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Press Release

Konica Minolta wins BLI Summer 2014 Pick Awards for 5 monochrome MFPs and for its app PageScope Mobile

Langenhagen, July 2014

Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe (Konica Minolta) has won the Summer 2014

Pick Awards for its A3 monochrome multifunctional peripherals (MFP) bizhub 754e,

bizhub 654e and bizhub 454e, its A4 monochrome MFPs bizhub 4750 and bizhub 4050

and its mobile application PageScope Mobile. The award has been granted to Konica

Minolta by Buyers Lab (BLI), an independent company that evaluates office document

equipment and solution products based on an extensive list of different criteria. The

Pick Awards are granted twice a year.

“In January this year, Konica Minolta already received the 2014 A3 MFP Line of the Year

award four times in a row. And now we won again one important BLI award. This is the proof

of the success of Konica Minolta’s ongoing quest to meet different customers’ needs across

diverse work environments and of its commitment to the development of a wide range of

products featuring advanced, user-friendly technology”, says Olaf Lorenz, General Manager,

International Marketing Division Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe.

Konica Minolta convinced the jury across all areas - reliability, image quality, ease of use and

productivity. In particular, the award has been given to the bizhub 754e, bizhub 654e and

bizhub 454e due to their high level performance and durability while giving an exceptional

print image quality. Additionally, their conveniently designed control panel featuring such

functions as touch and swipe scrolling convinced the jury. Moreover, the print driver MyTab

function is enabling custom configuration of the user’s most frequently used features.

The bizhub 4750 and bizhub 4050 received the awards for their high reliability and image

quality. Besides, their excellent control panel permits flexible and intuitive operation via the

INFO-Palette Design – an interface enabling the easy customization and development of

related applications through the utilization of an integrated protocol and a standardized API.

Both systems offer scalability via Open API and reduced TCO values.

The application PageScope Mobile, which is offered both as iOS and Android mobile

application convinced the jury by its robust feature set including a wide range of settings for

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printing and scanning and other useful functions. Moreover, its security standards are

outstanding due to the jury’s opinion.

About Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe

Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH, based in Langenhagen, Germany, is a

wholly-owned subsidiary of Konica Minolta Inc., Tokyo, Japan, forming part of its Business

Technologies business area. As a leading global service provider in the field of IT processes,

document processes and digital production printing solutions, the company excels in service-

led business consulting, implementation and management, and supplies a range of world-

leading printing systems and solutions. In this context, Konica Minolta’s Optimized Print

Services concept (OPS) combines consultancy, hardware, software implementation and

operation in order to enhance business process efficiency and cost-effectiveness. To support

customers optimally with powerful and sustainable solutions, technology leader

Konica Minolta continuously invests in research and development work and regularly sets

new standards.

Contact

Silke Zühlke

Konica Minolta

Business Solutions Europe GmbH

Phone: +49 (0)511 7404 5604

Silke.Zuehlke@konicaminolta.eu