Konica Minolta has released two new presses the Accurio C6100/C6085, which the company says is for the mid to high volume production print market.
The new printers signal the introduction of the new IQ-501, a fully-automated, closed-loop quality management system, which the Konica Minolta says results in superior colour consistency and accurate front-to-back registration.
Grant Thomas, product marketing manager at Konica Minolta Australia says, “This new press is aimed at primarily commercial printers, in house printing as well as high volume franchises clients where they need a quick turnaround of printed material.
“With the expansion of value-added features and high-level improvements, the new Accurio Press C6100 series is efficient and versatile, while providing high-quality print and reliability to surpass our customers’ expectations.
“The new series also delivers a top-class monthly duty cycle with high yield parts and consumables. Collectively, these innovations have been combined into Konica Minolta’s fastest and most efficient and automated colour press to date.”
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It says this new combination yields a comprehensive, automated process management system that delivers the precise colour and image quality print customers demand, yet with one-touch ease-of-use yields higher productivity and can assist in dramatically reducing set up time and labour costs. Konica Minolta says these print systems have been developed to deliver reliable efficient operation, while producing consistent image and colour quality.
The new Accurio is the successor of the flagship bizhub Press C1100 C1085 series. The Accurio Press C6100 series delivers support on a large range of media types and weights, from 52 up to 400gsm at a maximum rated speed of 100ipm. In addition, envelope print functionality is now available with the advanced envelope fuser. Long sheet capability will be available in early 2018 enabling the printing of duplex long sheet up to 762mm and simplex up to 1200mm long, ideal for producing book covers and folded collateral, creating new opportunities professional print and graphic communications providers.
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Thomas says “These new presses are a toner digital cut sheet, earlier this year we launched inkjet KM1, flagship model in our digital toner cut sheet market.”
Thomas says, “IQ-501 overcomes some of the biggest pain points in digital print production such as time-consuming front-to-back registration, extensive colour set-up and complex paper set-up operations with leading technologies that simplify the process.
“The IQ-501 is a part of the new system. it is a new option for us but will be included in the c6100 system.”
Both systems are available with a paper feed unit that includes the newly designed colour dual scanner which is capable of running at scan speeds of up to 240 ipm, and is equipped with a double-feed detection kit to avoid scanning two sheets at once, avoiding incomplete scanned document files.
Konica Minolta will be hosting reveal launch sessions over the next four to six weeks with the first being held in Sydney next week.
The C6100 is available to purchase as of today.
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