Business Solutions|Printing Solutions- KONICA MINOLTA

Underlining its commitment to offer superlative after-sales service, Konica Minolta Business Solutions, a global leader in advanced imaging and networking technologies, has launched a dedicated support portal for its customers. The launch is aimed at streamlining end-user support for Konica Minolta customers by enabling them to remain connected to the company’s pan-India service network of 1,000+ engineers – including 300+ Direct Customer Engineers and 700+ Partner Customer Engineers – round the clock.

Once logged in, customers can access all the Konica Minolta machines tagged to them and raise new service requests, manage existing requests, or view previous service information. Registered users can also download relevant device software, such as printer drivers, and self-service most of their queries through easily accessible FAQs.

Furthermore, Konica Minolta has enabled a vertical access hierarchy to introduce greater accountability and more secure device management. Multiple users accessing the service portal from the same organisation can only view the machines that have been tagged to them. Customers can also raise a service performance request, allowing them to gain a better understanding of their machines performance and service requirements/timelines.

Speaking on the need for a dedicated customer service portal, Mr. Daisuke Mori, Managing Director – Konica Minolta Business Solutions India Pvt Ltd, said, “At Konica Minolta India, we are committed to becoming an INR 1,000 crore business by the year 2022. Providing superlative customer satisfaction 24X7, 365 days a year is essential to achieving this long-term objective.”

“Through this portal, we are delivering unmatched end-user support to all Konica Minolta customers and helping them realise the maximum productivity and value for their purchase. We are pleased with the traction that the KMCSP portal has received so far, and are confident that many more customers will register for this free-to-access offering in the coming weeks,” he added.

Registered users can access the portal online at www.cspkmbsin.microsoftcrmportals.com or download the KMCSP app from the Google Play store. A majority of Konica Minolta customers have already downloaded the app since its launch in December 2018, leaving excellent feedback on the Google Play store. With promotions also being conducted through the channel ecosystem, the company expects to maximize its registered user base on the free-to-access portal. Konica Minolta will also soon introduce an iOS version of the mobile app to enable seamless accessibility across all devices and platforms.

The launch of the KMCSP portal further highlights Konica Minolta’s ‘3R+V’ approach, which aims to deliver Reliability, Responsiveness, Relationship, and Value Addition. A majority of Konica Minolta machines come equipped with the Customer Service Remote Care (CSRC) feature, which allows its engineers to take remote access of installed machines for servicing and support.

Furthermore, the CSRC feature enables service teams to check logs, identify print errors, and measure the level of consumables such as toners to initiate proactive support. All Konica Minolta Production Printing machines come equipped with this innovative feature, as do over 80% of its Office Printing solutions. Through such customer-oriented features and services, Konica Minolta has been fulfilling its brand promise of delivering an unparalleled, end-to-end ownership experience to its customers, while driving greater value and profitability for print and printing businesses across the country.

About Konica Minolta Business Solutions India Pvt Ltd

Konica Minolta Business Solutions India Pvt Ltd (BIN) is the India arm and a 100% subsidiary of Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., a global leader in advanced imaging and networking technologies. Headquartered in Gurgaon, the company has a diverse portfolio of hardware and software solutions aimed at production, industrial, and office printing requirements. This includes: multi-functional peripherals (MFPs), printers, equipment for production print systems and graphic arts, equipment for healthcare systems, measuring instruments for industrial and healthcare applications, inkjet print heads and textile printers for industrial use, and related consumables and solution services.

With its high-quality printing solutions, particularly for SMEs, Konica Minolta Business Solutions offers unmatched customer service in India. With ‘Digital Printing’ being the next big thing in the country’s printing space, the company is committed to help Indian businesses transit smoothly from conventional printing to digital printing. To know more please visit:www.konicaminolta.in

Association aimed at sourcing accessories for the Konica Minolta AccurioPress 190 Label Press,Konica Minolta Business Solutions, a global leader in advanced imaging and networking technologies, has recently partnered with China-based Brotech Graphics Co. Ltd. The association is aimed at sourcing accessories for the Konica Minolta AccurioPress 190 Label Press. Post the tie-up, Konica Minolta India will promote the AccurioPress 190 with the unwinder/rewinder developed by Brotech Graphics.

