Print system gets five star award

Released 20/05/2011

Konica Minolta print system receives five star rating from independent laboratory

Konica Minolta's bizhub PRESS C8000 digital production print system has received ‘Exceptional 5-Star Rating' from The Business Equipment Research and Test Laboratories (BERTL) in the United States.

The ‘Exceptional 5-Star Rating' is highly significant because BERTL is an independent testing laboratory providing objective, independent product evaluation reports and comparative analyses on imaging devices and software solutions. BERTL ‘Exceptional 5-Star Rating' is only awarded to industry-leading products.

"Konica Minolta has drawn the line in the sand and set a new quality of standard with the bizhub PRESS C8000," said Arthur V. Wynne III, president of BERTL Inc. "This feature-rich production system certainly steps up to the challenge and exceeds expectations by delivering an end-to-end production solution. Customers concerned with image quality and full production capabilities will find that the bizhub PRESS C8000 will not only meet their needs but exceed their expectations. BERTL analysts were very impressed with the image quality generated from the bizhub C8000."

During the extensive product testing, the bizhub PRESS C8000 reached 5-Star Ratings in high profile categories such as finishing, media handling, printing, image quality and features. BERTL also mentioned the system's security and workflow capabilities as well as its ease-of-use and configuration options with three different image controllers. BERTL concluded "the bizhub PRESS C8000 delivers market-leading innovation in the areas of productivity, reliability and workflow enhancement, and raises the bar in the production print industry."

Pauline Brooks, group product manager for the production print division at Konica Minolta commented: "The Konica Minolta approach to customer intimacy is key in providing outstanding equipment, only through customer intimacy can we truly understand what our customers want and need from production class equipment.

"The BERTL 5-Star rating provides an excellent independent endorsement of the bizhub PRESS C8000's performance, quality and reliability. It is an endorsement that buyers can trust and use as a benchmark. Konica Minolta is committed to providing outstanding digital print solutions to meet the needs of print professionals and the BERTL 5-Star rating is clear evidence of this."

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