Recently, Konica Minolta has launched several new printers and MFPs to match the demands of small and medium business environments. According to the company, it has added new technologies to its established products to improve the workflows, overall versatility and increase productivity. The bizhub 165e/185e, bizhub 227/287/367, bizhub 206/226, bizhub C368/C308/C258 series of monochrome and color printers and bizhub PRO 1100, a monochrome production printer, are implemented with Konica Minolta’s world-leading digital printing technology and will continue the mission of their predecessors.
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Konica Minolta launches a new device for everyday office black-and-white printing: bizhub 164 can easily print, copy and scan documents up to A3. It features an attractive and compact design, ease of management and low cost – all that makes the bizhub 164 ideal for small businesses and workgroups. High-capacity consumables can reduce operating costs, and the use of latest technology ensures friendliness to the environment.

The bizhub 164 MFP quickly copies various documents, including diagrams and newspaper at the speed of 16 ppm. Users benefit not only from the convenience and ease of use, but also from high quality printing. Simitri HD polymerized toner guarantees the high quality with fine details, which is especially important when printing drawings and projects.

Printing and scanning functions of the bizhub 164 bring the functionality and convenience in any office environment. MFP can print virtually any document on a large range of printed materials. Using TWAIN-Scan, users can create archives of the most important documents to provide easy access to them in the future and, if they need to complete printing.

High efficiency of the compact and lightweight bizhub 164 is particularly attractive to users. It is due to high energy-saving features that are supported by Energy Star standard.

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Konica Minolta, a leading supplier of cutting-edge print and network technologies, presents a full color printer magicolor 7450 II GA designed for work in creative workgroups. Advertisement agencies, design and art studios can now easily implement their ideas with wide range of graphical capabilities of this printer.

The printing system is based on the well-known magicolor 7450, a printer with numerous international awards. The new magicolor 7450 II GA features high printing speed (25 pages per minute), standard memory (768 Mb) and maximum monthly duty cycle (up to 120 000 impressions). The Magicolor 7450 II GA can optionally be equipped with a hard drive of 40 Gb.
With a full set of printing scenarios, magicolor 7450 II GA provides image and document printing in various formats and modes.

Flat color print technology guarantees a photorealistic details and soft color gradients at high speed of printing, thus proving a high level of printing that meets expectations of professional designers. The performance and the speed of the machine allow small workgroups to cut the cost of a impression without compromising the quality. The printer supports paper media of various densities (64 to 256 g/sq. m.) and formats (A6 to A3++).

The multipurpose 250-sheet paper tray and 100-sheet manual feed tray can be used to feed thick paper, stickers and many other media. The standard 350-sheet input paper tray is expandable to 1,850-sheet capacity with optional additional trays. And installing a duplex unit allows double-sided and booklet printing on up to 256 g/sq. m. media.

Just like any other Konica Minolta printers equipped with Emperon print controller, magicolor 7450 II GA features a complex, yet easy to use PageScope printing tools control panel that facilitates print setup and printer management.

Besides, magicolor 7450 II GA incorporates PhotoART-9600™ Technology that guarantees excellent images and vibrant colors. The Konica Minolta’s smart graduation system, Automatic Image Density Control, provides color homogeneity of every printout. The magicolor 7450 II GA uses an exclusive Konica Minolta’s technology, the Simitri color polymer toner. This toner enables accurate reproduction of image detail, halftones and color, and enhances the quality of printouts, making them more vivid, sharp and smudge-resistant. An ICC-based color matching system provides an automatic color control. Magicolor 7450 II GA supports direct print from a digital camera using PictBridge.

Features interfaces:

• Gigabit (10BaseT/100BaseTX/1000BaseT) Ethernet
• Bidirectional IEEE 1284
• USB 2.0
• PictBridge

Compatibility:

• Windows: 2000, 2003, XP, XP64, Vista 32/64
• Macintosh: OS X 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, 10.5, OS 9.1 (and above)
• Linux: Redhat v9.0, SuSe v8.2 Netware: 4/5/6 (and above)

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Konica Minolta has just launched is smallest color laser printer the magicolor 1650EN. This new compact printer not only produces high quality laser printouts but also is extraordinarily quiet. It comes in three flexible configurations with full network compatibility making this an ideal solution for home or small offices.

