Bizhub Pro 1051 utilises LED printer head

Konica Minolta Business Solutions (UK) has launched the Bizhub Pro 1051 mono production print system, which uses a light emitting diode (LED) printer head.

The Bizhub Pro 1051 mono production print system is claimed to provide 6,300 impressions an hour (105 prints per minute), with a maximum duty cycle of two million prints a month.

The system's LED printer head means it requires fewer moving parts than a laser print head and is more reliable, according to Konica Minolta.

The LED printing process is said to be less complex and more precise, offering screening and exposure quality.

In addition, the Linux-based high-performance RIP embedded with the Bizhub Pro 1051 uses screening technology with a tone curve utility for customised adjustment of tone curves and screening.

Substrate usage is said to range from 40-350gsm.

Konica Minolta added that its Bizhub Pro systems are designed to meet the print industry's preferred bleed size for media of SRA3 (320 x 450mm).

This allows full-size A3 documents with trim marks and A4 booklets to be trimmed to size.

Maximum paper capacity is 14,000 sheets from eight sources.

For online finishing the Bizhub Pro 1051 offers a range of modular options with combinations of folding, punching, booklet making, perfect binding and staple finishing all supported.

Also available is a punch unit for GBC-style binding that includes the availability of customer-replaceable die sets for plastic comb, velo bind, wire bind, and so on.

Large-capacity trolley stacking units are available for off-line finishing.

The company claimed that as the Bizhub Pro 1051 staples and punches at the full rated speed of 6,300 impressions an hour there is no loss of speed for producing finished documents as against sheet production.

It added that the system conforms to the guidelines of the International Energy Star Programme for reduced energy consumption and improved efficiency.

In addition the system uses Konica Minolta's Simitri HD Polymerised Toner with smaller, smoother, more uniform toner particles for fusing at lower temperatures.

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