Basildon UK, 8 January 2006
Konica Minolta Business Solutions (UK) Ltd has launched the bizhub PRO 1050e with enhanced finishing options including the new PB-501 perfect binder unit. The introduction of the PB-501 means that the bizhub PRO 1050e can now output stitched or perfect bound A4 trimmed booklets with covers at the machine’s full rated production speed of 6,300 impressions an hour, ensuring high-productivity for reprographic departments and generating profit for commercial printers.

The PB-501 integrates hotmelt gluing technology into a fully automated, perfect binding production process providing output flexibility paired with attractive low running costs. Hotmelt gluing guarantees outstanding reliability for perfect binding. Even in books of several hundred pages, each individual sheet is bound so securely that manuals, handbooks, reports and so on will still hold firm after constant use. At the same time, the hotmelt process is extremely flexible, enabling automatic production of books with varying thickness.

Sheets can be bound between a minimum of 15 sheets (30 pages) and up to a maximum 30mm spine width (300 sheets/600 pages when 80 gsm is used), including z-folded sheets. Automatic in-line trimming of covers to the exact size required ensures sophisticated print products every time. As no additional trimming is required, this allows the bizhub PRO 1050e to print and perfect bind documents at the system’s full rated speed of 6,300 impressions an hour.

The bizhub PRO 1050e produces 105 A4 prints per minute and is designed as a complete document production system with optional on-line print finishing units for six-way folding, booklet making and post inserting. The bizhub PRO 1050e can print variable data onto substrates up to SRA3 (320 by 450mm) in size. Output can be onto substrates up to 300 gsm thick for simplex print or 244 gsm for duplex output. The bizhub PRO 1050 has been specifically designed for high productivity with a steel chassis to keep it stable for average monthly volumes of 300,000 to 500,000 A4 sheets and up to a maximum of 1.5 million.

Commenting on the bizhub PRO 1050e launch, Jos Kelly, Head of Production Print for Konica Minolta said, “As the enhanced version of our ground breaking bizhub PRO 1050, the new bizhub PRO 1050e is available in five new configurations. These include the PB-501 perfect binder unit which offers high speed on-line book production. For customers generating manuals, paper backs and other documents up to 30mm thick this is a great opportunity to boost production and for commercial printers to generate additional profits”.

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