Kyocera Australia is exhibiting for the first time at PacPrint, bringing a ‘game-changing’ affordable and sustainable inkjet solution – plus a full team of sales, product and technical specialists – to the Melbourne show. Kyocera is already well-known in this part of the world for its MFP solutions, which have earned it a high market share in the government and corporate printing markets. Now, the company is taking the opportunity to showcase its commercial production solutions at the tradeshow.

Kyocera national sales specialist Skipp Humphreys said the company’s showcase will centre on the new TASKalfa Pro 15000c press, a revolutionary system which reflects the company’s wealth of experience in cut-sheet and roll-fed inkjet printing.

“The TASKalfa Pro 15000c uses patented inkjet head technology which has been proven in use on many other systems from a range of manufacturers and ticks all the boxes when it comes to productivity and quality – producing up to one million A4 impressions a month, or more than 150 A4 impressions a minute, at 600dpi,” he said.

“The TASKalfa Pro 15000c is a unique inkjet solution which fills a real gap in the production printing market by providing a cost-effective, full-colour printing solution for short-run, cut-sheet applications on uncoated stocks. This makes it ideal for a wide range of applications, like short-run transactional print, small scale publishing runs, exams and manuals, forms and direct mail; where versatility, cost-effectiveness and sustainability are key – and where coated stocks or ultra-high resolution are redundant,” Kyocera Australasia head of marketing and strategy Mark Vella said.

Humphreys said the TASKalfa Pro 15000c is a ‘game changer’ because it has been designed to allow printers to meet a wide range of demands and profit from this type of work.

“This cut sheet inkjet printing solution is ideal for everyone from small to medium sized mailing houses and publishers; corporates, Skipp Humphreys at the installation of another TASKalfa Pro 15000c in Australia The TASKalfa Pro 15000c press is a revolutionary system that reflects Kyocera’s wealth of experience in inkjet head printing Kyocera to bring accessible, sustainable inkjet to PacPrint PACPRINT PREVIEW schools and universities; and printers who may either be looking to complement existing digital presses or eliminate the need for overprinting of offset shells,” Humphreys said.

“Most importantly, Kyocera provides a choice at installation of an ‘ink-in’ or ‘ink-out’ pricing model. Typical digital models have set, all-inclusive cost-per-impression for SRA3 or A4 sheets, which includes parts, service and ink – what we call the ‘ink-in’ model. Where Kyocera differs is that users can opt to leave ‘ink-out’ of this initial cost calculation, paying a very small base rate per impression to which the actual cost of the ink used for the job is added.

“Particularly for businesses which produce a lot of work with low ink coverage, this can save up to 50 per cent on impression costs for the customer, and give the print service provider a competitive pricing advantage while ensuring healthy profit margins.”

Humphreys also said the TASKalfa Pro 15000c meets sustainability criteria, making it a press for the future.

“Kyocera is very conscious of the need to maximise sustainability for the long-term future of our planet. These machines have been designed to minimise power consumption and deliver exceptional energy efficiency for their speed through features like achieving an ambient ink drying temperature of only 65 degrees celsius,” he said.

Another huge advantage the TASKalfa Pro 15000c offers is the ability to plug in to a standard, 10amp power point.

“That’s gold in a corporate environment, in-house print facility or even many multi-purpose office/warehouse developments which simply don’t have access to enough three-phase power and may have limited capacity. Print specialists and organisations have the chance to optimise their processes with this investment. With the ability to handle stocks from A6 to SRA3, envelopes such as DLX and C4, and versatile configurations to suit user requirements, the TASKalfa Pro 15000c is an impressive solution!” Humphreys said.

The TASKalfa Pro 15000c will be demonstrated live on Stand G32 at PacPrint.

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