PrintIT Reseller - issue 67

01732 759725 EVENTS 24 foray into the high volume toner printing segment. The AccurioPress C14000 prints at 140 pages per minute in A4 and is 40 per cent faster than any other toner-based device from Konica Minolta. A second model in the series, the AccurioPress C12000, provides the same print quality and a similarly fast speed of 120 ppm. The new press is set to fill a gap in the company’s portfolio, sitting between its flagship AccurioJet KM-1 inkjet press which offers a speed of 3,000 sheets per hour and is designed for high quality applications, similar to offset printing and the AccurioPress C6100s series for mid production print. Konica Minolta is setting its sights on this new model which offers a higher print volume and longer duty cycle reaching new commercial print customers requiring high productivity, efficiency of operations and quality for direct mail, brochures and catalogues. Olaf Lorenz, General Manager DX Branding Division at Konica Minolta said: “This is an extremely important global initiative for Konica Minolta, especially significant because we are not currently known for toner-based high production print equipment.” Carbon neutral Sustainability was a key component of the day. Konica Minolta remains committed to developing innovations that bring new values beneficial to the global environment and society, and that also support business growth. It has pledged to achieve an 80 per cent reduction in carbon emissions by 2050 compared to 2006 and has launched the Environmental Digital Platform vision, which aims to extend environmental efforts by digitising the environmental know-how it has offered individually so far. By encouraging many stakeholders to join the platform, Konica Minolta hopes to accumulate and share a wider range of environmental technologies and know-how, thereby drastically reducing environmental impacts throughout society. To this end it showcased bizhub ECO, a service that supports companies in achieving their sustainability targets. bizhub ECO consists of three elements: device settings are optimised for eco- friendliness, deleting blank pages for copy and scan jobs as well as enabling a toner save mode as standard, for example. bizhub ECO also includes carbon offsetting where the total emissions over the lifetime of each device is calculated and then offset through a certified carbon offset project. The third element is a partnership with Treedom. The initiative focuses in particular on helping women to generate their own income and support their families by planting fruit trees in agroforestry systems, a tree is planted for each installation. In line with Konica Minolta’s commitment to sustainability, the ELC 2019 was also carbon neutral. All carbon emissions including all overnight stays and travel activities of all guests and Konica Minolta crew members, meals and drinks, transportation of display items, waste, cleaning of textiles and even exhibition materials will be compensated for. www.konicaminolta.eu Next month’s issue will include an interview with Morgan Leucat, Director Europe WPH at Konica Minolta who spoke to PrintIT Reseller about the value of Workplace Hub for the channel. to assemble boxes pre-printed on the AccurioJet KM-1 inkjet press using the optical, head-mounted augmented reality device to guide them through the process, then to literally bring that packaging to life with its augmented reality app, genARate. With genARate, it’s possible to overlay video, animations or 3D models onto printed materials to create rich media communications. Rethinking service Another workstation was set up to showcase how partners can radically change the way they service machines in field. Smart glasses technology enables technicians to remotely connect to a customers’ device via both video and audio, to take a photo of the setting, annotate to pinpoint the exact area where the issue is occurring and then to guide whomever is onsite how to fix the problem. Not only is it a great tool to offer customers who can be coached to fix minor problems in real-time without having to wait for an engineer to attend, but it can also be utilised by engineers in the field for training purposes or for instances when they need to confer with a colleague for a second opinion. The value-add for partners – improved customer satisfaction with faster time to fix, enabling engineers to get to customers who really need onsite presence faster, lower cost to service, reduced travel costs and fewer carbon emissions. Early reveal One of the show’s highlights was the early reveal of the new AccurioPress C14000 series – the company’s first In line with Konica Minolta’s commitment to sustainability, the ELC 2019 was also carbon neutral ...continued Keiji Okamoto