Canon imageRUNNER 8500 User manual

Operating at a fast 85 pages per minute, de ivering the
highest output qua ity in its c ass, and offering one of
the most robust digita engines in Canon’s current product
ine, the imageRUNNER 8500 can meet the demands
of high-vo ume copying and distributed printing with
ease. Add to that the imageRUNNER 8500’s extensive
finishing capabi ities, and you have the idea so ution
for today’s production environments.
So, whether you’re ooking for a digita rep acement for
a high-vo ume ana og copier, wish to upgrade your
existing digita device to a more robust digita engine,
or simp y want to increase your enterprises’ overa
productivity, the imageRUNNER 8500 is the premier
device for high-performance mu tifunctiona ity.
In order to be successful in the high-volume, Print-on-Demand
environment, a device must consistently deliver high levels of out ut
while maintaining excellent image quality and machine reliability–day
in and day out. Introducing the imageRUNNERTM 8500 Networked
Production System...a high-volume, high- erformance networked
rinting solution engineered to deliver the utmost in roductivity.
THE HIGH-VOLUME DIGITAL PRODUCTION
SYSTEM OFFERING UNMATCHED SPEED,
PERFORMANCE, RELIABILITY, AND
DOCUMENT-FINISHING CAPABILITIES

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Whether your rimary function is co ying, rinting, or
scanning, the imageRUNNER 8500’s advanced feature set
makes even the most com lex jobs sim le.
Designed with the End-user in Mind
The imageRUNNER 8500 bui ds upon the
award-winning design of Canon’s current
digita product ine, offering a consistent
user-interface whi e a so introducing
severa new capabi ities to enhance
document workf ow. With the abi ity to
support network printing, copying, and
both oca and network scanning,* the
imageRUNNER 8500 can he p you manage
a your information capture, storage,
and distribution needs. And because it’s a
network-connected device, users can just
as easi y everage system capabi ities
from their desktops as they can from
the main unit.
Fast to the Finish
In today’s fast-paced business environ-
ment, there is no such thing as too fast.
The imageRUNNER 8500 pushes the
enve ope when it comes to speed, de iv-
ering both copies and prints at a quick 85
impressions per minute. Un ike competitive
devices, the imageRUNNER 8500 does
not s ow down when performing advanced
functions such as dup exing, stap ing,
and ho e-punching. Finished documents
are continuous y output at the machine-
rated speed of 85 impressions per
minute, providing significant productivity
gains to your operation. Scanning, which
resu ts in a notab e decrease in speed in
most competitive units, is achieved at
a remarkab e 80 pages per minute on
the imageRUNNER 8500—the fastest
scanning speed of any mu tifunction
device in the wor d.
*Network scanning avai ab e second ha f 2001. Check with your oca Canon-authorized Dea er for detai s.

Outstanding Image Quality
The imageRUNNER 8500 de ivers the
exceptiona image qua ity Canon customers
have come to expect. With 600 x 600 dpi
reso ution that is interpo ated to 1200 x
600 dpi reso ution for copying, and 2400
x 600 for printing, you can a ways count
on getting the sharpest image possib e.
Im ressive In ut
The imageRUNNER 8500 ships standard
with a 100-sheet Automatic Document
Feeder (ADF) designed to de iver high
eve s of productivity. Accepting both
simp ex and dup ex origina s in sizes up to
11" x 17," and in weights up to 110 b. Index
stock, there is itt e this document feeder
can’t hand e. To meet the diverse copying
needs of high-vo ume environments, the
ADF a so offers a Different Size Origina s
Mode and a Semi-automatic Document
Feeder (SADF). Origina sets that contain
mu tip e paper sizes can be p aced in the
ADF for scanning provided that a pages
have the same eading-edge width. The
SADF is idea for making copies of heavy-
or ight-weight origina s that shou d not
be subject to the bending that occurs
inside the ADF.
Versatile Pa er Su ly
The imageRUNNER 8500 has a standard
paper supp y of 4,150 sheets, enab ing it to
hand e most ong-run, continuous jobs. Sti
need more? The optiona 3,500-sheet Side
Paper Deck-M1 can be added, increasing
overa paper capacity to an unbe ievab e
7,650 sheets. Automatic paper tray switch-
ing and on-the-f y paper re oading further
optimize production throughput.
A new y designed 7.8-inch co or touch-sensitive LCD Contro Pane makes the
imageRUNNER 8500 extreme y easy to operate.
Standard 100-sheet Automatic
Document Feeder.