Equipped with the Emperon print controller for straightforward integration into any network – Windows, Mac or Linux – the magicolor 1650EN is compatible with common printer protocols such as PCL and PostScript (PS). The secret behind the outstanding print quality is Konica Minolta’s state-of-the-art printing technology. Konica Minolta’s Simitri HD toner takes credit for crisp texts as well as bright and UV light resistant, long-lasting colors.

Designed with the user in mind, the color laser printer is available in three different configurations, from a standard model to the duplex model magicolor 1650EN-d. The magicolor 1650EN-d comes with a standard duplex unit plus a lower paper feeder for additional paper supply making this the ideal solution for those that print regular large print jobs.

All models come with 256 MB of memory and provide page output of pages per minute for 5 color prints and 20 pages per minute for black and white prints. The printers can handle plain paper with formats up to A4 as reliably as thick paper of up to 209 gsm, labels, postcards and envelopes.

The magicolor 1650EN has been designed to be used easily and to be operated in a straightforward way. Via an LCD display and just a few self-explanatory buttons on the printer’s front side, the printer can be operated without any fuss. As soon as a cartridge needs replacing or the printer requires attention, users are informed of this right at their PC via PageScope Web Connection.

Via Konica Minolta’s Clean Planet Programme, used cartridges can be recycled to 99%. The Simitri HD toner requires lower fusing temperatures than conventional toners. As a consequence, users can save up to 15% of the energy required for printing. Furthermore, CO2, SO2 and NO2 emissions generated by Simitri HD toner are about 40% below conventional toner.

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Konica Minolta Business Solutions unveiled several new network-ready color and monochrome printers to add to the company’s line of printers and all-in-ones. The new products include 4 color magicolor laser printers and 2 new monochrome pagepro laser printers. According to Konica Minolta, “all of the new printers are versatile, cost-effective and provide several attractive features compared to similar models offered by competitors.”

magicolor 8650DN

magicolor 4650DN / magicolor 4650EN

magicolor 2590MF

pagepro 5650EN / pagepro 4650EN

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Konica Minolta Business Solutions introduces an addition to its next-generation bizhub range of multifunctional – the bizhub C203, C253 and C353.

Konica Minolta bizhub C203, C253 and C353 have network printer, copier and network scanner functionality as standard with a Super G3 fax module option. The only difference between the new models is the speed of printing – 20 ppm for bizhub C203, 25 ppm for bizhub C253 and 35 ppm for bizhub C353. Each printer perform equally fast in both color and black-and-white.

The design of the multifunction printers features a LCD color 8.5-inch display, with a touch screen that can be both rotated and tilted to suit a desired position.

The new bizhubs have a range of features that limit access of unauthorised users to functions such as color, scanning and single sided printing. The features include user authentication by user name and PIN, and the option of fast biometric authentication via finger print, or a contactless user card.

The three new Konica Minolta bizhubs support auto duplex for printing A4-sized pages on both sides.

The new multifunctions feature slit scan technology that can scan originals as fast as up to 70 color or mono sheets per minute at 300 dpi resolution. Konica Minolta’s patented Simitri HD Polymerised Toner is used in these machines for more even distribution, significantly better fine line definition, and better solid fills and overall quality output.

The bizhub C203, C253 and C353 are available with a range of high productivity finishing options including sorting, stapling and saddle stitching.

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Konica Minolta introduces bizhub C451, a next model in a series of next-generation bizhub products. This multifunction machine combines printer, copier, fax, and scanner, and provides a networked solution for high-end office workgroups and applications.

Bizhub C451 features such Konica Minolta’s technologies as Emperon Print Controller, Simitri HD (High Definition) Color Polymerized Toner, and Biometric Authentication Unit, which scans, encrypts, stores the vein patterns of a finger and then uses them to distinguish individuals.

The multifunction has a proprietary ‘360 degree design’ that makes the machine look nice from any angle of view. Remarkable part of new printer exterior is a large 8,5-inch color LCD. Also, Konica Minolta Bizhub C451 offers fast color output of 45 pages per minute; Standard Automatic Duplex Unit for double-sided printing and copying, and four paper drawers making up 3,650-sheet capacity.

Other features include:

• Exceptionally fast warm up and fast first copy time
• Tandem laser print head with polygon mirror
• Internet Fax and desktop faxing
• Lower temperature fusing, ultra-fine carrier particles and higher purity materials, and
• many more.

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