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P R O D U C T N E W S 

C O N T E N T S 

Better than the best, the new bizhub C224, 

bizhub C284 and bizhub C364 2-3 

Konica Minolta South Africa’s new 

colour spectrum 4-5 

New bizhub production printers 

hit South African market 6-7 

T R E N D S 

Stepping out of the box 8-9 

Digital machines expand commercial 

printers’ horizons 10 

VA LU E A D D E D O F F E R I N G 

Konica Minolta South Africa and 

the University of Johannesburg dynamically 

shape the future 11 

A P P L I C AT I O N N E W S 

Konica Minolta South Africa introduces 

EveryonePrint, the freedom of printing 

in the cloud 12-13 


world-class desktop document 

management software, PaperPort 14-15 

I N D U S T RY N E W S 

Konica Minolta South Africa 

prints for charity at Africa Print 2012 16-17 

A C H I E V E M E N T S 

Konica Minolta South Africa sprints ahead 

of the competition 18 

bizhub job wins Seriti top digital printing award 19 

E N V I R O N M E N TA L N E W S 

Konica Minolta South Africa’s 17,678 trees 

counterbalance carbon emissions 20-21 

Taking a leaf from Konica Minolta South Africa’s 

sustainability book 22-23 

Konica Minolta South Africa wears green 

heart on sleeve 23 

C O R P O R AT E S O C I A L I N V E S T M E N T 

WWF and Konica Minolta South Africa 

continue the fight against rhino poaching 24-25 

Konica Minolta South Africa’s mobile library 

brings literacy to rural schools 26 

Konica Minolta South Africa helps spread 

festive season joy at Diepsloot day centre 27 

P R O D U C T TA B L E S 

Digital Production Presses I digital colour 28-31 

Digital Production Presses I digital black 

& white 32-33 

Office I digital colour multifunctional printers 34-38 

Office I digital black & white multifunctional 

printers 39-43 

Office I digital black & white laser printers 44-45

Message from the 

managing director 

This Newsletter is printed on environmentally 

friendly paper, Hi-Q Titan plus, which is 

manufactured in accordance 

with the most stringent environmental protection 

and sustainable development standards. Only 

wood from sustainable forests is used. 

M E S S A G E 

With trading conditions across a multitude of industry sectors being 

rather challenging at this time, we are very excited to be introducing a 

whole new range of bizhub multi-functional devices to the market within 

the next few months. 

These new bizhubs are the most powerful that we have ever had – in 

fact, internally we’re referring to them as the ‘super bizhubs’ and rightly 

so, as the advent of these new devices heralds exciting new value 

propositions that we’re able to offer our customers and the market at 

large. 

This new range is unparalleled in its technological capacity, offering 

industry-first innovations in reliability, ease of use and convenience, 

device management, environmental sustainability and a whole host of 

scanning and connectivity attributes that facilitate the growing need for 

mobility and collaboration within business today. Evidence of this is our 

unprecedented third successive ‘MFP Line-up of the Year’ award from 

the world’s leading independent consumer guide, Buyers Laboratory 

LLC (BLI). 

Konica Minolta South Africa undoubtedly offers the market’s best price/ 

performance ratio and is streaks ahead of competitors on the 

technology curve. In fact, we’re confident that no one else offers more 

in terms of improving profitability and enhancing productivity within an 

organisation than, Konica Minolta and bizhub. 

So, look out for the new bizhub storm, coming soon to the marketplace! 

Kind regards, 

Alan Griffith 

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Better than the best, the new bizhub C224, 

bizhub C284 and bizhub C364 

>>> 

Konica Minolta South Africa’s 

bizhub C224, C284 and C364 

are the successors to the 

BLI Pick of the Year 2009 award 

winners bizhub C220, C280 and 

C360. Together these three new 

multifunctional devices (MFDs) 

fulfil the requirements for a wide 

variety of tasks and are aimed at 

small and medium sized 

businesses as well as workgroups 

in larger businesses. 

Konica Minolta’s Info-Palette design highly improves the 

overall usability of the bizhub C224, C284 and C364. 

Important operations like copying, printing, scanning 

and faxing are all accessed in the same way through the 

system’s nine-inch colour multitouch panel, which works as 

effortlessly as in most high-end smartphones or tablet PCs. All 

three multifunctionals also have an identical Graphical User 

Interface (GUI) for printer panel and PC printer driver – based 

on the ‘know one, operate all’ concept. This concept also 

applies to other Konica Minolta multifunctionals such as the 

bizhub C654 and C754. Optional individualisation of the MFP 

panel and printer driver menus (MyTab) makes the new 

systems highly flexible. 