With up to six on- ine paper sources
avai ab e at a time, users have the f exibi ity
to se ect a number of output choices. The
imageRUNNER 8500 hand es paper sizes
from statement to 11" x 17," and offers
support for specia ty stock such as abe s,
transparencies, and tab paper. It a so
accepts paper weights from 17 b. Bond to
110 b. Index stock from every on- ine
paper source—a significant advantage for
jobs requiring heavy covers or inserts.
With its generous paper supp y, arge
number of paper sources, and wide range
of acceptab e paper weights, sizes, and
stocks, the imageRUNNER 8500 is capab e
of performing just about any job you can
dream up.
The Ultimate Saver of
Time, Money, and S ace
In addition to its fast operating speed, the
imageRUNNER 8500 is up and ready to go
within minutes. With a warm-up speed
of six minutes or ess, and an incredib y
fast first-copy speed of 2.9 seconds from
the p aten g ass and 4.3 seconds from
the document feeder, you won’t waste
time waiting for your job to begin. A ong-
asting, five-mi ion-impression amorphous
si icon drum a so saves users time and
money through ess frequent rep acement.
And whi e most high-vo ume production
units carry a footprint to match, the
imageRUNNER 8500 is surprising y compact
compared to competitive offerings, a
significant advantage for ocations where
space is at a premium.
What’s more, every primary component of
the imageRUNNER 8500’s main unit is fu y
accessib e from the front, so if jam c earance
and supp y rep enishment is required, you
can do it quick y and easi y.
The 50-sheet Stack Bypass is a convenient
source for feeding specia ty stock.
The imageRUNNER 8500’s generous paper
supp y can hand e most ong-run jobs.
The imageRUNNER 8500’s graphica contro
pane makes paper se ection simp e.

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Raising the Bar for
Document Out ut
Large documents, such as presentations,
proposa s, and annua reports, are common
to high-vo ume environments. To faci itate,
the production of jobs with high origina
page-counts, the imageRUNNER 8500
offers a 10GB Interna Image Server as
standard. This Hard Disk Drive hosts
severa unique app ications that set
new standards for production- eve
output, and a ow you greater f exibi ity
and versati ity in document output
and overa information management.
Examp es of this functiona ity inc ude:
Confidential Mail Boxes –
The imageRUNNER 8500 supports the
creation of up to 100 individua Mai
Boxes. Each box can store up to 100 items,
with a maximum document storage
capacity of 7,700 pages. Mai Boxes can
be used to accept scanned and printed
data, permitting users to easi y combine
paper and e ectronic information.
Scan-Once-Print-Many and Automatic
Page Orientation – Minimizes scanner
wear and tear whi e rotating scanned
pages to match the direction of the
avai ab e paper supp y.
Automatic Page Im osition – Automatica y
imposes pages in correct order for the
creation of sadd e-stitched book ets.
Co y Reservation – A ows users to
store up to five copy jobs in memory
whi e current copy or print jobs are
being processed.
Job Build – Permits the bui ding of
jobs from disparate origina s, easi y
integrating documents scanned through
the document feeder with those direct y
p aced on the g ass.
SmartScan Page Recognition –
Automatica y recognizes if a scanned
page has been fed incorrect y, and
corrects the orientation upon output.
Cha terization – Supports the creation
of chapters when copying books and
other materia s requiring these types of
separations.
Tab Co ying and Insertion – Enab es
users to create banks of tabs for ater
co ation, or have printed tabs automati-
ca y inserted into the body of a document.
Innovative Ca abilities to Hel You Work Smarter
Produce professiona y finished documents,
inc uding tabs, co or covers, and insert pages.
The imageRUNNER 8500 supports tab
stock in its ower two paper trays.
Users can se ect whether to insert b ank or
printed tab paper into finished documents.

