| The world of Canon multifunction printer has become | | | | of the company's growth the goal was to produce |
| a household name seeing that many people all over | | | | and develop 35mm camera, which followed on with |
| the world use them for various office and | | | | the development of the Kwanon camera. However |
| administrative duties and not just for printing | | | | the camera never managed to hit the market. |
| documents from their computers. Printers are no | | | | Canon began using the Nippon lens as they were |
| longer just printers but do much more and have | | | | unable to develop their own, which then saw the |
| become much more interactive. Cannon being the | | | | development of the first Hansa Canon in 1936 to the |
| biggest brand, are just one well known company to | | | | public. A year after that Canon was born and has |
| have taken the printer further, incorporating a scanner, | | | | since stayed as Canon. The birth of the new Canon |
| fax, photocopier and photo printer. | | | | company lead to a myriad of developments and |
| Seeing as many people prefer to use their own digital | | | | creations namely that of photography, printing |
| camera to take pictures, it is no wonder that most | | | | equipment, copiers and cameras. Currently Canon has |
| printers come with a feature that allows for photo | | | | worked on projects that include digital photography |
| printing as long as the user prints on proper photo | | | | and printing. |
| quality cards or paper. Gone are the days of using a | | | | As printers are something every household or office |
| wind up camera and going to the printers to have | | | | needs that it is something that people have become |
| them developed. People find it much simpler to use an | | | | accustomed to seeing as being part of a computer. |
| SD card from their digital camera and store them onto | | | | Canon has stretched their developments into producing |
| their PCs. | | | | print engines that are used in a lot of Hewlett Packard |
| Canon did not always produce their own Canon | | | | products such as the LaserJet printer. Canon have |
| multifunction printer for home and office use. Canon | | | | also been successful in working on new projects such |
| was in fact a company that developed lenses for | | | | as projection displays, keeping up with changing |
| photography equipment. The company was | | | | technology and incorporating new and effective |
| established in 1933 by Goro Yoshida and Saburo | | | | features that have been seen in a lot of the newer |
| Uchida, where the company was first names the | | | | products on the market. |
| Precision Optical Instruments Laboratory. At the start | | | | |