The new bizhub devices feature either Reversing Automatic 

Document Feeder (RADF) for everyday office tasks like 

regular scanning and copying or Dualscan ADF, which can 

scan both sides of a document in only one operation. Dualscan 

ADF is the perfect choice for tasks that require a high scan 

performance, such as document archiving. Scanning speeds 

are 80 images per minute (ipm) with RADF and 160 ipm with 

a Dualscan feature. For copying and printing, the speeds the 

individual new machines offer are 22 (C224), 28 (C284) or 36 

(C364) pages in full colour or monochrome prints per minute 

(ppm). 

bizhub C224 

- Superb print quality 

- Enhanced integration and 

customisational capabilities 

- Professional media flexibility

izhub C284 

- Superb print quality at 1200 x 1200dpi 

- Microsoft Office USB printing 

- High-end finishing options 

The entire series is characterised by green technology for 

lower power consumption and less environmental impact. Able 

to scan without engine warm-up, the bizhub C224, C284 and 

C364 save both time and money. Konica Minolta’s next 

generation of Simitri HD polymerised toner reduces the fusing 

temperature furthermore – improving print media compatibility 

and also reducing power consumption. New features like the 

dynamic eco timer, which analyses working conditions and 

automatically adjusts sleep mode and ready timings, contribute 

especially to the ecological and economical performance of the 

devices. 

According to Andrew Griffith, product manager at 

Konica Minolta South Africa, to produce a series that could out 

perform the bizhub C220, C280 and C360 was not an easy 

task. Those three devices have been the most successful in 

the Konica Minolta colour MFP portfolio. With the new level of 

overall usability provided in response to our customers’ 

demands and with the latest technologies, we are sure we can 

convince a great many decision makers to choose the 

successor models. 


- Saves time and money 

- Capacitive multi-touch interface 

- High-end finishing options 

Copying, printing, scanning 

and faxing are all accessed 

effortlessly through the nine inch 

colour multitouch panel. 

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>>> Konica Minolta South Africa has yet 

again launched a team of two new colour 

capable multifunctional peripherals. 

With them, the company has now 

completed the upgrade of its colour office 

printing line up: the new multifunctionals 

bizhub C454 and bizhub C554 

complement the just recently released 

multifunctionals bizhub C224, C284 

and C364. Larger workgroups and 

departments are the environments where 

the bizhub C454 and C554 will be most 

welcomed due to their ease of use, their 

low power consumption and other green 

technologies as well as their advanced 

scanning capabilities, large paper capacity 

and wide range of finishing options. 


new colour spectrum 

Konica Minolta South Africa now has the right colour 

multifunctional device (MFD) for every customer’s need, 

from 22 up to 60 colour pages per minute (ppm). The 

two new devices, the bizhub C454 and bizhub C554 cover the 

mid-range of the line up. They are positioned between the 

bizhub MFPs C224, C284 and C364 for small and medium 

sized businesses as well as workgroups in larger businesses 

and the bizhub C654 and C754 that satisfy the needs of large 

departments, centralised office locations and Central 

Reprographic Departments (CRDs). 

Industry’s first capable 

Internal Web Service (IWS) 

software development kit to not 

only customise a connection or 

design for the user interface, but 

also distinct functions. 

The MFPs bizhub C454 and C554 offer colour and black & 

white printing speeds of 45 ppm (C454) and 55 ppm (C554) 

respectively. Both new multifunctionals feature an easy to use, 

nine-inch colour multitouch panel, which works as effortlessly 

as in most high-end smartphones or tablet PCs. Elective 

individualisation options for the MFP panel and the 

printer driver menus make the new systems highly flexible. 

Konica Minolta’s Info-Palette design further improves the 

overall usability. Important operations like copying, printing, 

scanning and faxing are all accessed in the same intuitive way.

The entire series is characterised by green technology for 

lower power consumption and less environmental impact, 

leading to a more ecological footprint and reducing the Total 

Cost of Ownership (TCO). For example, the bizhub C454 and 

bizhub C554 are able to scan without engine warm-up and 

therefore reduce energy consumption. Another power saver is 

Konica Minolta’s next generation of Simitri HD polymerised 

toner implemented in the new bizhub systems. Features like 

the dynamic eco timer, which analyses working conditions and 

automatically adjusts sleep mode and ready timings, further 

contribute to the ecological performance. 

The bizhub C454 and C554 also offer advanced capabilities 

for scanning large numbers of documents e.g. archiving tasks. 

Therefore they are equipped with a Dualscan Automatic 

Document Feeder (DADF), which can scan both sides of a 

document in only one operation and thus delivers an 

outstanding performance of 160 images per minute (ipm) in 

full colour. Both machines can be upgraded with larger paper 

sidedecks for a higher A4, A3 or SRA3 paper capacity. In 

addition to the embedded finishing options and the 50 sheet 

staple finisher, the bizhub C554 can be equipped with a 100 

sheet stapler. 

