Konica Minolta has launched four new bizhub i-Series A4 black and white, all-in-one and single-function printers, which are aimed at businesses with larger printer fleets.
For businesses with large print fleets, efficiency is often the key when seeking new print devices, whether they are all in one or single-function devices. Businesses want printers that are efficient on energy and ink use – and efficient for use of employees’ time too.
Konica Minolta has been alive to this and has added four new A4 printers to its popular bizhub range aimed at businesses with larger print requirements.
The bizhub 4221i/5021i (all-in-one) and 4201i/5001i (single function) devices offer enhanced usability and deliver improved performance, along with advanced connectivity that includes card reader support, barcode printing, Air Print support and dual scan functionality (all-in-one only).
The all-in-one models boast a large and easy-to-use touch display, a popular and user-friendly feature included on other devices in the bizhub i-Series range.
Print management and new standard features
Increasingly, businesses – especially larger ones with big print fleets – are seeking to track the printing, scanning and copying activities of its workforce, for efficiency and sustainability reasons. This is often achieved through a print management solution, and those that use them benefit from authentication card reader support, which is offered in these models.
The new models can also be integrated with Konica Minolta’s Fleet Remote Monitoring and Management solution (Fleet RMM) to ensure optimised performance and minimal downtime.
In addition, to further broaden the functionality of the printers – and therefore the number of potential customers – barcode printing now comes as standard on Konica Minolta’s new devices. For instance, it means these devices are ideal for logistics operations, with labels able to be printed natively from ERP systems such as SAP.
Mobile printing is also simplified with native Air Print support, which enables users to print directly from their iOS devices without needing additional apps.
Additionally, the bizhub 4221i comes with a dual-scan document feeder, significantly improving scanning speeds for businesses handling large volumes of documents – something that is a consideration in document-heavy sectors such as legal.
Anniversary celebrations
The launch of these new printers comes as Konica Minolta celebrates the 20th anniversary of its bizhub brand. Launched in 2005 as a centralised hub for print, copying, faxing and scanning for the rapidly connecting workplace, Konica Minolta continues to evolve the line-up in the bizhub range to reflect changing demands among customers, for instance, integrating advanced features for efficiency, security and sustainability over the last two decades.
Its versatility has seen the bizhub range support the needs of businesses and organisations of all sizes and types, including schools and colleges, NHS and healthcare providers, financial services, manufacturing, retail and more.
Meeting daily needs
The new bizhub printers are designed to meet daily printing needs of businesses but allied to the oversight and monitoring that cost-conscious customers increasingly demand.
“These new additions to our award winning bizhub range combine speed, convenience and the practicality organisations need, to meet their day-to-day printing and document digitisation needs,” says Michelle Brown, category manager – office at Konica Minolta Business Solutions (UK) Ltd.
“They integrate into the fabric of the organisation, linking with other systems to streamline business processes, as well as management and monitoring systems that help control costs, performance and productivity.”