Established in 2004 in Shenzhen, China, Brotech Graphics is today a global leader in post-printing finishing of labels. The company has conducted more than 700 installations in over 45 countries, and has a robust agency network in 40+ countries.

With the demand for innovative label applications on the rise, Konica Minolta India aims to capitalise on the lucrative emerging business opportunity with its cutting-edge label printing and packaging solutions such as the AccurioLabel 190. Equipped with the AccurioPro Print Manager, the AccurioLabel 190 has high-precision image processing and formation process capabilities and delivers best-in-class printing speeds, performance, productivity, and image stability. Its minimal paper wastage, low power consumption, and compact design – along with excellent media handling and convenient job management – also make it the perfect choice for printers looking to cater to new-age label, packaging, and print enhancement demands.

Label converters and commercial printers face an increasing number of print label jobs for small to medium editions, which they are expected to produce in ever-shorter processing times. With conventional flexo and offset printing, it is hardly possible to produce such orders profitably. Meanwhile though, they can be processed easily and efficiently thanks to the flexibility of digital printing. AL 190 Digital Label Press bridges this gap to provide right solution to produce short run digital labels

Few highlights of the press are, speed of 18.9 m/min, 1200 DPI resolution with 256 gradation expressed in 1 pixel, color management support, easy to use equipment, no precoating of media, image density control technology with Simitri HD E toner technology. Variety of label substrates can be used like adhesive sticker papers, Yupo, PET, PP and synthetic media.

The AccurioLabel 190 is ideal tool for expansion into new markets and presents a new business opportunity to label converters already established in the industry, as well as commercial printers looking to explore new opportunities. At the same time, this new digital label press is perfect for complementary use with existing analogue and digital machines.

About Konica Minolta India

Konica Minolta Business Solutions comes as a leader in advanced imaging and networking technologies. The Japan-headquartered company is the global developer, a manufacturer of multi-functional peripherals (MFPs), printers, equipment for production print systems and graphic arts, equipment for healthcare systems, measuring instruments for industrial and healthcare applications, inkjet printheads and textile printers for industrial use, and related consumables and solution services. The company with its high-quality printing solutions, particularly for SMBs, offers unmatched customer service in India. With ‘Digital Printing’ being the next big thing in the country’s printing space, the company is committed to fetch help businesses transit smoothly from conventional printing to digital printing. To know more please visit:www.konicaminolta.in

Marking another major milestone in its growth journey, Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc. – an advanced, globally-leading imaging and networking technologies organisation – has completed the 400th international installation of the AccurioLabel 190. The landmark was achieved within 3 years of the machine’s launch and underscores the rapid growth in the demand for cutting-edge label printing solutions across international markets.

Speaking on the achievement, Daisuke Mori, MD Konica Minolta Business Solutions India Pvt Ltd., the India arm and a 100% subsidiary of Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., said, “Evolving consumer sensibilities have made it essential for organisations across sectors to introduce greater personalisation into their offerings. This, in turn, is driving the growth in demand for innovative label printing solutions such as the AccurioLabel 190. We are delighted with the achievement that Konica Minolta has achieved as a Group. It gives us the impetus to raise the high bar that we have in the industry set even further.”

The global label printing industry has been growing at a healthy pace and is expected to reach $49.9 billion by 2024. A significant percentage of this growth is driven by the demand for greater customisability and personalisation in label printing across sectors such as FMCG, retail, consumer durables, foods and beverages, electronics, etc. As a globally-leading state-of-the-art label printing solution, Konica Minolta AccurioLabel 190 caters to this demand while enabling superlative performance, productivity, quality, accuracy, and efficiency for its users.