With the launch of the bizhub C454 and C554, Konica Minolta 

South Africa offers the best and most complete office colour 

line up we have ever had. We now cover an even broader 

range of different systems with printing speeds for every 

customer’s need and the possibility to print colour and 

monochrome documents from a single device. This offers 

superior quality and the possibility to print more economically 

with competitive monochrome print costs. We also offer the 

highest possible usability for our products – identical from the 

smallest to the largest device. 


- Up to 55 colour ppm 

- Colour multitouch panel 

- Green technology for lower 

power consumption 


- Environmentally friendly 

- Low power consumption 

- Advanced scanning capabilities 

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New bizhub production printers 

hit South African market 

>>> Central reprographic departments, 

digital print service providers and all 

high-volume printing environments 

can now enter a new realm of 

professionalism with the 

bizhub PRO B951 and the flexible, 

highly productive monochrome 

production systems, the 

bizhub PRESS B1052 and 

bizhub PRESS B1250 models 

from Konica Minolta. 

bizhub PRO B951 

- High print resolution 

- Outstanding media flexibility 

- High quality 

bizhub PRESS 

B1052/B1250 

- Print resolution of 1200 x 1200dpi 

- Wide range of paper weights 

- Advanced software. 

Highlights of the bizhub PRO B951 are its affordability, 

extraordinarily high print resolution and outstanding 

media flexibility as well as a tone curve utility that comes 

with the printer, maxed out paper capacity and professional 

finishing options. 

The feature list of the newly released bizhub PRO B951 is 

packed with gems. Among them, two attributes really stand out 

– its affordability and durability. With a print speed of 95 pages 

per minute (ppm) A4, this new entry-level system offers an 

excellent price-performance ratio for central reprographic 

departments, digital print service providers and all high-volume 

printing environments without compromising on quality. 

The new bizhub PRO B951 carries conviction with its superior 

print resolution of 1,200 x 1,200dpi and offers a wide range of 

lines per inch (lpi) options – from 40 to 300lpi. The production 

system also delivers high media flexibility: it can print on paper 

from 40 to 300gsm with an option for compatibility with 350gsm 

paper. The system’s standard paper format is SRA3. The fully 

integrated media catalogue enables operators to define their 

media profiles, which are stored in a library and can be easily 

picked up from the printer driver. In addition the scheduler 

function gives a detailed overview of jobs in the queue and 

indicates the paper needed and the amount still in the tray. 

One of the essential features that delivers the 

bizhub PRO B951’s professional printing results is the tone 

curve utility: This tool can change Raster Image Processing 

(RIP) adjustments such as screening and tone curves. The 

bizhub PRO B951 holds up to 9,000 sheets of paper and 

enriches printouts with finishing options like stapling for up to 

100 sheets, booklet making and z-folding as well as post 

insertion, GBC punching and automatic ring binding.

The bizhub PRESS B1052 and 

B1250 offers impressive media 

flexibility and high print 

resolution. 

The bizhub PRO B951 is easy to operate thanks to a Graphical 

User Interface (GUI) with touch screen access and a richness 

of printer drivers for enhanced compatibility. Its high 

productivity – for example an A3 speed of 55 pages per minute 

(ppm) as well as impressive media flexibility – duplex printing 

is possible with up to 300gsm paper, provide extremely short 

turnround times. 

bizhub PRESS B1052 and 

bizhub PRESS B1250 

This bizhub PRESS B1052 and B1250 systems are exactly 

what commercial printers, print for pay environments and large 

central reprographic departments have been waiting for. 

The PRESS models provide a print resolution of 1,200 x 1,200 dpi 

and offer high media flexibility. This includes the option to print 

on paper weights from 40 to 350gsm in single-sided (simplex) 

printing and on paper of up to 300gsm for duplex printing. 

Paper sizes up to 324 x 483mm are supported and selectable 

through an intelligent media catalogue. Print speeds range 

from 105 A4 / 60 A3 ppm for the bizhub PRESS B1052 and 

125 A4 / 70 A3 ppm for the bizhub PRESS B1250. 

These models also feature advanced software such as a 

professional screening utility and an extra utility for tone curve 

adjustments. The maximum load that each printer will carry is 

18,000 sheets and will seamlessly process through the 

vacuum feeder. Over 50 configurations are available by 

combining a wide variety of finishers such as an automatic ring 

binder, a perfect binding unit and a finisher for professional 

saddle stitching as well as a stacker and many more. Other 

features include an exclusive envelope kit for envelope printing 

and an optional decurling unit with a humidifier unit. 

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T R E N D S 

>>> 

According to Andrew Griffith, 

product manager for office products 

at Konica Minolta South Africa 

printing and output devices 

have long transcended their one 

dimensional role as print, copy, fax 

and scan machines. The focus is now 

on moving document management 

out of the back office shadows and 

managing other repositories through 

enterprise content management 

software, like Microsoft SharePoint. 

Stepping out of the box 

Furthermore, issues that were pertinent over a decade 

ago, such as converging printing and IT technology, have 

long been conquered, placing document management 

suppliers on an amazing technology curve, where printing and 

output devices can be used to optimise businesses processes 

by driving down business costs and improving productivity. 

