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echnology expert, Konica Minolta, preserves
its lead in hardware development by launch-
ing two new devices in one series, the bizhub
PRO & PRESS C1060/C1070. These products rep-
resent a milestone in production printing, as they
are suitable for every customer – from beginners to
professionals – offering expanded paper-handling,
inline finishing and image control capabilities to
boost output power.
The bizhub PRO and PRESS C1060/C1070 are
perfect for print providers in a light to medium level
production environment. Both devices provide an
easy transition into the digital field with features
such as entry-level finishing and an optional modu-
lar concept for highest colour consistency. Superb
image quality and the highest media flexibility pro-
vide ultimate performance for the user. For com-
mercial printers and central reproduction depart-
ments (CRDs) with high volume demands, these
machines provide professional modular finishing,
outstanding colour, sheet-to-sheet and back-to-
front registration stability, combined with excellent
print quality.
This new series of digital presses features high-
quality and high-accuracy finishes exceeding even
the most competitive light-production printers.
New technologies guarantee exceptional print re-
sults, including the Konica Minolta developed Simi-
tri HD E polymerised toner which produces images
with razor-sharp edges and lines, outstandingly
solid colours and brilliant half-tone and skin-tone
quality. The bizhub PRO & PRESS C1060/C1070 also
feature Konica Minolta’s Screen-Enhancing Active
Digital Processing (SEAD), now in its fourth gen-
eration, to maintain colour stability and precise and
reliable image forming during long press runs; and
an output feedback system for measuring the qual-
ity on paper and automated real-time image density
control and adjustment.
The bizhub PRO and PRESS C1060/C1070 series
maintains high-level productivity with 60 and 71 A4
pages per minute respectively, which equated to
3316 and 3907 pages per hour, allowing Konica Mi-
nolta South Africa to create added value by increas-
ing customers’ productivity. The same high-level
optional functions usually reserved for high-end
devices are now available in a compact yet com-
prehensive system, including an extensive range of
inline options for the automated production of per-
fect bound and ring bound books and booklets. The
series also has increased up-time with high-volume
printing and flexible parts replacement.
The bizhub PRO and PRESS C1060/C1070 series
enables print providers to create more business op-
portunities by handling a wide range of essential
digital printing jobs. The popular air suction feed-
ing feature is available in this series for the first
time, improving paper feeding of thick and coated
papers. The series even comes with an automatic
two-sided printing feature for thick paper up to 300
gsm and improved thin-paper feeding. In addition,
the newly developed EF-103 fuser unit also sup-
ports high-quality envelope printing.
The new bizhub PRO and PRESS C1060/C1070
series boasts a number of green features. The Simi-
tri HD E polymerised toner it uses has been special-
ly developed for energy-saving performance. Ad-
ditionally, the devices are made of a large volume
of recycled polycarbonate (PC) and polyethylene
terephthalate (PET),and have been designed to be
as compact as possible, thus reducing their physical
footprint and environmental impact.
‘With the new bizhub PRO and PRESS C1060/
C1070 series, we provide an easy path to digital de-
vices for all levels of production printing. We have
listened to our customers and developed suitable
devices for production printing with the ability to
increase profitability and enhance business,’ con-
cluded Leon Minnie, product manager: production
systems at Konica Minolta South Africa.
Konica Minolta South Africa launches bizhub PRO and
PRESS C1060/C1070 series
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