In keeping with its vision to provide affordable and high-quality printing solutions, Konica Minolta has also recently launched the AccurioLabel 230 in the Indian market. As the successor solution to the AccurioLabel 190, the latest offering from Konica Minolta will build on its predecessor’s differentiation by enabling higher printing speeds, shorter warm-up times, and enhanced productivity. With unique features such as an overprinting solution that automatically adjusts the overprint position with accurate registration, the AccurioLabel 230 will help significantly improve the process of printing for the jobs requiring white and improve profitability for print and printing businesses across the globe.

About Konica Minolta Business Solutions

Konica Minolta Business Solutions India Pvt Ltd (BIN) is the India arm and a 100% subsidiary of Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc., an advanced imaging and networking technologies organization. Headquartered in Gurgaon, the company has a diverse portfolio of hardware and software solutions aimed at the office, production, industrial, and printing requirements.

With ‘Digital Printing’ being the next big thing in the country’s printing space, the company is committed to helping Indian businesses transit smoothly from conventional printing to digital printing. To know more please visit:www.konicaminolta.in

Konica Minolta Business Solutions, a global leader in advanced imaging and networking technologies organized its government customer meet in collaboration with its official channel partner, Anupam Industrial Corporation in the state of Assam on February 26, 2018.

The meet was organized with the key agenda of evaluating and expanding Konica Minolta’s footprint in the state. The event also stressed on achieving the objectives of the ambitious Digital India Programme, which aims to transform the country into an extensive digital economy.

With discussions on leveraging the e-commerce channels to bolster the company’s growth, the gathering also stressed on how government customers purchase KM products via e-markets/ g-e-m.

”With India picking up a rapid pace in transforming itself to a digital economy, the government sector is witnessing a significant adoption of digital printing solutions. We at Konica Minolta are committed to aid this transformation with our cutting-edge digital industrial printing solutions, capable of catering to a host of printing requirements,” said Mr Praveen Dimri, National Manager, Government Business, Konica Minolta Business Solutions India Pvt Ltd and Mr Sanjay Kumar Anand, Regional Business Manager ( East & central India) Konica Minolta Business Solutions India.

”We are also increasing our presence on online channels including government e-markets to ensure last mile penetration and unparalleled customer service to our clients,” added Mr. Dimri.

Speaking in a similar tone, Mr. Nirmal Bothra, MD, Anupam Industrial Corporation said,”We are glad to be a part of Konica Minolta, which with its extensive network throughout India as well as state of the art products is ushering in a new digital era in the country. We are committed to create a distinctive image of the company in the region with round the clock customer support to our esteemed customers.

”The meet was organized at Hotel Shoolin Grand in the city of Guwahati and witnessed the presence of Konica Minolta’s top executives along with key government officials including North Frontier railways officials as well as Directorate of Schedule Caste.

About Konica Minolta

Konica Minolta Business Solutions comes as a leader in advanced imaging and networking technologies. The Japan-headquartered company is the global developer, manufacturer of multi-functional peripherals (MFPs), printers, equipment for production print systems and graphic arts, equipment for healthcare systems, measuring instruments for industrial and healthcare applications, inkjet print heads and textile printers for industrial use, and related consumables and solution services. The company with its high-quality printing solutions, particularly for SMBs, offers unmatched customer service in India. With ‘Digital Printing’ being the next big thing in the country’s printing space, the company is committed to fetch help businesses transit smoothly from conventional printing to digital printing. To know more please visit:www.konicaminolta.in

Konica Minolta Business Solutions, a leading global provider of advanced imaging and networking technologies, further highlighted its technological superiority in the print and printing domain at the recently-concluded Pack Plus 2018. The prestigious event – which took place between July 25 and July 28 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi – saw Konica Minolta impress the attendees with its wide range of innovative label, packaging, and print enhancement solutions.

Amongst the various solutions showcased at the event by Konica Minolta were the AccurioLabel 190 and MGI Jet Varnish, two of the most cutting-edge industrial printing solutions. Konica Minolta demonstrated how these innovative label printing & embellishment solutions provide for best-in-class printing speeds, performance, productivity, and image stability. The demonstration also underlined the AccurioLabel 190’s high-precision image processing and formation process capabilities, as well as its minimal paper wastage, low power consumption, and compact design.