Our focus is not merely on supplying a commodity, but rather 

on delivering the value of enhanced productivity and a 

reduction of what is an operational expense to the business, 

that is ultimately derived from the device’s customised 

optimisation capabilities. 

Businesses should thus look past the hardware and focus on 

how the device can be integrated into business. In addition, 

while document management is still key to cope with today’s 

deluge of data, a combination of offline and online document 

management can provide companies with a massive boost in 

productivity. 

Proof of this, is Konica Minolta South Africa’s latest 

achievement in becoming the first South African business 

within its sector to enable customers to integrate their digital 

multifunctional devices directly into Microsoft SharePoint 

collaboration software. The company’s in-house developed 

app is currently in the process of being certified by Microsoft, 

another industry first.

According to Griffith, for local businesses, it means that 

Konica Minolta South Africa can assist not only in saving them 

costs on paper and consumables, but also on time spent 

managing information. 

This is because by directly integrating their digital 

multifunctional devices into collaboration or enterprise content 

management software, like Microsoft SharePoint, scanned 

documents are automatically routed and stored in the correct 

place within the relevant content management system. This 

saves a great amount of time spent on scanning, saving and 

searching for data, as it is also immediately available when 

needed. 

We certainly believe that this type of innovation will gain 

traction as businesses realise the potential savings that can 

be made with proper integration into these environments. 

He highlights ‘customisation’ as being another solid trend in 

the industry. We are pleased to have the technology to offer 

our clients the ability to change and adapt the look and feel of 

our user interface so that it completely integrates with their 

organisation’s brand and specific needs, carrying it through 

from the device panel to all enterprise resource planning 

systems. We have learnt that no two companies operate the 

same, even if they represent the same industry. 


is at the forefront of document 

management. Document 

management is the key to boost 

productivity and save costs. 

The same can be said for document management suppliers, 

that is, no two are alike, and businesses should be aware that 

there is a discernable difference between managed services 

and managed print services. Besides sophisticated technology, 

organisations should be aware that they should expect the 

following from their document management supplier: a good 

geographic footprint – as although the value lies beyond 

hardware, the devices still require a highly skilled workforce; 

and an excellent supply chain and distribution capability. 

It is exciting to be at the forefront of document management 

technology developments, and witnessing first-hand the 

measurable boost in productivity and cost savings these 

innovations bring to organisations. 

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T R E N D S 

Digital machines expand 

commercial printers’ horizons 

>>> 

Digital printing is bringing an entirely new scope to the offset printing sector, matching 

up to litho characteristics in terms of both colour compatibility and image quality 

In terms of touch points like colour, screen rulings, screen 

angles, dot shapes and Lines Per Inch (LPI), digital printing 

is now being favourably compared to offset printing, 

opening up an entirely new world for the commercial printer. 

There are numerous benefits to the introduction of digital 

printing to a traditionally offset focused operation. Proofing can 

be done on a digital press in a far more cost effective way, 

producing a professional proof that looks exactly like the 

finished product. 

Various software solutions such as impositioning solutions, 

VDP and web to print, further enhance the value of a digital 

print option within a traditional print environment. The ease of 

use and affordability also make it an ideal solution for print 

providers to be a true one-stop supplier of print material. 

Furthermore, the ability to offer short run printing means that 

printers can not only tap into previously unreached markets 

looking for a run of under 1,000 documents, they are also able 

to provide a broader service to existing clients. 

Attesting to its digital printing beliefs, Konica Minolta 

South Africa has printed litho jobs successfully on numerous 

occasions on its digital presses. Not only do they produce their 

own advertisements and business cards, they recently 

delivered high quality printed material for the Childhood Cancer 

Foundation South Africa (CHOC), including brochures, flyers, 

posters, business cards and letterheads. 

Digital printing now comparable 

to offset printing 

Boasting four of only 17 recipients worldwide of the prestigious 

Diploma in Colour, the highest certification of Konica Minolta 

Business Technologies’ professional education, the 

organisation can assist in implementing both colour 

management solutions and advanced printing features for 

digital machines and is offering demonstrations at its Digital 

Square facility in Ormonde, Johannesburg.

VA LU E A D D E D O F F E R I N G 

Konica Minolta South Africa and the 

University of Johannesburg dynamically 

shape the future 

>>> Konica Minolta South Africa (KMSA) 

has successfully provided the 

University of Johannesburg (UJ) with 

sophisticated print services technology 

that can easily be adapted for future 

ICT requirements. 

The agreement between Konica Minolta South Africa and 

UJ came into effect at the beginning of 2012 and included 

the provision of cashless printing facilities to more than 

50,000 students and setting up printing and copier technology 

in bulk print rooms on all four of the UJ campuses: Auckland 

Park Kingsway, Auckland Park Bunting, Doornfontein and 

Soweto. 

