Press release
Konica Minolta presents 3rd generation of high-chroma production printing systems Langenhagen/Germany, July 2015 Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe (Konica Minolta) introduces the bizhub PRESS/PRO C71hc to provide enhanced printing services based on the advanced colour reproduction capabilities of the manufacturer’s proprietary high-chroma toner. Truly amazing quality results can be achieved for photo books and photo merchandise, promotional materials, and other sophisticated print products. “The colour production printing market is steadily growing and there can be no doubt that RGB data and the high-chroma technology will continue to increase in importance in the future. In this context, Konica Minolta is proud to introduce the 3rd generation of high-chroma products with the new bizhub PRESS and PRO C71hc” – explains Karl-Friedrich Edenhuizen, Product Manager Production Printing, Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe. With the growing need to print product images or photo albums from digital cameras, but also with the demand to combining online with printed communication, the requirement for the accurate reproduction of RGB workflows is rapidly increasing. But due to the narrower colour range of a conventional CMYK printer, some of the colours seen in real life or on a monitor may change in print or appear less vivid. Konica Minolta now presents the professional solution with the bizhub PRESS/PRO C71hc: The high-chroma toner of these colour production systems has an extended colour range that is much closer to sRGB than that of conventional CMYK toners. Colours can be printed virtually as they are displayed for example on a calibrated monitor. “Today’s communication channels cover print, online and mobile communication, so that professionals are changing their colour management from traditional CMYK to sRGB. With our new generation of Konica Minolta’s production printing systems, we don’t just offer our customers impressive colour reproduction over a wide range. We enable colour users to get the best out of photos, printing them in a fantastic quality. The bizhub PRESS/PRO C71hc will easily print even colours that until now have proven difficult to reproduce, such as vivid pinks and purples, and different shades of green,” concludes Edenhuizen. Another asset of the bizhub PRESS/PRO C71hc is their wide range of finishing capabilities. Features like booklet production, perfect binding, auto ring binding and of course the extensive stacking capacity of up to 10,000 sheets allow onestep printing and finishing without manual intervention.
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About Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH, based in Langenhagen, Germany, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Konica Minolta Inc., Tokyo, Japan, forming part of its Business Technologies business area. As a leading global services provider in the field of IT- and document processes as well as digital production printing solutions the company excels in services-led business consulting, implementation and management and provides a range of world-leading printing systems and solutions. In this context, Konica Minolta’s Optimized Print Services concept (OPS) combines consultancy, hardware, software implementation, and operation in order to enhance business process efficiency and cost-effectiveness. To support customers optimally with powerful and sustainable solutions, technology leader Konica Minolta continuously invests in research and development work and regularly sets new standards. Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe is represented by subsidiaries and distributors in more than 70 countries in Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa. With over 32,000 employees around the world (as of March 2014), Konica Minolta’s Business Technologies business area earned net sales of over EUR 5.4 billion in financial year 2013/14. For further information about the company, visit www.konicaminolta.eu. Product images are available at www.konicaminolta-images.eu. Terms and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders and are hereby acknowledged. Contact Konica Minolta Karl-Friedrich Edenhuizen Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH Phone: +49 (0)511 7404-377 karl.edenhuizen@konicaminolta.eu
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