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Langenhagen, Germany, August 2009

Konica Minolta has received one of the BERTL’s Best Awards for its magicolor 1690MF. The colour laser printer was recognised as outstanding by the independent office equipment testing lab in the “Occasional Color A4 Desktop MFP” category. The magicolor 1690MF offers high print quality with multifunctional print, copy, scan and fax abilities in one small package.

After extensive tests over the last few months, BERTL has recognised the Konica Minolta magicolor 1690MF as the 2009 BERTL’s Best in “Best Occasional Color A4 Desktop MFP” thanks to several of its outstanding features. BERTL analysts were impressed by the magicolor 1690MF’s very high quality images and text while maintaining the device’s rated speed. Konica Minolta’s Simitri HD polymerised toner – responsible for the multifunctional desktop system’s outstanding print quality – and the appearance of halftone photos, graphics and large-type letters also made an impression on the BERTL testers. They also found that the toner’s smaller sized and more consistent particles produce the highest quality images. In addition, BERTL analysts highlighted the magicolor 1690MF’s excellent print, copy, scan and fax functionality – all in one small package.

The Konica Minolta multifunctional desktop system is a perfect communication wizard for home offices and small businesses. It features a standard automatic document feeder which facilitates the handling of originals. With a speed of 5 colour or 20 monochrome pages per minute, the magicolor 1690MF is the perfect solution for diverse everyday document production and office communications. Thanks to its compact design and small footprint, the smart colour device is ideal in any office environment with limited space. While the integrated Simitri HD polymerised toner ensures brilliant image quality, the toner save mode reduces toner consumption and cuts costs when making test prints, for instance.

“Magicolor 1690MF receiving the BERTL’s Best 2009 award in the category “Best Occasional A4 Desktop MFP” really underlines our leading role in multifunctional desktop products,” says Christina Stubinski, Product Manager Printer at Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe. “It is also recognition for our successful efforts to offer a desktop system that combines excellent multifunctional capabilities with high print quality and economical operation.”

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About Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe:

Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH, based in Langenhagen, Germany, is a subsidiary of Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., Tokyo, Japan. The company distributes products, systems and solutions that fulfil all the requirements of office and production printing. Its product range extends from colour and monochrome multifunctional and production printing systems, laser printers and all-in-ones to modern software that integrates devices seamlessly into work processes and IT environments. To support customers such as printing and industrial companies optimally with powerful and sustainable solutions, technology leader Konica Minolta invests continuously in research and development work and regularly sets new standards for the entire printing industry.

Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe is represented by subsidiaries and distributors in more than 50 countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). With 22,500 employees around the world, Konica Minolta Business Technologies earned net sales of over EUR 4.3 billion in fiscal year 2008/09.

 

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