The company also replaced all existing multifunctional devices 

(MFDs) in academic and support areas, as well as copying and 

printing facilities in libraries and computer laboratories, which 

are available to its more than 8,000 staff members, students 

and visitors to the university’s campuses. 

According to Professor Thea Voogt, printing facilities roll-out 

project leader at UJ, KMSA has successfully provided 

managed print services that are flexible, innovative and act as 

an enabler to enhance the learning environment. 

“KMSA both appreciated and realised our need for a vendor 

partner who would not just place devices on our campuses, 

but one that would also focus on the intangible side of our 

academic environment, such as supporting us in being a 

pre-eminent South African and African university that is a step 

ahead in terms of offering technology opportunities to students, 

staff and visitors, says Professor Voogt. 

Due to KMSA’s innovative MFDs and software, UJ now has 

the right technology embedded in its current offering to easily 

access and integrate with a wide range of mobile device 

platforms, such as tablets, smartphones, e-readers and mobile 

applications in the future. Voogt explains that this forwardthinking 

strategy was implemented to help students take better 

advantage of mobile computing in the future and ‘earn on the 

move’. In this way, KMSA’s technology input can also be seen 

as adding value to the knowledge emanating from the 

campuses. 

Since the tender was awarded, the KMSA team has included 

a number of additional functionalities that the university has 

been able to harness. 

A major benefit of using the same technology to service almost 

60,000 users on four different campuses is the solution’s ability 

to accurately calculate usage and the KMSA solution has in its 

first six months, shown significant savings for the university. 

According to Marc Pillay, general operations manager at 

Konica Minolta South Africa, UJ also required a solution that 

offered a common good for its students, staff and the 

environment and so a detailed electricity usage and emissions 

report formed part of the tender process. 

A major focus area for KMSA is minimising CO2 emissions and 

reducing power consumption. Luckily for the environment, the 

company’s bizhub MFDs use Simitri high definition 

polymerised toners for low temperature fixing and are 

equipped with an advanced sleep mode and energy-saving 

technologies to significantly minimise energy consumption in 

the office. 

Our solution at UJ offers credible, monthly electricity usage 

and emission reports, which are being used by individual 

departments in their financial planning and by the university in 

its reporting. 

Importantly though, comments Voogt, harnessing the strength 

of the solution is not just about the financial impact but the 

influence it is having on the community. “One of the facilities 

UJ offers the community are our law clinics and we have, for 

example, set up dedicated MFDs on our Soweto campus in 

the law clinic so that copies of documents can be made for the 

cases reported at the law clinic. 

Of significance too is KMSA’s client centric service approach, 

which has taken our needs as clients seriously. The extent to 

which top management was involved in the roll-out at our 

institution attests to that. 

At present, KMSA has support staff on all four the campuses 

and also employs staff members within the university’s libraries 

who assist students and visitors during the libraries 07:00 to 

23:00 operating hours. To kick off the roll-out, KMSA provided 

‘how-to-guides’, which were placed on UJ’s intranet and 

prominently displayed posters for students’ reference to 

supplement the basic operation of its MFDs. 

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EveryonePrint, the freedom of 

printing in the cloud 

>>> Konica Minolta South Africa 

has made EveryonePrint (EOP) 

available to companies wanting to 

establish a private hosted cloud 

printing environment. 

Mobile technology is quickly advancing to the point 

where users can accomplish tasks on a smartphone 

or tablet that once required a laptop or PC. This 

computing power, combined with anywhere-anytime 

connectivity, means mobile devices are becoming powerful 

and pervasive business tools. An IDC study, for example, 

predicts 75,5% of workers will have some form of mobile 

connectivity and there will be more than 1.2 billion mobile 

workers worldwide by 2013. 

According to Mohammed Vachiat, product manager at 

Konica Minolta South Africa, despite the rapidly increasing use 

of smartphones and tablets in enterprises and other sectors, 

printing infrastructure has, however, not kept pace with mobile 

technology. Printing from mobile devices remains a challenge 

and most users should take time to transfer documents from 

mobile devices to a network connected PC or laptop by email 

or thumb drive before printing. The result? Distracted staff, lost 

productivity and last minute scrambles to print even the 

simplest of documents. 

IT managers and administrators should thus welcome the 

versatile EOP functionality, that includes ‘follow-me’ printing 

and mobile printing, without the need to manage any 

applications on the client side. EOP also addresses the 

following critical enterprise requirements in mobile printing: 

security and control, ease of installation and flexibility. 

EOP offers platform and device independent printing of office 

related documents. Importantly, it is compatible with any brand 

of smartphone or other mobile device. This allows a mobile 

workforce to benefit from a new freedom and attractively 

enhanced flexibility, as they gain instant access to printing 

wherever they happen to be. 

