Kyocera Mita`s KM-8030 multifunctional product (MFP) has been awarded a Buyer`s Laboratory Incorporated (BLI) certification for its results in an extended term reliability test.
During the test, conducted by BLI, a provider of product tests for the imaging industry, the KM-8030 printed two million impressions in just 100 work days. The two million impressions, the equivalent of printing 1 644 copies of JRR Tolkien`s The Lord of the Rings, were produced with no service required (other than its scheduled preventative maintenance calls every 500 000 impressions).
The test results proved the KM-8030 to be a highly-reliable product with outstanding durability and performance in busy office environments.
During the test, various print and copy jobs were run on the KM-8030, replicating real-world use in a large workgroup or department. In addition to printing 2 000 000 impressions with no service required, only 12 misfeeds occurred during the entire print run, a rate of only one misfeed every 166 666 pages.
BLI`s standard reliability test is conducted for a volume equivalent to one month of a unit`s monthly duty cycle. In this extended test, BLI subjected the KM-8030 to a reliability test that was four times as long.
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Kyocera Mita is one of the world`s leading office document solutions companies. The product range consists of printers, multifunctional systems, wide format devices, parts, supplies and efficient office output solutions. Kyocera Mita provides innovative products with superior printer controllers, built on a foundation of long-life components, allowing it to offer its customers low total cost of ownership and high efficiency in any workplace. Kyocera Mita has 12 160 employees worldwide. For further information, visit: www.kyoceramita-europe.com. Kyocera Mita Corporation is a wholly-owned daughter company of Kyocera Corporation. Ranked number 491 among the BusinessWeek most valuable Global 1 200 companies, Kyocera Corporation is a leading manufacturer of hi-tech ceramics, electronic components, solar cells, and electronic office equipment. Kyocera Corporation`s long-term growth strategy is to focus on business that supports telecommunications and information processing, environmental protection and the preservation of quality of life.
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