Canon Unveils New Touch System Printers (19/08/2010)

Canon unveiled seven new addition to their PIXMA inkjet printer series, including two printers with a new touch system interface.

 

Canon Unveils New Touch System Printers

The PIXMA MG6170 and MG8170 AIO (All-In-One) inkjet printers feature capacitive touch-sensitive panels which light up in response to touch and switch off when dormant, leaving the surface of the printers flat and mostly free of physical buttons.
Besides what Canon calls the Intelligent Touch System, the new printers also offer HD Movie Printing which lets you print single frames from video shot with Canon digital compacts and DSLRs using the bundled software. A Flickr Integration Photo Print feature lets you search for images from Flickr within the app and print directly through your printer (during the demo it was shown that you can search for specific licenses to avoid copyright conflicts).
Release of the new models is expected in end September, while prices are to be announced.

The Canon PIXMA MG6170 AIO inkjet printer.

The PIXMA MG8170 is Canon's newest flagship inkjet AIO for the home and office.