Mobile technology is quickly 

advancing to the point where users 

can accomplish tasks on a 

smartphone or tablet that once 

required a laptop or PC.

‘Follow-me’ printing ‘inside the cloud’ does not require users to 

determine a certain output device in advance – they can make 

this choice as they go along. Using the authentication 

functionality, EOP can be adapted and configured for 

employees and/or external users. Furthermore, guests also 

enjoy the benefits of driverless printing and can easily generate 

their own printouts by sending an email to a preconfigured 

address or by uploading their documents via a web browser. 

No software installation on the user’s mobile device is required. 

Vachiat explains that EOP is a way to easily establish a private 

cloud print solution in corporate environments and that the 

product’s enhanced security features avoid unattended 

printouts in the printer output tray. This also means that EOP 

has the ability to save printing costs because sent but forgotten 

print jobs will not be printed. 

In addition, EOP results in eco-friendly reductions of paper and 

energy consumption, IT friendly use of standard applications 

to print from all platforms and is also user friendly. It also 

facilitates accounting with straightforward integration into 

existing accounting systems, such as Konica Minolta 

South Africa’s Pcounter software. 

Key features include: 

n convenient driverless mobile printing; 

n flexible print job submission via e-mail, 

landing page or EOP printer driver; 

n easy modification of basic job settings 

during print job release; 

n office file format support for mobile printing 

– Word, Excel, PowerPoint, pdf, Web sites, 

TXT and more; 

n EOP printer driver support for unlimited 

applications, such as Windows, Macintosh, 

and Linux; 

n access limitation, for example to known 

users in the corporate network by 

authentication; and 

n print job release via PIN ID for anonymous 

users. 

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Konica Minolta South Africa introduces world-class 

desktop document management 

software, PaperPort 

>>> Konica Minolta South Africa has 

introduced PaperPort, the world’s number 

one desktop management software, 

to the southern African market. 

According to Mohammed Vachiat, product manager at 

Konica Minolta South Africa, PaperPort is powerful, 

green, and remarkably easy to use. Operational with 

Microsoft Windows, PaperPort makes it simple to scan or 

convert documents of every kind – paper, photos, forms, 

electronic files and more - into accurate and searchable 

industry standard PDFs, allowing users to visually organise 

and manage documents, find information instantly, assemble 

custom PDF documents with ease and even share documents 

securely. 

Information drives today’s businesses. When clients or 

colleagues call with a question, you need to have the right 

information at your fingertips. You can’t afford to waste time 

searching through stacks of paper or trying to remember where 

you saved a file. What if you could turn your paper documents 

into searchable PDFs, store them all in one place and 

organise, access, merge and share them directly from your 

computer desktop? That’s what PaperPort is all about. 

Features of the software include advanced PDF creation and 

security, super compressed scanned colour documents, 

professional scanning interface, unlimited scanner profiles, 

MFP scanning and document routing as well as split desktop 

and workspace bookmarks. 

The power of PaperPort lies in its ability to increase 

productivity. The software includes everything needed for easy, 

effective document management. An advanced tabbed ribbon 

interface logically groups features with clear text descriptions 

so there’s no learning curve. A ‘Scan Now’ button lets users 

scan documents with a single click. 

PaperPort utilises the world’s most accurate optical character 

recognition technology to ensure that all PDF image content 

is searchable. This allows users to visually manage more than 

150 document types and photo formats, as well as create 

multiple folders at once by importing a list of folder names from 

a text file. 

With PaperPort, the number or size of files won’t slow users 

down as it allows users to email super compressed scanned 

colour PDF documents without worrying about file size 

limitations. 

Reduces waste and 

conserves energy

Users can also reduce waste and conserve energy as they are 

able to scan, convert, organise, repurpose and share PDF 

documents across the enterprise. The software also supports 

the stacking and unstacking of pages in documents so that 

users can break documents up into individual pages and 

reassemble them into new PDF files. 

Additionally, PaperPort lets users manage and access their 

documents in the cloud using web browsers, as well as free 

apps for Apple and Google Android mobile devices. 

Other benefits are the software’s ability to scan directly into 

applications, such as Microsoft SharePoint for enterprise-wide 

sharing and archival as well as the FormType feature, which 

converts scanned paper forms into electronic forms that can 

be filled out, saved and sent via email. 

Users are also able to safeguard confidential information and 

ensure compliance with government regulations regarding 

document security via PaperPort’s advanced PDF security 

features like passwords and encryption. 

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I N D U S T RY N E W S 


prints for charity at Africa Print 2012 

>>> At the recently held 

Africa Print 2012, 

Konica Minolta South Africa (KMSA) 

put the printed material generated 

during its daily production hour, which 

showcased its full production line of 

digital equipment printing material 

from start to finish, to very good use. 

