Enhanced digital print capabilities delivered by new AccurioPress 7136 series
Print Solutions
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 successor to the AccurioPress 6136 series incorporates 20 years of proven technology and 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.
Malcolm Smith, category manager – professional print at Konica Minolta Business Solutions (UK), commented: ‘Konica Minolta continues its pioneering industry approach and drive to ignite new possibilities for customers with this latest evolution of our next generation series of monochrome products. Built upon 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 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 companies to create more business opportunities by handling a wide range of essential digital printing applications. Media flexibility and providing ultimate performance for the user is enabled by the intelligent paper catalogue and optional envelop fuser. It handles a wide choice of media types including coated and embossed paper from 40 up to 350 g/m2.
Input time is eliminated, and any errors are reduced by the optional IQ-501 Intelligent Quality Optimizer, which delivers automatic and real time density and registration adjustment and creates printer profiles with skill-less operation. Curl adjustment is managed via the RU-518m Relay Unit.
High quality output, even without skilled expertise, is supported by 220 pre-uploaded paper profiles 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 programme 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 optimise a company’s entire print workflow are delivered by AcurrioPro Flux, whilst 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, whilst operations can be flexibly controlled with a mobile device. The IWS (internal web server) also allows the user interface to be customised based on operator requirements while the IM-101 Intelligent Media Sensor and Integrated Colour Care Unit (ICCU) expand automation capabilities and reduce the need for skilled operators.
High finishing flexibility is enabled by 728 different configuration possibilities. These choices include Konica Minolta’s own developed finishing such as the innovative TU-510 in line trimming unit, which 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 ensures consistency and registration accuracy for every printed sheet. Konica Minolta has also established partnerships with companies such as GBC and Plockmatic.
Malcolm added, ‘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.’
