Konica Minolta has enhanced its monochrome portfolio of digital print solutions with the new AccurioPress 7136 series. The next generation presses have been developed to help commercial printers, print-for-pay services and central in-house printing facilities expand their business and improve their operational efficiency. The new series will be available from September.
Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe has elevated monochrome digital print production with the launch of the AccurioPress 7136 series. The successor to the AccurioPress 6136 series incorporates 20 years of proven technology offers increased operational efficiency through improved automation and greater production flexibility with A3 and other varied types of paper. It is designed to help mid-sized commercial printers and educational CRDs rethink their operations and ignite new possibilities to expand their business offering.
The versatile and responsive cost-effective series consists of three models: AccurioPress 7136, AccurioPress 7136P and AccurioPress 7120. Each of the highly productive solutions enhances job capacity, reliability, and flexibility. They enable operations to broaden their application possibilities.
Ines Wennemann, Senior Product Manager Professional Printing, Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe, said: “Konica Minolta continues its pioneering industry approach and drive to ignite new possibilities for customers with this latest evolution of its next generation series of monochrome products. Built on the successful AccurioPress 6136 series, it is focused on delivering high performance print quality, production speeds, and application versatility that responds to evermore demanding market needs.”
Like its predecessor, the Konica Minolta AccurioPress 7136 series can produce a monthly peak volume of up to 3.24 million A4 pages. It also offers the highest media flexibility in its class and enables print providers to create more business opportunities by handling a wide range of essential digital printing applications. Media flexibility, providing ultimate performance for the user, is enabled by the intelligent paper catalogue and optional envelop fuser. It provides the biggest choice of media types in the market including coated and embossed paper from 40gsm up to 350 gsm.
Input time is eliminated, and any errors are reduced by the optional IQ-501. It delivers automatic and real-time density and registration adjustment and creates printer profiles with skill-less operation. Curl adjustment is managed via RU-518m.
High quality output, even without skilled expertise, is supported by 220 paper profiles pre-uploaded which help reduce errors and improve print quality.
Responsible and sustainable operation is assured by the achievement of the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool gold rating. The Konica Minolta AccurioPress 7136 series has also cleared Typical Energy Consumption (TEC) values for version 3.2 of the international ENERGY STAR Program by a substantial margin.
Seamless operation runnability and every day efficiency is enabled by OpenAPI that provides high scalability between Konica Minolta production printing devices, AccurioPro workflows and third-party solutions. User friendly, scalable and flexible print flow systems that automate and optimizes a company’s entire print workflow is delivered by AcurrioPro Flux while AccurioPro Dashboard securely and accurately collects, aggregates and analyses data. Accounting, authentication, or scan routing such as YSoft Safe Q and Nuance eCopy Sharescan are supported. A unified User Interface and remote panel operation help smooth set up while operations can be flexibly controlled with a mobile device. Konica Minolta’s IWS (Internal Web Server) also allows the User Interface to be customised based on operator requirements while IM-101 and ICCU expand automation capabilities and reduce the need for skilled operators.
The highest finishing flexibility in its class is enabled by 728 different configuration possibilities. These choices include Konica Minolta own-developed finishing such as the innovative inline trimming unit TU-510 that saves valuable operator time and reduces the cost of manual labour. It can slit and trim everything from small business cards to SRA 3 sheets. Its IQ-501 Intelligent Quality Care unit ensure consistency and registration accuracy for every printed sheet. Konica Minolta has also established partnerships with companies such as GBC and Plockmatic.
Ms Wennemann adds: “Efficient operation that minimises waste and maximises production times enables commercial printers and CRDs to ensure they are running as smoothly and profitably as possible. IQ-501 aids consistent production of perfect print while intelligent workflows can be effortlessly created. The print production process is then completed responsively by a versatile choice of high-quality finishing equipment.”
