Delphax Technologies Inc. announced that its elan 500 digital color print system has been selected as a pre-qualified product in the Canadian government's Build in Canada Innovation Program (BCIP). The BCIP is a developmental evaluation and procurement program offered by the Canadian government to help companies get innovation out of the lab and into the marketplace through purchases and testing within the federal government. The BCIP was launched in 2010 as a disciplined way to connect businesses with federal departments and agencies that have a need for innovative products and services.

Delphax Technologies' elan 500 is a newly developed production class sheet-fed print system that brings together major advances in inkjet and paper-handling technologies to offer full color and 1,600 dpi print quality at speeds of up to 500 impressions per minute. It has been designed for a broad range of mid- to high-volume print applications including direct mail/transpromo, transactional, books and manuals, legal and financial, security and graphic arts. It received the maximum possible score in all three of the innovation categories used in the BCIP ratings.