Konica Minolta announced its expansion into the label and packaging markets. The company demonstrated how a combination of its bizhub Press C71cf, GM DC330 Mini finisher and MGI’s JETvarnish can reduce label print run lengths, enabling faster delivery times and opening the doors to value-added on-demand label runs.
Olaf Lorenz, general manager of the International Marketing Division, Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe, explains: “Since entering the production printing market in 2005, Konica Minolta has built a position of leadership in the mid-production colour printing sector. Konica Minolta will continue its growth in commercial print markets and is now ready to take the next step, with further expansion into industrial printing. Konica Minolta’s objective is simple: a top tier position in industrial printing, just as it has achieved in production printing.”
KM-C B1 UV inkjet press
Aimed at the digitally-printed packaging space, Konica Minolta presented a new technology: KM-C. The KM-C is a B1 format UV inkjet digital press has been developed for folding carton and thin corrugated applications, and it is the first printing system developed from top to bottom by Konica Minolta.
This technology utilises technology from AccurioJet KM-1, giving it 1,200 x 1,200 dpi resolution, as well as colour stability, inline sensor and image correction and the ability to print on a wide range of paper substrates without pre-coating. KM-C is built around a flatbed sheet-feeding platform designed by Konica Minolta that enables easy processing of materials such as cardboard and micro flute. The press is capable of handling paper thicknesses of between 0.3 and 1.2 mm and printing up to 2,200 B1 sheets per hour with a maximum paper size of 760 x 1,060 mm.
Rebranding of commercial printing products
Accurio is a common and unified new brand for all of Konica Minolta’s inkjet digital press and digital workflow solutions. The Accurio name reflects the advanced, automated and, most of all, accurate nature of Konica Minolta’s technology. Henceforth Konica Minolta’s com¬mercial printing solutions will be known as AccurioPro, while the KM-1 will become AccurioJet KM-1.