Konica Minolta also took the opportunity to showcase the award-winning MGI JETvarnish at Pack Plus 2018. The state-of-the-art UV spot coating solution enables increased throughput for flat spot UV jobs and also provides amazing 3D raised effects, making it particularly well-suited for embellishments and print enhancements. All of the solutions showcased by Konica Minolta were appreciated by senior industry experts, corporate print buyers, and packaging and commercial customers for their novelty and applicability in new-age printing requirements. Samples demonstrated at Konica Minolta booth, were prepared by Konica Minolta customers, Printology Xperts and Hora Arts, on their respective Jet Varnish and Label equipment’s. By participating at the event, the brand further strengthened its domain leadership and highlighted how its cutting-edge solutions can help in unlocking better business opportunities for the entire print and printing value chain.

About Konica Minolta

Konica Minolta Business Solutions comes as a leader in advanced imaging and networking technologies. The Japan-headquartered company is the global developer, a manufacturer of multi-functional peripherals (MFPs), printers, equipment for production print systems and graphic arts, equipment for healthcare systems, measuring instruments for industrial and healthcare applications, inkjet printheads and textile printers for industrial use, and related consumables and solution services. The company with its high-quality printing solutions, particularly for SMBs, offers unmatched customer service in India. With ‘Digital Printing’ being the next big thing in the country’s printing space, the company is committed to fetch help businesses transit smoothly from conventional printing to digital printing.To know more please visit:www.konicaminolta.in

Konica Minolta Business Solutions, the India arm of Konica Minolta, a leading global provider of advanced imaging and networking technologies, was recently felicitated by its parent company at the Group’s Annual Assessment. With entries from various Konica Minolta functions in more than 150 countries, Konica Minolta India won the Silver award in the Business Contribution category, thanks to its superlative performance in the Production Printing business.

The assessment is a yearly roundup of the Group’s global business. A total of 20 awards were presented in two categories, Transformation and Business Contribution, at the high-profile event hosted on July 6, 2018 by Konica Minolta Group President and CEO, Mr. Shoei Yamana. Participants in the Transformation category were gauged on the level of transformation driven by a strategic business process change and the improvement that it facilitated on a larger scale within the organisation. Those in the Business Contribution category were appreciated for their contribution to the end-customer business, as well as for driving the continued growth for the Group.

All finalists were given an opportunity to present their proposed accomplishments and/or innovations in front of a jury comprising senior leaders within the Konica Minolta Group. Konica Minolta India presented its success story in the country’s Production Printing space and highlighted the efforts that it has made to ensure sustainable and robust future growth for the Group’s business in India.

India is expected to be the fifth largest market by 2018 in terms of print volumes, with segments such as packaging and labels demonstrating the strongest growth with a CAGR of 7.8% between 2012 and 2017. Package printing is also estimated to comprise 43% of the overall print product sales in 2017, with a market outlay of INR 77,714 crore. Konica Minolta India has been tapping into this lucrative market opportunity through its innovative digital print and printing solutions, and have established itself as the clear Leader in the Indian production printing segment with more than 50% of the total market share in 2017. Having achieved an annual revenue milestone of INR 500 crore, the company is now aiming to become an INR 1,000 crore business by 2022.

About Konica Minolta

Konica Minolta Business Solutions comes as a leader in advanced imaging and networking technologies. The Japan-headquartered company is the global developer, a manufacturer of multi-functional peripherals (MFPs), printers, equipment for production print systems and graphic arts, equipment for healthcare systems, measuring instruments for industrial and healthcare applications, inkjet print heads and textile printers for industrial use, and related consumables and solution services. The company with its high-quality printing solutions, particularly for SMBs, offers unmatched customer service in India. With ‘Digital Printing’ being the next big thing in the country’s printing space, the company is committed to fetch help businesses transit smoothly from conventional printing to digital printing.
To know more please visit:www.konicaminolta.in

Konica Minolta Business Solutions, a global leader in advanced imaging and networking technologies, has announced the launch of the powerful bizhub 658e/558e/458e black and white multifunction printer in India. The development marks yet another stellar addition to Konica Minolta’s extensive portfolio of office printing solutions in the country and further strengthens its offering in the demanding office work-group MFP segment.

