News Article Business Solutions

Langenhagen, 20 August 2007

Konica Minolta’s magicolor 5550 received the Spring 2007 “Pick of the Year” award from the independent Buyers’ Lab (BLI), winning the accolade “Outstanding Mid-Size Workgroup Color Printer”. The BLI commended the positive overall performance of the magicolor 5550, assessed during two months of laboratory testing. The independent authority awarded top marks for the diverse feature set, performance and high efficiency of the machine.

The impressive magicolor 5550 from Konica Minolta is a high-performance colour laser printer for office use. It is a valuable piece of equipment, capable of producing 31 monochrome pages and 27 colour pages every minute. The BLI rated the monochrome printouts “very good” and the colour printouts “good”. Thanks to the integrated Emperon Controller, the device is suitable for use in almost every environment. It is compatible with all major printing languages, operating systems and applications.

“One feature by which we were particularly impressed is the magicolor 5550’s USB port on the control panel, where you can connect a PictBridge-compatible digital camera or a USB thumb drive”, says Tony Maceri, a Senior Test Technician at BLI. “You can use this to print pictures quickly and conveniently.” The testers assessed the image quality of colour pictures as “good” and the productivity in both modes as “very good”.

The Spring 2007 BLI “Pick of the Year” award highlighted the excellent ease of use. The testers gave this assessment because of the well-designed control panel and the simple installation and setup procedure. The magicolor 5550 is supplied with the consumables already installed, which, in conjunction with the automatic software installation, reduces setup time considerably. The printer is therefore ready for use within the shortest possible time.

The magicolor 5550's extremely economical use of consumables makes it even more attractive – and cost-effective. In toner saving mode, the amount of toner used can be reduced by up to half without notably comprising print quality. Simitri HD polymer toner has a low melting point, which also saves energy and helps to prevent paper jams.

On top of the excellent individual features, the testers were also impressed by the “stamina” of the printer. The magicolor 5550 printed 60,000 pages as part of the durability test with no malfunctions or misfeeds whatsoever.

“We are proud that the BLI has named our magicolor 5550 “Pick of the Year”. This just goes to show that we are on the right track with our initiative to offer innovative, customer-driven and user-friendly machines, and can please even the most demanding of critics,“ says Carlos Baart, Manager of Corporate Communications at Konica Minolta.

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Contact:

Carlos Baart
Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe
Phone: +49 (0)511 7404-324
Carlos.Baart(at)konicaminolta.eu

Konica Minolta team
Pleon GmbH
Phone: +49 (0)711 210 99-416
Claudia.Bitzer(at)pleon.com