Leon Minnie, product manager: production systems at 

Konica Minolta South Africa with Desré Murray, 

CHOC business development manager 

Konica Minolta South Africa produced high quality printed 

material for the Childhood Cancer Foundation South 

Africa (CHOC) over the three days of the show, 

ultimately delivering 1,920 brochures (A3 double sided – 

200gsm gloss), 11,520 DL flyers (double sided – 170gsm 

gloss), 1,840 posters (A3 – 170gsm gloss), 18,000 business 

cards (300gsm matt) and 4,500 letterheads (trimmed to A4 – 

80gsm bond) to the foundation on the final day. 

All material produced for CHOC 

was printed, trimmed, creased, 

folded and wrapped and 

underwent the entire print 

process – from submission, 

workflow, calibration and colour 

management, printing on 

multiple devices and even using 

off-line/ near-line finishing - with 

great success. 

Says Leon Minnie, product manager: production systems at 

Konica Minolta South Africa, “Our mission at Africa Print 2012 

was not just to distribute ‘pretty pictures’, as this results in a 

huge amount of wastage and as general practice at these 

shows, provides print clients with very little information of the 

machine’s real capability and true quality. We decided rather 

to find an alternative method to demonstrate our quality of 

equipment, while also using it for a worthy cause and providing 

the type of material that could be used by the organisation well 

into the future. CHOC was in great need of marketing collateral 

and we felt that this would be a very valuable project with which 

to assist. By publicly demonstrating our complete belief in our 

products, this idea also highlighted that KMSA is committed to 

both innovation and the requirements of the printing industry.

Through using these finishing processes, we showed that 

digital printing can be successfully creased, folded and 

trimmed without cracking, providing printers with a high quality 

finished product. 

KMSA received the artwork from CHOC, which was supplied 

in PDF and Adobe Illustrator formats. We used imposition 

software to create templates for the business cards, DL flyers 

and letterheads, which were then set up according to the 

finishing machinery from IPEX – a Morgana Digi Fold Pro 

(creaser and folder) and Morgana Card Plus business card 

cutter with two different blade sets to accommodate not only 

business cards but the DL flyers as well. IPEX also used a 

programmable guillotine machine to trim the letterheads, 

posters and brochures with ease and efficiency. 

All of the colour machines were calibrated and FOGRA 

certified to maintain colour consistency during the three days 

and to verify if any colour fluctuation had taken place during 

the show and to what degree. This is because the environment 

at the show is far from ideal and solutions like this can 

minimise time correcting colour and wastage. With our colour 

management solution, colour consistency day to day and 

month to month is possible, taking the guess work out of colour 

manipulation and correction. It is also possible to obtain 

uniformed colour across different printing processes, from wide 

format to digital and even litho. We are happy to report that all 

of the machines were consistent in productivity and colour, 

both during the runs and day after day.” 

Desré Murray, CHOC business development manager, states 

that a contribution of this nature is significant and adds 

immeasurable value to an organisation like CHOC. 

“KMSA’s generous contribution was very well timed, as we had 

run out of our brochures and did not have the budget to have 

them printed. CHOC is very grateful for this donation and 

believe that the high quality prints will serve us well far into the 

future,” says Murray. 

CHOC was in great need of 

marketing collateral and we 

felt that this would be a very 

valuable project with which 

to assist. 

Konica Minolta South Africa also printed 3,125 black & white 

booklets on 12,500 sheets for the Dullstroom Birds of Prey and 

Rehabilitation Centre on the brand new B951 and B1250 

machines. In total, the company printed more than 37,000 A4 

images during its production hour at the 2012 Africa Print. 

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sprints ahead of the competition 

>>> Konica Minolta South Africa (KMSA) has successfully defended its title as the 

number one supplier of multifunctional printers (MFPs) in the local market, in both 

colour and black & white product sales. This is according to an industry sales survey 

by market data specialist infoSource, which shows MFP sales in the first half of 2012 

According to Marianna Gdanis business unit manager at 

Konica Minolta South Africa, total placements grew by 

an astonishing 17% when comparing the first half of 

2011 to the first six months of 2012. The black & white 

placements grew by 13.4%, which is significant as this is 

typically considered a mature market within the industry and 

the colour placements grew by an incredible 24.8% during the 

same period. 

She adds that these figures are due to the company’s 

sophisticated bizhub devices that provide the best value for 

money for medium to large businesses in South Africa. 

KMSA has proven its strong legacy and brand reputation in 

the market and the continuous focus on client satisfaction has 

paid off. The product and capabilities of the company’s 

products and services, have propelled KMSA into an 

unparalleled market position in terms of the ability to integrate 

and customise business specific solutions, such as the 

in-house developed Microsoft SharePoint connector that 

embeds bizhub devices directly into SharePoint for a 

tailor-made and automated workflow optimisation solution 

– a market first. 

The company is extremely pleased with the results and 

regard the efforts and hard work from all employees highly. 