What sets Konica Minolta bizhub 658e/558e/458e apart is its focus on enabling superlative productivity, operability, collaboration, and multi-functionality. It’s robust design and paper handling capability enables reliable performance at 65 to 45 prints per minute. Equipped with a large-capacity, high-speed Dual Scan Document Feeder (DSDF).The bizhub 658e_558e_458e ensures the highest document feeding speed (240 ipm – Duplex) and precision in its class of A3 monochrome devices. This high speed precision scanning when combined with “collaboration solutions” creates new value to customers in automating their workflows.

The new and enhanced paper cassette of bizhub 658e/558e/458e improves efficiency of paper feeding by allowing users to set non-standard size paper in the standard cassette, and reduces the time and effort involved in paper feeding when printing in large volumes or on non-standard paper size.

Furthermore, the bizhub 658e/558e/458e is designed to deliver a more convenient and seamless printing experience. It supports a wide variety of MFP features and enables strong connectivity with mobile devices, cloud service, and third-party business applications. Such intuitive and multifunctional operability allows the bizhub 658e_558e_458e to support all printing needs of a modern-day business and significantly enhance work efficiency and productivity.

About Konica Minolta

Konica Minolta Business Solutions comes as a leader in advanced imaging and networking technologies. The company with its headquarters in Japan is a global developer,manufacturer of multi-functional printers (MFPs), printers, equipment for production print systems and graphic arts, equipment for healthcare systems, measuring instruments for industrial and healthcare applications, inkjet printheads and textile printers for industrial use, and related consumables and solution services. The company with its high-quality printing solutions, for work-groups in SMBs to Enterprises,offers unmatched customer service in India. With ‘Digital Printing’ being the next big thing in the country’s printing space, the company is committed to help businesses transit smoothly from conventional printing to digital printing. To know more please visit:www.konicaminolta.in

Konica Minolta Business Solutions, a global leader in advanced imaging and networking technologies, recently organised Printology Xperts, a dedicated event for its MGI customers, in New Delhi. Held on June 16, 2018, at Crown Plaza in Okhla, the event was attended by commercial and packaging printers from Delhi along with senior leadership team, including Mr. Daisuke Mori, Managing Director – Konica Minolta Business Solutions Pvt Ltd, Mr. Manish Gupta National Marketing Manager – Konica Minolta Business Solutions Pvt Ltd., and Mr. Ashok Sethi General Manager – Sales-PPDC/IDC, Konica Minolta Business Solutions India Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Amritpal Singh Bawa, National Manager of Technova Imaging Systems, was also present at the event.

Printology Xperts has installed the latest version of the MGI JETvarnish 3D Digital Spot UV and inline IFOIL system – a digital solution designed for personalised 3D spot coating and embossed hot foil stamping applications. Commenting on the investment in MGI’s JETvarnish 3D & IFOIL, Mr. Kamal Malik, Founder – Printology Xperts, said, “Printing requirements are changing rapidly, and it is time for print and printing businesses to evolve in step with this new paradigm. The very innovative 3D spot coating and hot foil stamping equipment from MGI can help businesses like ours to cater to the new-age printing requirements, swiftly and with much better results.”

The JETvarnish 3D and IFOIL utilise MGI’s patented inkjet and hot foil stamping technology to provide digital spot UV coating in plain 2D and 3D (with thickness of up to 200 microns) and embossed foil textured effects in one pass. The digital spot UV coating process is 100% variable data capable, with barcode reader options that enable custom spot varnished prints with unique graphics, text, and numeric data.

At the event, Konica Minolta showcased various innovative and high-quality MGI samples created on MGI equipment by Printology Xperts. The sample prints incorporated a wide range of print embellishments and special effects which were unattainable through traditional printing technologies.

