bizhub job wins Seriti top digital printing award

By Phumeza Tontsi for Konica Minolta South Africa

Johannesburg, 30 Jan 2013

Seriti Printing, a Konica Minolta South Africa client, has been given the top award for digital printing by Printing SA, formerly known as the Printing Industries Federation of South Africa (PIFSA). The digital print job that garnered the award was printed on a Konica Minolta South Africa bizhub PRO C6500 digital production device.

According to Avril Swart, digital printing manager at Seriti Printing, the Pretoria-based production house has owned the machine for five years and is especially impressed by the consistent quality it delivers.

"We are proud of our digital award, which now hangs alongside our litho awards. Moreover, though, the bizhub PRO C6500 has made a huge impact on the flexibility of our business, the cost of a job, and the superb and reliable output of each digital print run.

"For this reason, we have invested in Konica Minolta's next-generation flagship model, the bizhub PRESS C8000, which offers high image quality and definition that is nearly equal to offset printers," says Swart.

Seriti Printing specialises in the printing of annual reports, posters, magazines, brochures and advertising material for a range of clients such as government, academic, banking and numerous private businesses. Swart highlights that it has become important for the printing house to be able to offer these clients a high-quality digital offering in addition to its litho services. "Time, cost and job quality are the three most significant factors for our clients. The bizhub presses allow us to address all these requirements. That is, our clients are assured of a fast turnaround time at a low cost and at the highest possible quality," he says.

"Of course, the fact that Konica Minolta South Africa is a sound business partner is critical too. Having the best machine with no after-sales training or service renders the device ineffective. We'd most certainly recommend the company and its service - which is instant and constant - and are really looking forward to what the bizhub PRESS C8000 will deliver, both for us and our clients."

Konica Minolta South Africa

Konica Minolta South Africa, wholly owned by the Bidvest Group, stands at the forefront of business solution providers as the principal importer and distributor of the innovative and award-winning Konica Minolta range of bizhub digital multifunctional, colour and black-and-white devices, laser printers, fax machines and business solutions, into South Africa as well as Namibia, Malawi, Botswana and Swaziland. Konica Minolta South Africa's head office is based in Johannesburg and 14 branches and 43 dealerships support its distribution network. With an operational stance of consultative business partnering, the group provides clients with holistic document management solutions: through pre-sales analysis, audits to sales, installation, ongoing onsite technical and software management, as well as the supply of spare parts and consumables.

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