Konica Minolta wins the prestigious A3 MFP
Line of the Year Award for Third Year in a Row
SINGAPORE, Feb. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/
- Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc. has won Buyers
Laboratory LLC’s (BLI’s) most coveted award
- A3 MFP (Multi-function Printers) Line
of the Year Award for the third consecutive year. In the 26-year
history of the award, Konica Minolta is one of the only two brands
to win the award three years in a row, and it sets the precedence
as the only brand to do so in the past decade.
Once each year, Buyers Lab, the world’s leading independent
provider of analytical information and service to the digital
imaging and document management industry, awards brands whose
product lines are determined to be the best overall in their
respective categories based on the cumulative results of models
tested in BLI’s rigorous two-month laboratory
evaluation.
Based on a range of criteria, such as reliability, image
quality, ease of use and productivity, Konica Minolta’s
MFP line tops BLI’s
tests as the MFP line that delivers the best
value and performance. The breadth of the brand’s line and its
ability to provide quality products suitable for a variety of
customer needs, from low-volume to high-volume, are also taken into
account.
Konica Minolta’s lineup of A3 MFPs includes 12 products – more
than any other companies – that have earned Pick awards – which are
awards that give special recognition to the hardware and software
products that provide the most outstanding performance in
BLI’s unique evaluations twice a year. In
addition, 14 products have received Highly Recommended ratings.
“We are extremely honoured to receive this prestigious award for
the third consecutive year. Innovation stands at the core of our
business and we are committed to investing in research and
development to strengthen the bizhub product line even further in
2013,” said Jonathan Yeo, General Manager, Konica Minolta Business
Solutions Asia Pte Ltd.
He added, “We have strong confidence in our products and we
thank our customers for their faith in us. They can continue to
count on us for office products with award-winning technology,
smart document management solutions and top-notch customer
service.”
BLI recognizes Konica Minolta as being
ahead of its competition, in the areas below:
High Performances in Colour and Black Printing
Konica Minolta received five individual “Picks” for its business
colour products, ranging in speed from 36 to 75 ppm, and seven
“Picks” on the monochrome side ranging in speed from 22 ppm to 75
ppm.
In addition to high productivity across the product line, the
quality of its colour print is lauded, along with the product
line’s consistent output from start to finish. The MFPs also garner
high marks for both business graphics and photographic images. In
addition, the scan speeds for all 12 “Pick” winners are the fastest
or among the fastest for both single-sided and double-sided scans.
Moreover, modular finishing options enable users to easily upgrade
as their needs evolve.
Innovation
Konica Minolta’s relentless dedication to innovation makes the
brand stand out from the rest of its competition. It is the first
manufacturer to offer biometric authentication on its MFP, and its My Tab for print driver customization is an
award-winning technology in itself.
Another key innovation that impressed the BLI panel is its new control panel interface. The 9-inch
electrostatic display screen features the flick and drag function,
which is common in today’s smart devices. In addition, the
intelligent and intuitive screen automatically wakes up from
energy-save or sleep mode when it detects a user approaching the
panel. It also allows users to choose from three different control
panel interfaces, and gives them the option of choosing between a
touch-sensitive or hard-key numeric keypad.
Last but not least, enhancing the product line is bizhub
Extended Solution Technology (bEST), which enables integration of
Konica Minolta devices with a range of software applications to
help automate and streamline workflow and control costs.
Current Lineup
Konica Minolta’s currently available A3 business colour “Pick”
winners include the bizhub C364; bizhub
C454; bizhub C554;
bizhub C654; and bizhub C754. Its currently available A3 monochrome “Pick”
winners include the bizhub 223; bizhub 283; bizhub 363; bizhub 423;
bizhub 552; bizhub 652; and bizhub 751. Additional models in Konica
Minolta’s A3 lineup include the Recommended bizhub 215, and the
Highly Recommended bizhub C224 and bizhub
C284.
Konica Minolta Business Solutions Asia
Konica Minolta Business Solutions, a leading company in advanced
document management technologies and Managed IT Services for the
desktop to the print shop, brings together unparalleled advances in
security, print quality and network integration via its
award-winning line of bizhub® multifunction products (MFPs); bizhub
PRESS and bizhub PRO production print systems; magicolor® color
printers; and pagepro® monochrome printers. Konica Minolta also
offers software solutions and optimised print services to reduce
document output cost, improve productivity and optimise office
environment, backed by impeccable service and support team.
Konica Minolta adopts a proactive effort in reducing global
environmental impact through its green product lifecycle.
In line with its core message “Giving Shape to Ideas”, Konica
Minolta endeavours to respond to its customers’ needs across the
world with relentless creativity, innovation and advance
technology.
Konica Minolta is a registered trademark of Konica Minolta
Holdings, Inc. bizhub is a registered trademark of Konica Minolta
Business Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned in this
document are the property of their respective owners.
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