Konica Minolta

Innovation that will change print forever

Constantly innovating and thinking of how to offer your clients added value is critical for you to keep ahead of the competition.

As the print and communications market continues to change, understanding how this will affect your value proposition is paramount.

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The Konica Minolta inkjet history

1977

Development of the first inkjet head based on its inkjet patent "Kyser type" ("US3946398 A")

1998

Launch of first digital inkjet textile printer Nassenger1

2010

Launch of inkjet print head KM1024

2012

Launch of inkjet textile printer Nassenger PRO1000

Introducing the KM-1

Launch of digital book printing and packaging solution with a UV inkjet sheet system to print onto larger format B2 + AccurioJet KM-1

Compact design and spectacular performance.

Imagine this revolutionary digital inkjet press on your production floor:

• Print up to 3,000 oversized sheets per hour.
• Produce a wide variety of new jobs such as heavy textured stock and folding packaging.
• Print both profitably and in fully personalised fashion for your customer.
• Take advantage of larger sheet sizes for 3-panel and 4-panel brochures, pocket folders, posters, point-of purchase graphics, dust jackets, wrap-around book covers, and more.

Compact design and spectacular performance.

Imagine this revolutionary digital inkjet press on your production floor:

• Enhance your media flexibility with KM-1, which processes sizes of up to 585 x 750 mm B2+. – Produce an extensive selection of commercial print and packaging applications with a sheet thickness of up to 0.6 mm in simplex and 0.45 mm in duplex printing. – Print on a wider range of offset coated and uncoated substrates, and even textured papers – eliminating the need for special substrate qualities or special treatment before or after printing. – Send small-lot, short-turnaround jobs immediately after printing to the next production step – no hassle any longer thanks to our instantly drying UV ink.

Compact design and spectacular performance.

Imagine this revolutionary digital inkjet press on your production floor:

• KM-1 can produce up to 3,000 sheets per hour in simplex or 1,500 sheets per hour in duplex mode – with jobs easily managed via hybrid production workflow. There is no need for plates so jobs can be added to the print queue easily via the web, hotfolder or existing workflows.

Compact design and spectacular performance.

Imagine this revolutionary digital inkjet press on your production floor:

• Rely on Konica Minolta's original print head design and patented UV ink technology for outstanding inkjet results.
• Benefit from image quality, a wide colour gamut and quality that matches offset.
• All this is achieved with the unique Konica Minolta high-resolution print heads, 1800IS, which deliver true 1,200 x 1,200 dpi resolution.
• Our very own UV ink provides excellent light fastness and scratch resistance! No more complaints from your customers because promotion pieces show signs of rub off when mailed by post.
• With KM-1, you gain absolute consistency in paper feeding, registration, image quality and repeatability. Job after job, day after day.
• This unparalleled stability is ensured by outstanding front-to-back registration accuracy, enabled by a gripper-to-gripper technology.

The future of colour inkjet production

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Versatile

print applications

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Unparalleled

media handling

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Superior

productivity

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Outstanding

image quality

We make inkjet the reality today

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KM-1 print applications

 

 

The quality of the prints coming off the KM-1 has been fantastic. It is better than offset printing, that is for sure.

Arndt Eschenlohr

President of PLS Print Logistic Services GmbH

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