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2017 Line of the Year

Kodak Alaris
Information Management
2017 Scanner Line of the Year

Kodak Alaris’ Information Management
division won BLI’s Scanner Line of theYear award for the second consecutive
year for its…
• Wide portfolio of devices to satisfy
just about every capture need
• Outstanding reliability across all
devices tested• Consistently strong ratings in themost important categories BLI
evaluates• Strong value proposition across theentire line

Kodak i5650 Scanner• Impressive innovations such as theEasySetup feature, Perfect Page,
and Intelligent Document Protectiontechnology

From business process automation and data mining to mobile data
access and cloud applications, today’s technology trends promise to
streamline activities for knowledge workers while improving access toinformation across an organization. But these technologies all rely on
one thing: accurate data capture. That’s why scanning and processing
paper documents is integral to many organizations. Continuing to buildon the success of their impressive portfolio of products, Kodak Alaris
Information Management has once again earned the coveted ScannerLine of the Year award from the analysts at Buyers Lab (BLI). Given oncea year, this award acknowledges the manufacturer whose line of devices
is complete enough to meet varied customer needs and whose current
portfolio has fared best overall in BLI’s rigorous lab-based evaluations.
“The breadth of Kodak Alaris’ scanner portfolio is indisputable,” said
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2017 Line of the Year

company offers products in each speed range important to business buyers,
from 20 page-per-minute workgroup scanners to high-volume production scanners capable of scanning 420 images per minute, so customers are sure to findthe right scanner for their application. Moreover, the quality and robustness of
those offerings is second to none. In fact, Kodak Alaris is the only major scanner
manufacturer to have all current products tested by BLI—that’s 18 in all—carry arating of ‘Highly Recommended’ in our lab test reports.”

Exceptional Portfolio
Kodak Alaris has not only among thewidest array of scanners in its arsenal,
it also offers a number of award-winningdevices and features...
• Kodak i5650 Scanner: Outstanding
High-Volume Production Scanner,Winter 2017
• EasySetup feature: Outstanding
Achievement in Innovation, Winter 2017
• Kodak i1190 Series: Outstanding A4
Large Workgroup Scanner, Summer
2016

Kodak i1190 Series• Kodak i4850 Scanner: Outstanding
Budget-Friendly A3 High-Volume Production Scanner, Summer 2016
• Kodak i2900 Scanner: Outstanding A4
Flatbed Departmental Scanner, Summer
2013• Plus 15 more BLI Pick award winners

Kodak i4850 Scanner

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2017 Line of the YearIn addition to those “Highly Recommended” overall ratings, the models tested by
BLI consistently turned in impressive results in the test batteries that examine
specific attributes, such as reliability, image quality, OCR accuracy, and productivity. “Kodak Alaris scanners typically earn a rating of ‘Excellent’ on our rigorous reliability tests, which means they exhibit few if any misfeeds when we run
the machine to its maximum rated daily volume,” noted U.S. Lab manager JoeEllerman. “The drivers and utilities delivered with each scanner are also strong
across the board, which enhances ease of use and helps to improve productivityof scan operators.”
Several Kodak Alaris innovations add to the appeal of the product line. For
example, many models feature Kodak Perfect Page technology that improves the“Kodak Alaris holds the mostPick award wins out of any scanner manufacturer tested by BLI, and winning the ScannerLine of the Year award two years in a row is asignificant achievement,” said Siddhartha Bhattacharya, Vice President of Global Marketing for
Kodak Alaris’ Information Management division.
“This recognition validates our commitment toproviding an unmatched portfolio of information
management solutions that enable customers
to achieve digital transformation. The combination of our science, technology and partnerships acts as a force multiplier and provides theecosystem required for companies large andsmall to use data to drive business efficiency,profitability, and growth.”

Siddhartha
Bhattacharya
Vice President of GlobalMarketing, Kodak Alaris
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2017 Line of the Yearquality of scanned images on the fly, which reduces processing time and power requiredon the host PC. The company’s Intelligent Document Protection technology detects staples,
paper clips or other blockages that can damage documents and the scanner before they are
fed into the machine. And the EasySetup feature—unique among scanners BLI has tested—greatly reduces the time it takes to get the device configured. The administrator simply
enters the desired settings information, prints the configuration page, and scans it at thesupported scanner to enter the settings.

About BLI’s Line of the Year Awards
Once a year in conjunction with its Winter Pick awards, BLI gives special recognition to the OEMs whose product lines stand above the rest in the various
document imaging arenas BLI’s experts cover on the company’s bliQ subscription service: MFPs, Printers, Scanners and Software.
To determine the Scanner Line of the Year award recipient, BLI’s experienced
staff of analysts considers the breadth of each manufacturer’s portfolio, as wellas the quality of the devices. For the former, BLI analysts take into account current scanners in the OEM’s line that have been submitted to BLI’s lab for testing.
To judge the overall quality of the line, the analysts look at the overall rating ascanner received after testing, as well as the ratings in key categories such as
Reliability, Productivity, Media Handling, Image Quality, Ease of Setup, Drivers/Utilities, OCR Performance, and Value.

Buyers Laboratory • North America • Europe • Asia
Gerry Stoia, CEO
Deanna Flanick, CRO
Brian O’Connor, CFO
Randy Dazo, Group Director,Office Document Technologyrandy.dazo@infotrends.com
Jamie Bsales, Director,
Office Workflow
Software Analysis
jamie.bsales@buyerslab.com
Marlene Orr, Director,
Office Equipment
Product Analysis
marlene.orr@buyerslab.com

BuyersLab.com

Carl Schell,
Senior Editorial Content Manager
carl.schell@buyerslab.com

U.S. ANALYSTS

George Mikolay,
Senior Editor, A3 MFPs
george.mikolay@buyerslab.com
Kaitlin Shaw,Editor, Printers/A4 MFPs
kaitlin.shaw@buyerslab.com
Lee Davis,
Research Editor, Scanners/Software Evaluation
lee.davis@buyerslab.com

Robert Watts,
Research Editor, Software Evaluationrobert.watts@buyerslab.com

EUROPEAN ANALYSTS

Dr. Simon Plumtree,
Senior Editor
simon.plumtree@buyerslab.com
Priya Gohil,
Senior Editor
priya.gohil@buyerslab.com
Andrew Unsworth,
Associate Editor
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LABORATORY

Pete Emory, Director of U.S.
Research and Lab Services
David Sweetnam, Directorof EMEA Research and Lab
Services

COMMERCIAL

Gerry O’Rourke,
Director, BLI International
Mike Fergus,
Vice President of Marketing