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Finishing Ca abilities that
Make You Shine
Your finished documents are representative
of your business and, as such, shou d
be as professiona - ooking as possib e.
The imageRUNNER 8500’s extensive
finishing capabi ities are designed to
hand e the most common high-vo ume
copying and printing app ications, such
as book ets, training manua s, handbooks,
po icy statements, and more.
The imageRUNNER 8500’s optiona
Finisher-K1 and Punch Finisher-K2 offer
two trays to manage output sizes of
statement to 11" x 17." Up to 3,000 sheets
can be accommodated, enough to effec-
tive y hand e even the ongest print or
copy runs. Additiona y, both Finishers can
stap e up to 100 sheets in any corner of
the page, or p ace two stap es in either
the eft- or right-hand margin. The Punch
Finisher-K2 a so offers ho e-punching
capabi ity, as we as stap ing. Output
can be automatica y two- or three-
ho e punched, depending on paper size
and orientation.
If your finishing requirements are more
extensive, the Sadd e Finisher-K3 is
another avai ab e option. Like the
Finisher-K1 and Punch Finisher-K2, the
Sadd e Finisher-K3 ho ds a maximum
of 3,000 sheets in two trays. It offers
100-sheet sing e- and doub e-position
stap ing, two- and three-ho e punching, as
we as sadd e-stitched book et-making
as standard. The Sadd e Finisher-K3 can
a so be equipped with an optiona
Document Inserter-B1 and the Paper
Fo ding Unit-C1. The Document Inserter-B1
a ows preprinted stock to be merged
with finished documents post-process.
The Paper Fo ding Unit-C1 Z-fo ds 11" x 17"
documents so that they fit neat y within
etter-sized output.
The Sadd e Finisher-K3 offers stap ing,
ho e-punching, and sadd e-stitch book et-making.
The Finisher-K1 offers mu tip e-position
stap ing as standard.
Up to 60-page book ets can be produced
on the Sadd e Finisher-K3.
The optiona Document Inserter-B1 a ows
users to incorporate preprinted covers and
inserts into output.

finishing
A Tradition of Excellence
Canon pioneered connecting digita
mu tifunction devices to networks back
in 1994. Since then, we continue to
be the on y vendor to de iver network
connectivity at the time a product is
aunched. So, whi e other vendors are
making promises about their networked
capabi ities, Canon is de ivering them.
Like its Canon predecessors, the
imageRUNNER 8500 carries on Canon’s
networking tradition. imageRUNNER 8500
customers can se ect both copying and
printing capabi ities at the time of their
initia purchase, or they can add network
printing capabi ities ater on.
The Ideal Solution for
Production-level Environments
The imageRUNNER 8500 is idea y suited
for vo ume-intensive departments,
corporate in-p ants, print-for-pay out ets,
and digita service bureaus. With a print
contro er capab e of hand ing 10/100
Ethernet or Token Ring connections, and
PostScript® 3 Emu ation and PCL® 6 print
anguages, the imageRUNNER 8500 can
meet the needs of the most demanding
production environments.
Canon’s atest print contro er design
everages the unit’s Interna Image
Server and memory structure, ensuring
rapid first-page-out times, and quick
and efficient printing of common office
documents. Through Canon’s print
contro er, output is de ivered at the rated
print engine speed, thereby a owing users
to experience the enhanced productivity
and functiona ity of digita techno ogy
over ana og. And with the abi ity to
upgrade imageRUNNER 8500 functiona ity
to inc ude printing and scanning at a
ater date, you can configure the device
to hand e the document-management
needs of your organization over time.
Point-and-click O eration
One of the reasons why Canon has
become the eading provider of network-
connected systems in the marketp ace
today is because of its intuitive printer
driver software. imageRUNNER 8500
users wi find that Canon’s graphica
printer driver software is extreme y easy
to use, even if they have had no prior
experience using a network-connected
device. Through the printer driver soft-
ware, users have immediate access to a
imageRUNNER 8500 output functions
direct y from their desktops. A dynamic
image of the insta ed imageRUNNER 8500
is disp ayed on the screen and indicates
a avai ab e hardware options, paper
sizes, and paper eve s. If these attributes
change over the course of the day, the
driver is updated to ref ect the changes
so that users are aware of the atest
device capabi ities.
More advanced capabi ities of the
driver inc ude the abi ity to save frequent y
used print job parameters, insert
document annotations such as names,
dates, etc., add watermarks, and send
sensitive or confidentia documents to the
imageRUNNER 8500 as a Secured Print
so that it wi not be output unti the user
enters a password at the device contro
Connectivity Without Com lications
finish
Driver Page Setup Tab
Users have access to a
imageRUNNER 8500 finishing
functions from their desktops.