The demonstration highlighted how Konica Minolta’s innovative MGI solutions could help packaging and commercial printing customers, graphic designers, and advertising agencies to envision and implement novel print execution strategies to drive better business outcomes.

About Konica Minolta

Konica Minolta Business Solutions comes as a leader in advanced imaging and networking technologies. The Japan-headquartered company is the global developer, a manufacturer of multi-functional peripherals (MFPs), printers, equipment for production print systems and graphic arts, equipment for healthcare systems, measuring instruments for industrial and healthcare applications, inkjet printheads and textile printers for industrial use, and related consumables and solution services. The company with its high-quality printing solutions, particularly for SMBs, offers unmatched customer service in India. With ‘Digital Printing’ being the next big thing in the country’s printing space, the company is committed to fetch help businesses transit smoothly from conventional printing to digital printing. To know more please visit:www.konicaminolta.in

Konica Minolta, a global leader in advanced imaging and networking technologies, has expanded its production printer portfolio in India by adding another stellar printing solution, the AccurioPress C3080. The mid-production printer series has been unveiled by Konica Minolta at the Print Expo 2018 in Chennai, demonstrating the capabilities of the new Accurio Press C3080 . The new press is more productive and is more flexible to handle variety of applications.

The launch of the AccurioPress C3080 digital series introduces a new line of production printing systems from Konica Minolta in India and is aimed at combining the superlative quality and performance of previous models with additional features. The AccurioPress C3080 supports auto-duplex banner printing up to 762 mm and delivers significantly higher print speeds of 81 ppm and 45 ppm (both monochrome and color) for A4 and A3 print jobs, respectively. It also ensures better consistency in terms of productivity; the A4 printing speed is consistent at 81 ppm for thickness of up to 216gsm, and at 51 ppm for paper thickness between 217gsm and 350gsm. The mid-production printer also has a maximum sheet capacity of 15,390 A4 sheets of 80gsm, and supports the full range of in-line finishing options.

Amongst the various new features added by Konica Minolta is the new IQ-501 Intelligent Quality Optimiser. IQ-501 provides automated and real-time quality controls – including registration, front-to-back alignment, image gradation, and density – for unparalleled print consistency. It additionally delivers automated color adjustments and allows for the creation of printer profiles with skill-less operations to eliminate input time and drastically reduce printing errors.

The AccurioPress C3080 also comes equipped with a new color dual scanner capable of operating at up to 240ipm, along with a double-feed detection kit to avoid scanning two sheets at once. Moreover, the Air Suction feeding mechanism employed by Konica Minolta reduces paper jam through an additional paper tray (PF 710), in addition to three PF-707 trays, for increased uptime, stable paper feed capability, and better productivity. The inclusion of a relay unit (RU-518) also eliminates paper curl.

All these features make the AccurioPress C3080 perfect for print service providers catering to entry-level production requirements, while also enabling it to deliver higher productivity and top-of-the-line duty cycles (up to 865k) required for mid-level production environments. Capable of handling various media such as coated and embossed papers, it helps print and printing businesses to benefit from more – and better – business opportunities. Its multifunctional design and large capacity unit are well-suited for banner printing jobs such as book covers and three-fold menus, catalogues, and sales promotion tools, while also enabling a faster, efficient, and more cost-effective envelope production process.

About Konica Minolta

Konica Minolta Business Solutions comes as a leader in advanced imaging and networking technologies. The Japan-headquartered company is the global developer, a manufacturer of multi-functional peripherals (MFPs), printers, equipment for production print systems and graphic arts, equipment for healthcare systems, measuring instruments for industrial and healthcare applications, inkjet printheads and textile printers for industrial use, and related consumables and solution services. The company with its high-quality printing solutions, particularly for SMBs, offers unmatched customer service in India. With ‘Digital Printing’ being the next big thing in the country’s printing space, the company is committed to fetch help businesses transit smoothly from conventional printing to digital printing. To know more please visit:www.konicaminolta.in