News Article Business Solutions

Langenhagen, May 2007

Konica Minolta is the proud recipient of a BERTL's Best 2007 award in the category 'Best Light Production Monochrome MFP Range with an Outstanding Print Feature Set.' While colour is making the headlines, monochrome still makes up the majority of the world's document production.

The light production monochrome range, encompassing the bizhub PRO 920 and 1050e, was highly praised by BERTL for its usability and image quality. Judges commented on the well laid out user interface from both the desktop and device, good image quality across the board with good fine line detailing, excellent halftone and greyscale reproduction and crisp text down to small point sizes.

It is however, the valuable time saving direct print function and the impressive scope of online document production capabilities, which really wowed both judges and end-users alike.

Olaf Lorenz, General Manager, Product Marketing Division for Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe says: "We are delighted to win this BERTL award, particularly as it is entirely focused on the benefits that our products provide for production printing environments. Whilst much of our efforts have been focused on enhancing our colour bizhub range we have continued to advance the image quality and production speed in monochrome as well. We are constantly striving to use innovation and technology to raise the industry standard and develop the best products for our customers."

BERTL award winners and nominees are selected after rigorous analysis of the hundreds of digital imaging devices, software, and management utilities in the market place. BERTL analyses many factors including print and copy productivity, image quality, accessibility, design and build quality, standard functions and installation to provide the best advice to users and businesses.

About BERTL
BERTL® Inc. is the premier source for objective, independent product-evaluation reports and comparative analyses on digital imaging devices and software. BERTL's evaluation reports, customer satisfaction research, awards and product ratings are undertaken entirely at BERTL's expense for the benefit of its international subscriber base. At all times, BERTL's primary focus is the end user. BERTL publishes the world's largest library of evaluation reports on copiers, printers, MFPs, fax machines and colour production devices. The reports are available in a range of specialized subscription services: Colour at Work®, LabCheck® and Imaging at Work®. Also available is the DataCheck® service, a database of more than 4,000 products covering all major manufacturers.  www.BERTL.com

About Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe
Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH is a leading provider of image information products with subsidiaries and distributors in more than 50 countries in the EMEA region. The company places major emphasis on the document management and solution business in the office and production environment, especially in the field of colour output as well as related supplies. Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe is a subsidiary of Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. With a total workforce of 19,800 employees world wide, Konica Minolta Business Technologies gained a net sales of over 4.42 billion Euros in fiscal 2005/2006. Building on its strong core of optical technologies developed over many years as a printer and camera manufacturer, Konica Minolta Business Technologies aims to be a corporation offering products and services that are essential to all areas of digital imaging. www.konicaminolta.eu

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Contact

Susanne Doepke
Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe
Phone: +49 (0)511-7404-401
Susanne.Doepke(at)konicaminolta.eu

Konica Minolta team
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