The Buyers Laboratory LLC (BLI) has bestowed upon Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe (Konica Minolta) the BLI Winter Pick Award 2016 for its A3 multifunctional peripherals printer (MFP) bizhub C368 and bizhub 287. The MFPs stand out for diversity and durability and were honoured for their “productivity”, “customisable drivers” and printing via “mobile devices”. As an independent company evaluating office document equipment and applications, BLI gives its Pick Awards twice a year for outstanding products and solutions.
As one of the leading providers for multifunctional printing, Konica Minolta demonstrates its expertise with the bizhub C368 (outstanding 31- to 40-ppm A3 colour MFP) and bizhub 287 (outstanding 21- to 30-ppm A3 monochrome MFP). “We are constantly aiming for product improvements with state of the art features”, said Caroline Klenke, product manager at Konica Minolta. “Receiving the BLI Pick awards for two of our newest products proves that we are on the right track. With seamless integration, increased productivity and reduced costs, we provide what our customers are looking for.”
bizhub C368 and bizhub 287 stand out for diversity and durability
For the BLI, the multifunctional peripherals printers support users in daily business: “The Konica Minolta bizhub C368 and bizhub 287 let users work the way they want to, with customisable drivers and a choice of three different control panel interfaces based on user preference”, said BLI Editor George Mikolay.
Furthermore, the bizhub C368 and bizhub 287 are easy to handle. The BLI especially commended: “The control panels can also be fully customised to allow users to access easily the MFP tools and workflows they use most. Additionally, users can print to the MFPs from their mobile devices”, explains George Mikolay. ”When you consider their excellent overall reliability, along with above- average productivity when printing multiple file types, fast first-print times from daytime sleep and small colour scan file sizes, you’re looking at devices with the flexibility to meet the needs of any work style. They can easily stand up to the rigours experienced in any busy office environment you can name.”
BLI awards outstanding products and solutions in office segment
With the Pick Awards, the BLI bestows awards on a twice yearly basis (summer and winter) for hardware and software products with the most outstanding performance. Qualifying as Pick contenders are those products that withstand the unique BLI durability test, earn BLI’s “Recommended” or “Highly Recommended” seal, a BLI Certificate of Reliability and are the best performers among their competitors. For more than 50 years, buyers and IT directors have trusted the BLI Pick to guide them best in their acquisition decisions.
About Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe
Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH, based in Langenhagen, Germany, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Konica Minolta Inc., Tokyo, Japan, forming part of its Business Technologies business area. As a leading global services provider in the field of IT and document processes as well as digital production printing solutions, the company excels in services-led business consulting, implementation and management and provides a range of world-leading printing systems and solutions. In this context, Konica Minolta’s Optimized Print Services concept (OPS) combines consultancy, hardware, software implementation and operation in order to enhance business process efficiency and cost-effectiveness. To support customers optimally with powerful and sustainable solutions, technology leader Konica Minolta continuously invests in research and development work and regularly sets new standards.
Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe is represented by subsidiaries and distributors in more than 70 countries in Europe, Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa. With over 33,000 employees around the world (as of March 2015), Konica Minolta’s Business Technologies business area earned net sales of over EUR 5.8 billion in the 2014-15 financial year.
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