancing high functionality with reduced environmental impact a reality.

Launched in March 2011, EOS Rebel T3i (EOS 600D), an entry-level digital single-lens reflex camera, boasts superior functions, such as a new Scene Intelligent Auto mode for capturing beautiful scenes with ease, and an environmentally-friendly design that complies with the EU RoHS Directive.
Specifically, it is equipped with a lead-free lens that uses titanium or barium compounds as lead alternatives, and also employs lead- and cadmium-free cable insulation. We also use non-toxic trivalent chrome instead of hexavalent chrome in the metal-plating process.
In the production process, lead-free solder, such as Sn-Ag-Cu alloy, is used to comply with the EU RoHS Directive.

Since launching the world's first digital radiography (DR) system in 1998, Canon has been expanding its lineup to meet the diverse needs of medical treatment centers, and has led the industry in the digitalization of diagnostic imaging.
In recent years, our development efforts have focused on themes important to increasing the use of digital radiography, such as improving portability and operability by changing to wireless connectivity, and creating compact, cassette-size models that allow digitalization without the need to modify existing analog imaging equipment.
The use of an internal lithium battery to eliminate power source wiring required better energy conservation, while making it the size of a cassette required that the unit be even lighter and smaller. These development issues have in common the theme of environmentally conscious design for reducing environmental impact. By pooling our environmentally conscious design know-how we came up with the CXDI-70C Wireless DR system, half the size of a cassette, which was launched in October 2010.
We followed the CXDI-70C Wireless with the launch in November 2011 of the even smaller and lighter CXDI-80C Wireless. Because it is wireless and one-quarter the size of a cassette, it is not only capable of bedside imaging, but can also be applied in radiography of newborns, including those in incubators. This is the first commercially available DR product of its size in the industry.
Each of these products represents broad improvement in energy conservation, size and weight over previous wired DR systems. Also, while the EU RoHS Directive is not applicable to medical equipment, Canon has voluntarily applied standards equivalent to those of the EU RoHS Directive to these products.