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Universal SendTM
Information Sharing Without Limits
In addition to its basic oca and
network scanning capabi ities, the
imageRUNNER 8500 can be upgraded
to add Canon’s new Universa Send
feature. Using Universa Send, hard-
copy documents can be scanned at
the device and “pushed” to MULTIPLE
destinations using MULTIPLE formats
in ONE simp e operation.
Send as an E-mail – Send scanned
documents as E-mai attachments in TIFF,
mu tipage TIFF, or PDF.
Send as an Internet Fax – Bypass the
PSTN and send scanned documents
over the Internet as fax transmissions
at no cost.
Send to a File Server – Store scanned data
in a centra ized directory for archiva
purposes or sharing within workgroups
(FTP, Windows®, NetWare®).
Send to a Mail Box – Organize and
archive digita information in 100 Mai
Boxes. Store fi es for sharing, merging,
printing, or sending at a ater time.
Send to a Database – Use for automatic
data co ection and to e iminate redundant
data entry and errors.
The advanced functions of Universa
Send a ow users to communicate,
manage, and share information as never
before, and require no specia server
or additiona software. What’s more,
Universa Send works simu taneous y
with the imageRUNNER 8500’s Print and
Copy functions for enhanced mu titasking.
pane . Using Canon’s Page Composer,
imageRUNNER 8500 users can a so view
page ayout of a document from within
the driver prior to printing to insure that
their output wi print as expected.
Mu tip e insta ation methods for the
imageRUNNER 8500 print driver are
avai ab e for the network administrator.
Canon’s printer driver software is the
on y one on the market capab e of
discovering devices on the network,
a owing administrators to se ect
imageRUNNER 8500 devices and auto-
matica y configure their equipped
options with just a c ick of the mouse.
Manage Information
Regardless of Form
As the widespread use of e ectronic-
based information continues to grow,
office devices need to be ab e to easi y
integrate both hard-copy and e ectronic
documents. Through its scanning capa-
bi ities, the imageRUNNER 8500 is up
to the task. Users can scan documents
oca y to the imageRUNNER 8500
interna Mai Boxes, or over the network
(network print option required) using
Canon’s virtua TWAIN driver. In addition,
customers can everage any TWAIN-
comp iant software app ication to drive the
imageRUNNER 8500 for specific network
scanning and workf ow requirements.
Canon’s Page Composer is a make-ready
too a owing users to review and manipu ate
documents before printing.
E-MAIL
MAILBOX
PAPER OUTPUT
DATABASE
FILE SERVER
I-FAX
PAPER DOCUMENT LAN
imageRUNNER 8500

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Canon’s NetS ot®Suite
Connectivity Software Sim lified
Like a Canon networked systems, the
imageRUNNER 8500 comes equipped
with a comprehensive set of system
uti ities designed to simp ify operation
and management for both end-users
and network administrators. Through
these too s, Canon eases device insta a-
tion and network management whi e
supp ying a eve of device status and
job-management capabi ities unmatched
in the industry. Canon’s NetSpot Suite
consists of the three uti ities out ined be ow:
NetS ot Console – NetSpot Conso e is
a web-based uti ity capab e of insta ing
and managing Canon networked systems,
inc uding the imageRUNNER 8500, on
most customer networks. Through
NetSpot Conso e, network administrators
are provided a convenient, p atform-
independent uti ity to insta and manage
Canon devices from anywhere within the
enterprise. In addition to basic insta ation
support, NetSpot Conso e a so de ivers
administrator a erts, notifying adminis-
trators of device status conditions such
as ow toner, paper jams, and others. For
added convenience, NetSpot Conso e is
a so capab e of managing third-party
printers comp ying with the standard
Printer MIB, thereby conso idating network
device management via one uti ity.
NetS ot Job Monitor – To manage and
track the progress of print jobs, Canon
supp ies NetSpot Job Monitor. NetSpot
Job Monitor runs as an automated task in
the Windows®System Tray, and can be
configured to report job conditions
based on administrator or end-user
preferences. Significant to NetSpot Job
Monitor is its abi ity to de iver end-of-
job notification to end-users, ensuring
that they are a ways informed of the
comp etion of submitted work.
NetS ot Accountant* – NetSpot Accountant
is an optiona uti ity avai ab e for the
imageRUNNER 8500 that is capab e of
providing comprehensive job tracking
and ana ysis for cost accounting and
workf ow optimization. Using NetSpot
Accountant, network administrators can
track a activity at the imageRUNNER 8500,
inc uding copying, printing, and scanning,
and bi ing interna or externa c ients for
device uti ization. A wide range of config-
uration settings are avai ab e for NetSpot
Accountant, enab ing administrators to
track device usage in a myriad of ways.
NetSpot Accountant is idea for ega
customers, or any customer who desires
to account for imageRUNNER 8500
device uti ization.
Enter rise-management Integration –
In addition to the NetSpot uti ities
mentioned, Canon a so supp ies p ug-in
modu es for the most popu ar enterprise-
management app ications in use today.
Supported app ications inc ude Microsoft®
Management Conso e, CA-Unicenter, HP
OpenView, Tivo i NetView, and BMC Patro .
Through these p ug-ins, Canon permits
easy management of imageRUNNER 8500
and other Canon networked devices from
direct y within the enterprise-management
system conso e.
NetSpot Job Monitor Spoo er Job Tab
*Avai ab e second ha f 2001. Check with your oca Canon-authorized Dea er for detai s.
NetSpot Accountant Device List Disp ay