A new document management solution from Canon, uniFLOW v5.0, features a variety of new capabilities and functions that streamline fleet management and simplify workflow processes.

Through uniFLOW v5.0, fleet administrators will gain new tools to manage document costs incurred via printing, faxing, copying and scanning, as well as enhanced fleet management controls that streamline IT functions and easily extend to global deployments.

It introduces "decision-based" workflow objects, allowing several workflows to be executed, through a simple workflow editing tool, based on pre-defined conditions enabling seamless and flexible setup for IT administrators.

Through direct integration into device firmware, uniFLOW functionality such as card authentication, secure printing and cost centre selection is now available with the imageRUNNER 2500 series.

Third party device support has been extended for non-Canon models and uniFLOW v5 offers OCR, barcode recognition, document conversion which integrates natively with, among others, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SharePoint and several other DMS solutions.