Konica Minolta has rounded out its range of production presses with the launch of its latest mid-range devices, the AccurioPress C10500 series, following on from the flagship C14010 series earlier this year.
This latest C10500-series builds on the C14010 models, sharing some of the same features, which I have already explained in greater detail. This includes having an additional printer, the C10500S, with a fifth toner station. For now, that mainly means white; however, Konica Minolta has previously said that it will look into introducing metallic toners.
The new models are also compatible with the IQ-601 print quality module, which uses a spectrophotometer for improved color management. Konica Minolta will also offer its IM-104 media sensor, which is used for automatically setting up the substrates. However, unlike the C14010 presses, these units are only offered as optional extras.
The new models should produce the same image quality as the flagship models, having the same imaging system with 2400 x 3600 dpi resolution. They use the same Simitri V toner.
Both these models will produce up to 105 A4 pages per minute, or up to 57ppm for SRA3 sheets. They can handle a peak volume of up to 1.8 million A4 images and should be good for 52.5 million A4 pages in total, or around seven years of operation.
They can handle sheets up to 330.2 x 487.7 mm. They also feature a banner mode, for sheets up to 330.2mm wide and with a maximum length of 900mm for duplexing, or 1300 mm for simplex. They take papers from 52 to 450 gsm in weight. There are a number of different paper trays available, with the presses able to take a maximum of ten paper trays and to hold up to 14,140 sheets for unattended printing.
There’s a choice of front ends, including two Fiery servers. This includes the IC323, with an Intel Xeon chip and 32 GB RAM, and the more basic IC322, with an i5 chip and 16 GB RAM. There’s also the IC320 from Creo, which sits in between the two Fierys and uses an Intel i7 with 20 GB RAM for the C10500 and 24 GB RAM for the C10500S. Konica Minolta also offers its own internal controller, the IC614, which is based on Linux and uses an i7 chip with 32 GB RAM.
Naturally, the new presses are also compatible with all the standard finishing options available for Konica Minolta’s production print range, including the Plockmatic booklet making unit and the GBC Punch and Binding modules.
This new series does seem to suggest some confusion within Konica Minolta. On the one hand, it is sensible to offer a cheaper, slower model based on the new C14010-series platform so that a greater range of customers can take advantage of its improved features. Then again, it is only a month since Konica Minolta introduced the C7100 Enhanced model, which has a very similar print speed and would appear to be aimed at the same market space.
Nonetheless, all these models should be available now, and readers can find further information on them from konicaminolta.eu.Â
