Konica Minolta says it will show printers how to tap into new markets at PrintEx, which opens in Sydney next Wednesday. George Fryer, Konica Minolta general manager production sales, says, “PrintEx is a fantastic opportunity to showcase our latest print technologies and solutions, as well as the scope of our consulting services. At this year’s exhibition we will show print providers how they can tap into new markets.” The company says its digital print solutions ‘have an outstanding reputation among customers for their quality of image and for their consistency in production’. And at the exhibition it will offer business owners from commercial printing companies a digital alternative. Fryer says by demonstrating an ‘easy path to digital printing, we can help customers to bridge the gap between offset and digital print technologies’. There will be regular live group demonstrations in the four key print solution zones; web to print (W2P), variable data printing (VDP), print workflow management (PWM), and colour management solution (CMS). The bizhub press range of professional print systems – which includes the bizhub press C1100, C1085, C1070, 1250, C70hc, and a new KIP wide format system – will be exhibited at the PrintEx stand. Fryer says, “Reliability has been the foundation of the Konica Minolta production print systems. This has been proven time and time again with BLI PRO awards being awarded to C1100, 1250, 1052, and 2250P systems over the years. Reliability translates into longer running times, which lead to greater output capacity and increased productivity and profit for print providers.” Konica says the bizhub press range offers low running costs yet provides high productivity, and ‘superb image quality’. Its print speeds, coupled with ORUM (operator replacement unit management), maximise uptime while its ‘accuracy, colour consistency and reliability help print providers work efficiently to meet tight deadlines’. Fryer says, bizhub systems also provide ‘impressive media support’ and flexibility, with the ability to print on stocks of up to 350gsm. “They can now also print on synthetic based media such as polyester and other media. Designed to suit these various media types and accommodate customer demand, operators are able to adjust line speed, temperature in the fixing unit as well as fan control for fuser separation, and air suction media feeding,” Fryer adds. The presses also give printers the option to print banners up to 1.2m, for POS, and book cover production based on sheet size as well as print envelopes, ‘critical for variable printing of direct mail materials’.

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