Konica Minolta bizhub PRESS 1250 was announced as the winner of the 2014 Buyers Laboratory LLC (BLI) PRO Award for "Outstanding Monochrome Light- to Mid-Volume Production Device" on 18 November 2013.
BLI, the world's leading independent tester of document imaging products, has generated tens of millions of impressions on production devices from the leading vendors over several years. BLI's production tests reveal the attributes that distinguish the most outstanding performers in a challenging evaluation covering productivity, image quality, media handling, ease of use and more.
Based on BLI's report, the Konica Minolta bizhub PRESS 1250 is the only model in its class to have earned BLI's 5-star rating for productivity. "The bizhub PRESS 1250 is a true production workhorse," said David Sweetnam, head of BLI's European Research and Lab Services. "Its throughput speeds were among the fastest tested to date on heavy-grade stocks and better than those of competitors with A3 and SRA3 media. It also handled mixed-media workflows well and experienced virtually no drop-off in rated speed when running sub-set stapling and perfect bindery jobs."
"The bizhub PRESS 1250's outstanding productivity and media handling, along with the wealth of feedback it provides, ensure that jobs will not only get done quickly, but with minimal interruptions," added Sweetnam. "Plus, a new tandem print ability further boosts productivity by allowing a job to be split across two devices."
"We are pleased and honoured to receive this award," said Jonathan Yeo, General Manager, Regional Headquarters, Konica Minolta Business Solutions Asia Pte.
He added, "Konica Minolta understands speed and flexibility are keys to business performance. Our digital production printing systems and solutions are designed to help move our customers' business forward."
Highly customizable from base to full configuration, the bizhub PRESS 1250 can be tailored to the specific needs of various environments. The control panel is easy to master, and provides detailed information on device status, consumables and paper levels, RIP resources and the job queue. Unlike some competitors' machines, the custom media catalog is fully integrated with the print driver. Another plus for operators is the Scheduler feature, which uses colour coding to indicate to operators when certain paper types need to be replenished.
Konica Minolta's bizhub PRESS 1250 possesses unrivaled productivity and is the ideal production printer for organizations looking to optimize their productive capability, while being kind to the environment.
Konica Minolta Business Solutions Asia
Konica Minolta Business Solutions, a leading company in advanced document management technologies and solutions 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(R) multifunction products (MFPs); bizhub PRESS(R) and bizhub PRO(R) production print systems; magicolor(R) color printers; and pagepro(R) 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.
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