QMS Minolta has introduced the QMS Minolta magicolor 2 DeskLaser Duplex, an affordable colour laser printer that excels in versatility.
Priced at only R 20 000 the QMS Minolta magicolor2 DeskLaser Duplex supplies small- to mid-size Windows-based workgroups with automatic printing both sides (duplexing), 600 x 600 dpi colour, standard network connectivity, and a host of other features to easily accomplish all their document production tasks.
When combined with another newly released product, the QMS Minolta SC-200 digital copier/scanner, announced at the same time, QMS Minolta ` newest printer offering becomes the office`s centre of attention, operating as a full-service colour work centre.
Robin Mowatt, general manager of QMS Minolta, comments: "With automatic two-sided printing and the ability to add colour copying and scanning, the new QMS Minolta magicolor 2 DeskLaser Duplex printer is more resourceful to the small office than black and white printers, and far more feature-rich and productive than a colour ink jet."
"Now customers can have a fully integrated complete colour printer and copier package that`s very affordable - proof that you don`t have to have a large budget to have versatile colour in the workplace."
Angela Boyd, vice president, worldwide peripherals research at International Data Corporation, notes: "More and more US businesses are appreciating the value of colour and by 2002, slightly more than half of all colour printers will go to non-residential businesses.
"QMS Minolta is defining a new space in the rapidly growing small business market with its magicolor 2 DeskLaser family. It offers industry-leading prices for great and durable print quality, network performance, and a very affordable cost of ownership. These features make the magicolor 2 DeskLaser printers serious competition for ink jet printers."
The new QMS Minolta magicolor 2 DeskLaser Duplex prints four colour pages per minute (up to 16 in black and white), and its automatic two-sided printing is an important and convenient feature for offices involved in diverse publishing printing tasks and for those that generate larger document volumes of paperwork.
The magicolor 2 DeskLaser Duplex has a street price of around R20 000- and has two 250-sheet paper cassettes (for a total of 500 sheets of input) and both Ethernet and parallel interfaces.
For only R 12 000 businesses can own the original member of this printer family, the QMS Minolta magicolor 2 DeskLaser colour laser printer. This model is equipped with Ethernet and parallel interfaces and, a 250-sheet letter/A4 cassette, and offers two-sided printing performed by printing the first side of a page, then reinserting the sheet and printing the second side.
For complete office automation, businesses can turn either of these affordable colour printers into digital copier/scanners/scanners with the QMS Minolta SC-200. This convenient, walk-up copier, whose price starts at 3 700 connects to the printer via the parallel port and allows users to make full-colour copies of any hard copy document. A model with a 30-sheet optional Automatic Document Feeder can be added purchased for easy duplication of multi-page documents. (Available July 1999) Making the most of the investment, the QMS Minolta SC-200 also operates as a robust colour scanner and includes software for data and image manipulation.
"With the price point of QMS Minolta magicolor 2 DeskLaser printers, we`re making laser colour in the office place affordable," Mowatt says. "With their performance and complete package of full-colour document services, we`re making office colour a standard."
Something for Everyone The QMS Minolta magicolor 2 DeskLaser and the DeskLaser Duplex are is designed to satisfy every office user. The printers can accommodate up to legal size pages (with the optional Universal paper cassette), and its their 600 x 600 dpi resolution adds brilliant colour to a variety of print media, including plain paper, thick stock, glossy paper, envelopes, labels, t-shirt transfer material, and transparencies - making it easy to print colour business documents on demand.
The DeskLaser`s` laser-printed pages are characterised by their durability, withstanding frequent handling and rough conditions. In contrast, ink jet output is subject to smearing and fading, and often requires drying time before handling.
In order for the entire office to use the QMS Minolta magicolor 2 DeskLaser and DeskLaser Duplex, each is amply equipped with an Ethernet (10BaseT) interface that supports TCP/IP. A "Plug and Play" parallel interface is also available for establishing a local connection and/or for attaching the QMS Minolta SC-200 copier. The DeskLasers boasts print speeds of up to four colour pages and 16 black and white pages per minute in best quality mode with full page coverage-performance with which ink jet printers can`t compete.
One of the most impressive characteristics of the QMS Minolta magicolor 2 DeskLaser printers are their user-friendly design. Evident throughout their set-up and operation, the DeskLasers are as easy to use as they are to afford. The printers use high-capacity, QuickChange toner cartridges that are colour-coded and simply slide into place. They are "Plug and Play" compatible with Windows 95/98, and ship with enhanced printer drivers that feature Automatic Colour Optimisation, removing any guesswork involved in getting excellent colour output.
"Businesses that once considered ink jet printers the only means of bringing colour to the workplace have more affordable and flexible options," Mowatt continues. "The QMS Minolta magicolor 2 DeskLaser printer family offers superior performance, better print quality, and a significantly lower cost of ownership than its ink jet counterparts. With new automatic duplexing, full-colour copying, and scanning capabilities, the DeskLaser also offers customers flexibility they`ll never have with an ink jet."
The QMS Minolta magicolor 2 DeskLaser Printer Family
The QMS Minolta magicolor 2 DeskLaser printer family includes the new DeskLaser Duplex configuration, and the original QMS Minolta magicolor 2 DeskLaser model. Both printers operate in the Windows environment, using the printing capabilities already contained in Windows 95/98 and NT 4.0 to offer a performance workgroup solution.
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QMS Minolta, Inc.
QMS Minolta, Inc. is a leading developer and manufacturer of high-performance colour and monochrome document printing solutions for office automation, electronic publishing, graphic design, and advanced imaging applications. The QMS Minolta product line redefines network printing by combining feature-packed, performance printing with easy, cost-effective operation.
To give customers the most complete network printing solutions, QMS Minolta offers practical printer management software, systems integration, and responsive technical support. QMS Minolta backs each product with an extensive range of service offerings and more than two decades of dedicated, professional experience. Distributed through a global network of reseller and distribution partners, QMS Minolta products can be found virtually anywhere in the world.
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