Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. Inc. has released the bizhub C450,
featuring the new bizhub OP Open Platform that the company says will set the
standard for all future Konica Minolta multifunction printers.
“The current market situation is calling for more feature-rich and
cost-effective color MFP products,” said Kevin P. Kerr, vice president of
product planning and development for Ramsey, N.J.-based Konica Minolta.
The bizhub OP open platform includes the bizhub Architecture, Emperon Print
System and the bizhub Open API. The third component of the platform, the bizhub
Open API, will enable control of both the print and scan functions from external
applications, and will be available at the end of 2005, according to the
company.
The internal hard drive is 40GB and the duty cycle is up to 125,000 pages per
month.
The bizhub C450 can scan up to 38 pages per minutes in color and 45 pages per
minute in black and white.
Other features include:
512MB standard memory
HDD overwrite, job erase and user authentication
Multiple advanced finishing options
Network scanning, including scan to mailbox, FTP, URL, HDD, TWAIN and SMB
The C450 is priced at about $17,500 and will be sold through all channels
worldwide, including through resellers.
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