Press release Better than the best: The new bizhub C224, C284 and C364 Langenhagen, Germany, June 2012 The new bizhub C224, C284 and C364 are all successors to award-winning Konica Minolta multifunctionals – now with highly improved overall usability. Each device offers outstanding print, scan, copy and fax capabilities and also includes effortless multitouch panel operation just like most smartphones and tablet PCs. Additional green technologies inside the multifunctionals conserve the environment and lead to lower operating costs. The bizhub C224, C284 and C364 are the successors to the European top sellers and BLI Pick of the Year 2009 award winners bizhub C220, C280 and C360. Together these three new multifunctional peripherals (MFPs) fulfil the requirements for a wide variety of tasks and are aimed at small and medium sized businesses as well as workgroups in larger businesses. Konica Minolta’s Info-Palette design highly improves the overall usability of the bizhub C224, C284 and C364. Important operations like copying, printing, scanning and faxing are all accessed in the same way through the system’s nine-inch colour multitouch panel, which works as effortlessly as in most high-end smartphones or tablet PCs. All three multifunctionals also have an identical graphical user interface (GUI) for printer panel and PC printer driver – based on the “know one, operate all” concept. This concept also applies to other Konica Minolta multifunctionals such as the bizhub C654 and C754. Optional individualisation of the MFP panel and printer driver menus (MyTab) makes the new systems highly flexible. The new bizhub devices feature either RADF (reversing automatic document feeder) for everyday office tasks like regular scanning and copying or Dualscan ADF, which can scan both sides of a document in only one operation. Dualscan ADF is the 1
perfect choice for tasks that require a high scan performance, such as document archiving. Scanning speeds are 80 images per minute (ipm) with RADF and 160 ipm with the Dualscan feature. For copying and printing, the speeds the individual new machines offer are 22 (C224), 28 (C284) or 36 (C364) pages in full colour or monochrome per minute (ppm). The entire series is characterised by green technology for lower power consumption and less environmental impact. Able to scan without engine warm-up, the bizhub C224, C284 and C364 save both time and money. Konica Minolta’s next generation of Simitri HD polymerised toner reduces the fusing temperature furthermore – improving print media compatibility and also reducing power consumption. New
features like the dynamic eco timer, which analyses working conditions and automatically adjusts sleep mode and ready timings, contribute especially to the ecological and economical performance of the devices. “To produce a series that even outperforms the bizhub C220, C280 and C360 was not an easy task,” says Lars Moderow, Group Manager, Product Management Group Output Devices. “Those three devices have been the most successful in the Konica Minolta colour MFP portfolio. With the new level of overall usability provided in response to our customers’ demands and with the latest technologies, we are sure we can convince a great many decision makers to choose the successor models.”
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Even better: The new bizhub C224, C284 and C364 are all successors to awardwinning Konica Minolta multifunctionals.
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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 Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, Japan. The company delivers services and distributes products, systems and solutions that fulfil all the requirements of office and production printing over the entire document life cycle. Its product range extends from colour and monochrome multifunctional and production printing systems, laser printers and all-in-ones to management software that integrates devices seamlessly into work processes and IT environments. To support customers such as printing and industrial companies optimally with powerful and sustainable solutions, technology leader Konica Minolta continuously invests in research and development work and regularly sets new standards for the entire printing industry. Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe is represented by subsidiaries and distributors in more than 50 countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). With over 27,200 employees around the world, Konica Minolta Business Technologies earned net sales of over EUR 4.8 billion in financial year 2010/11. 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 Lars Moderow Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH Phone: +49 (0)511 7404-366 Lars.Moderow@konicaminolta.eu Oliver Weslowsky Ketchum Pleon GmbH Phone: +49 (0)711 21099-411 KonicaMinoltaTeam@ketchumpleon.com
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