News Article Business Solutions

Langenhagen, Germany, July 2008

With its new bizhub C200, Konica Minolta has launched an entry-level colour multifunctional product (MFP) tailored to small and mid-sized offices. Equipped with all essential features and functions of a device of its class the bizhub C200 provides unique ease of use, a major benefit in particular to first-time users. In terms of quality and media flexibility, the new colour MFP does not take second place to another bizhub of the line-up. Exceptional is its low energy consumption falling below the new Energy Star requirements and enabling its users to cut down costs.

 

“Colour for everyone – this is the new bizhub C200 in a nutshell”, says Karsten Wiebking, Product Manager of Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe. “With this MFP Konica Minolta offers a real entry-level device, without cutting back on essential functions or ease of use. More to the contrary: the bizhub C200 impresses with a clear focus on the task at hand, thus allowing newcomers to these devices to take full advantage of all its functions without further ado.”

The bizhub C200 is indeed an ideal choice for small to mid-sized offices looking to replace their monochrome device and to go colour for the first time. All daily office needs are very well catered for: there is a copy and print speed of 20 pages per minute, both in colour and black and white, scan-to-e-mail as standard, optional analogue and even PC fax function. Copying, whether in colour, black and white or with mixed originals is fully automatic, thus preventing any confusion on the user’s side: the bizhub determines the correct paper tray, paper size and provides Auto Colour Selection which is particularly useful with mixed originals.

For its exceptional media flexibility the entry-level bizhub deserves high scores: users wishing to produce on card, envelopes or labels may conveniently do so without thinking twice, as a wide range of special media can be processed. Media quality of up to 256 g/m2 and paper sizes from A6 to A3+ as well as any customised format in between are standard fare for the bizhub C200. The paper capacity ranges from the standard tray’s capacity of 250 sheets to 3,350 sheets optional maximum.

Besides being a simple and straightforward machine to use, the bizhub C200 is also an environmentally sound decision – for several reasons: working with Konica Minolta’s proprietary Simitri HD high definition polymerised toner requires considerably lower fusing temperatures than conventional toner. Besides high media flexibility this entails a low energy consumption which is testified by the Energy Star and German Blue Angel award, both of which the device has earned. The bizhub C200’s energy consumption even falls below the standards of the Energy Star by 40 percent. For users, this definitely pays off monetarily, too.

Both as a network or as a stand-alone device, the bizhub C200 proves its qualities and ease-of-use. Thanks to the embedded Emperon controller, the new bizhub makes colour printing available to anyone in a network. Offering a choice of 10Base-T/100Base-TX and high-speed USB 2.0 connecting the bizhub is not rocket science. When used as a network device features such as cost monitoring of document production and document security play a major role. The secure print option requires users to enter a password at the bizhub’s user panel so that confidential information can be trusted to remain where it belongs.

“With this reasonably priced entry-level bizhub, less is definitely more. Since we concentrate on the essentials, we can offer our customers the best of everything: This means user comfort, straightforward operation and streamlined colour and black and white output. Our customers get the Konica Minolta ‘Skills to Win’ tailored to their needs,” concludes Karsten Wiebking.

 

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Contact:

 

Katrin Frärks

Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe

Phone: +49 (0)511 7404-655

katrin.fraerks(at)konicaminolta.eu

 

Claudia Bitzer

Pleon GmbH

Phone: +49 (0)711 210 99-416

konicaminoltateam(at)pleon.com