Newest Production Print System Combines High-Quality Output and Professional Reliability for Enhanced Overall Productivity

Chicago - GRAPH EXPO 2011 - Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta), a leading provider of advanced imaging and networking technologies for the desktop to the print shop, today announced that the bizhub PRO C6000L, Konica Minolta's newest color production print system that brings high-quality, cost-effective performance to corporate and light production environments, will be highlighted at GRAPH EXPO 2011.  Building upon the technology of the award-winning bizhub PRO family of production print systems, the bizhub PRO C6000L promises superior color quality and advanced productivity while maintaining the affordability that keeps costs down.

With fast 60 pages per minute (ppm) output speeds for color and black and white, a monthly duty cycle of up to 280,000 pages and 1200dpi resolution, the bizhub PRO C6000L is a purpose-built professional design that enables in-house printing without compromising quality or reliability.  A variety of scalable finishing options enable affordable printing of a variety of short-run print jobs including full-color reports and presentations, booklets, brochures and direct-mail flyers with variable data capabilities.  The Konica Minolta IC-601 Internal Print Controller is custom-designed to be a perfect fit for the bizhub PRO C6000L. Its Job Centro user interface displays job lists and job history information, allowing fast and easy editing of individual pages as well as job tickets. The Color Centro gives you a powerful utility to manage color settings uniquely designed for production needs in a variety of high-demand environments.

"The bizhub PRO C6000L successfully brings digital color, lower total cost of ownership and increased output functionality to commercial printers and in-house production environments that are looking to expand their capabilities without increasing their overall spending," said Kevin Kern, Senior Vice President, Marketing, Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc.  "Konica Minolta's production print systems continue to address the rising needs in corporate and commercial settings so print professionals can count on Konica Minolta to help businesses realize overall quality and productivity improvements."

Konica Minolta's exclusive Simitri HD color polymerized toner uses biomass, an organic resource that reduces environmental impact compared to conventional toner.  It leverages smaller, more uniform particles to reproduce ultra-fine image detail. Another advantage of Simitri HD color polymerized toner is its thinner core shell structure, requiring a lower fusing temperature than conventional toner particles.  This allows print professionals to achieve faster print processing speed and increased image stability, a major benefit for production jobs demanding heavy paper stock. The bizhub PRO C6000L also incorporates an advanced Screen-Enhancing Active Digital Processing (SEAD-II) system, with real-time color sensors that automatically maintain superior stability throughout a print run.