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Buyers Laboratory Commences Fall 2005 "Pick" Award Announcements with Solutions Winner
November 9, 2005 — Hackensack (NJ) — Buyers Laboratory Inc. (BLI) kicked off its Fall 2005 "Pick" awards with today's announcement citing eCopy's ScanStation OP as BLI's inaugural choice for "Outstanding Scan Routing Solution" in the company's new Solutions category.
Noted Anthony Polifrone, BLI's managing director, "For any product to earn a BLI "Pick" award, it must clearly demonstrate superior performance as judged by our expert team of technical analysts and editors, and eCopy is clearly a solution that has demonstrated such performance and stands out from the competition." According to Mark Young, BLI's senior editor, solutions: "BLI evaluated a range of solutions and examined how each application worked and the benefits it offered. We looked at usability, compatibility, documentation, support and training, integration, security and several other categories. eCopy stood out and is clearly worthy of our inaugural 'Pick' in the Scan Routing Solutions category." Young added, "We also liked eCopy's highly intuitive user interface which uses the same icons as the back-office applications, the solution's ability to run on a variety of MFPs, and the touchscreen and integrated keyboard that make ScanStation OP very easy to use. Other features include a preview option that lets users see an image before it is saved and the ability to send documents directly using the individual's e-mail account, so there's automatically a copy of it in the sent folder." ScanStation OP users can connect to many back-office applications with Connectors that provide "native," or "API-level" integration. This enables users to scan documents and interact with their network applications from the eCopy user interface at the MFP just as they would at their desktop. Because users enter the same login and password at the copier as they would at their desktop, security and compliance issues are addressed. When used with ScanStation, an MFP essentially functions as a client of the application, helping customers to leverage their existing investments in document management and other applications. ScanStation OP runs on Canon, Ricoh, Toshiba, HP and Sharp MFPs, as well as all TWAIN supported document scanners, making it ideal for organizations with mixed fleets. 
"eCopy is extremely proud that Buyers Laboratory has recognized ScanStation OP as its Fall 2005 "Pick" for "Outstanding Scan Routing Solution" in the company's new Solutions category," said Edward Schmid, eCopy president and CEO. "Our goal has always been to develop products that make it effortless for any office worker to incorporate paper documents into any electronic business process. We are very pleased that BLI has recognized our efforts in this area."
In a Buyers Laboratory Solutions Test Report published in May 2005, eCopy ScanStation OP received an overall rating of five stars, the highest score possible. The Solutions Test report can be viewed online at http://www.ecopy.com/documents/english_usa/news/BLI_eCopy_Report_June2005.pdf.  Stay tuned for additional Buyers Lab "Pick" award announcements in the following categories:
About Buyers LaboratoryFor 47 years, Buyers Lab has been the leading independent office-equipment testing lab and business consumer advocate. In addition to publishing the industry's most comprehensive and accurate test reports on office document imaging devices, each representing months of exhaustive hands-on testing in BLI's US and UK laboratories, the company has been the leading source for extensive databases of specifications and pricing on copiers, printers, fax machines and multifunctional products. The company's databases cover 10,000 products and have a long-standing reputation for being the industry's most trustworthy and complete source for global competitive intelligence. They are available to BLI subscribers online via the company's bliQ competitive information service. This encyclopedic resource also provides quick and easy access to BLI's First Look Reports, Field Test Reports, Lab Test Reports, Solutions Reports, and BLI-produced articles. In addition to the testing of office equipment for its subscribers, Buyers Lab provides consulting services to buyers and a vast array of confidential for-hire private testing services that include document imaging device beta and pre-launch testing, performance certification testing, consumables testing (such as toner, ink and photoconductors), software and solutions and print media testing (including virgin and recycled papers). For more information on Buyers Laboratory, please visit www.buyerslab.com, call (201) 488-0404 or e-mail info@buyerslab.com.©2008 Buyers Laboratory Inc.
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