Colour Document Imaging Controls Security

Konica Minolta Business Solutions UK has launched the Bizhub C450 in the latest addition to its range of colour document imaging systems.

Konica Minolta Business Solutions UK has launched the Bizhub C450 in the latest addition to its range of colour document imaging systems.

The Bizhub C450 is a replacement for monochrome and colour printers and copiers with its claimed copy and print speed of 45 pages per minute for mono and 35 prints per minute colour speed.

The Bizhub C450 is said to blend the ability to digitally share and distribute mono or colour documents with the ability to control security.

With the debut of the Bizhub C450, Konica Minolta is also introducing its new Bizhub OP open platform, setting the standard for all future Konica Minolta multifunctional systems, added the company.

Bizhub OP was developed by Konica Minolta to bring a new level of performance and reliability to the office multi-functional imaging system by delivering a common user experience, increased manageability, superior print performance, improved scanning functionality and enhanced security.

The three major components of Bizhub OP are the Bizhub architecture, the Emperon Print System and Bizhub Open API.

The Bizhub architecture is said to remove the need for separate functional boards through the utilisation of common system software that drives all functions - copy, print, scan and fax.

The new architecture also eliminates hardware-based functions and shares the device's CPU and memory for a seamless user experience.

Developed by Konica Minolta Business Solutions in collaboration with Konica Minolta Printing Solutions, the Emperon Print System brings together those companies' best technologies to deliver high performance and high value said the company.

The Emperon Print System provides Bizhub C450 customers with total integration of their document output management with a consistent user interface and functions across future Konica Minolta products.

In addition, the Bizhub Open API (available at the end of 2005) will enable control of both the print and scan functions from external applications, it is claimed.

Bizhub C450 offers PCL5c/PCL6/PS3 emulation, networking, 38 originals-per-minute (opm) colour and mono scanning, a 40GB hard disk drive, hard disk and user box functions, 256 gsm from all paper trays with automatic duplexing and reversing automatic document feeder, as standard.

It also comes with Konica Minolta's Simitri colour polymerised toner, user authentication, and network management tools through the Pagescope software suite.

It is said to feature 256 levels of greyscale per pixel, 600 dots per inch (dpi) x 600dpi copy resolution and 600dpi x 1,800dpi enhanced print resolution, the Bizhub C450 produces clear text, sharp edges and consistent colour.

The Simitri toner, which maintains the uniformity of the toner particles for more even distribution, provides better halftone definition and better solid fills.

For graphic-intense environments, an IC-402 image controller (EFI) with PostScript 3 support, graphic arts functions (auto trapping, hot folders and standard spot-on colour matching), EFI Impose, EFI Densitometer, Colourwise Pro Tools and the EFI Colour Profiler Kit are available options, added the company.

Because document security and the way documents are handled and managed have become increasingly important, the Bizhub C450 supports hard disk drive overwrite and job erase, which automatically overwrites the hard disk drive after each job.

In addition, the Bizhub C450 offers user authentication with NDS capability to protect a user job by prohibiting its modification or deletion.

With user authentication, it is also possible to enable or disable each user's access to the device based on function - copy, print, scan, fax and hold job control, said Konica Minolta.

Bizhub C450 has a new FS-603 booklet finisher, with sorting, stapling and saddle stitching, as well as two and three-hole punching capabilities, all of which enable users to create up to 60-page booklets.

The new FS-507 staple finisher features sort, group, corner staple and two and three-hole punching functionality, added the company.

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