Their energy and passion for the product, combined with 

state-of-the-art devices that are underlined by tangible 

sustainability technology are proving to be a winning concept 

in this competitive market. Clients can be confident that they 

are dealing with the leaders in both colour and black & white 

technology. 

During the first half of this year, KMSA was also awarded the 

international Konica Minolta Distributor of the Year Award, 

surpassing other territories across the globe (with the 

exception of the US and Europe). It is the seventh year in 

succession that KMSA has won this prestigious award, 

outperforming more economically developed countries. 

KMSA continuously investigates more areas where it can add 

efficiency to a business and enhance the working 

environments of its clients.


bizhub job wins 

Seriti top digital printing award 

>>> 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 bizhub PRO C6500 digital production device. 

According to Avril Swart, digital printing manager at Seriti 

Printing, the Pretoria-based production house has had 

a bizhub PRO C6500 for five years and is especially 

impressed by the consistent quality that it delivers. 

Seriti Printing is extremely proud of their digital award. 

Moreover though, the bizhub PRO C6500 has made a huge 

impact on the flexibility of their business, the cost of a job and 

the superb and reliable output of each digital print run. 

The winning print job was printed 

on a bizhub PRO C6500 

For this reason, they have invested in Konica Minolta’s next 

generation flagship model, the bizhub PRESS C8000, which 

offers high image quality and definition that is almost equal to 

offset printers. 

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. Seriti 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. According to Swart, time, cost and job quality are the 

three most significant factors for 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. 

“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 Konica Minolta South Africa 

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,” concludes Swart. 

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17,678 trees counterbalance carbon emissions 

>>> In line with its promise to run its business in the most sustainable way – from an 

environmental, social and economic perspective - Konica Minolta South Africa (KMSA) 

has been supporting South Africa’s national greening and food gardening social 

enterprise, Food & Trees for Africa (FTFA), for five years and has most recently planted 

in excess of 2,000 trees at impoverished schools in the Cape Town and Paarl regions. 

Wavecrest Primary School learners 

This brings the total number of trees donated by KMSA to 

17,678 and illustrates its vow to taking proactive steps 

against global warming. 

According to KMSA employees, Carol Harris, Cape Town 

branch secretary and Peter Gdanis, Paarl branch manager, 

FTFA selected Caravelle Primary School, Hillside Primary 

School, Wavecrest Primary School, Eisleben Road Primary 

School, Mboniselo Primary School and Langabuya Primary 

School to be the recipients of the indigenous and fruit trees. 

KMSA employees got thoroughly involved with the planting of 

the trees. Thereafter, the trees became the responsibility of 

the teachers, learners and caretakers – however, KMSA 

remain involved, both with the schools and the community. 

The main purpose of indigenous or fruit trees is to provide 

shade for the school children, to sit and play beneath during 

the hot summer months – as well as their guardians as they 

wait to fetch the children. They will of course also beautify the 

school and its surroundings. 

The partnership with FTFA began in 2008 when Konica Minolta 

South Africa contributed 4,100 trees to Orange Farm, a large 

informal settlement located approximately 45 kilometres from 

Johannesburg. As a result of the success of the project and 

the need to offset more carbon dioxide emissions, KMSA 

committed to planting further trees in the Eastern Cape, 

Limpopo, Northern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, 

Gauteng and Western Cape regions.

Learners at Hillside Primary School wear their hats made from recyclable materials to the tree planting ceremony. 

The 17,678 trees have been distributed through FTFA’s Trees 

for Homes initiative, a registered carbon offset programme 

under the Carbon Protocol of South Africa. By taking travel, 

electricity and paper usage into account, the FTFA online 

carbon calculator provides a high level estimation of a 

company’s annual carbon footprint as well as the number of 

trees it will take to absorb that amount of carbon. 


is taking proactive steps 

against global warming 

by planting trees at 

impoverished schools. 

During the recent planting at the schools in Cape Town and 

Paarl, the gratitude and respect shown by the various 

principals, teachers and learners was evident. It also 

highlighted the importance of mother nature. 

“As part of our corporate social investment initiative, we have 

committed to the FTFA Carbon Offset programme in an effort 

to further offset our carbon emissions and one of the best ways 

to do this is by planting trees. In addition to absorbing carbon 

dioxide, one of the most important green house gases, these 

trees provide many other environmental and social benefits 

such as preventing water runoff and erosion, settling the dust, 

providing shade and shelter, lessening noise and beautifying 

neighbourhoods,” says Alan Griffith, managing director, 

Konica Minolta South Africa. 

This initiative has proven to be so successful, that 

KMSA has, in fact, reached carbon neutral status. The trees 

will also be registered with the United Nations Billion Tree 

programme, which already has 10 billion trees registered, 

which amounts to more than one tree for each person on the 

planet. 

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Taking a leaf from Konica Minolta South Africa’s 

sustainability book 

>>> While the concept of sustainable 

development steadily receives 

growing recognition, many 

organisations still find it difficult to 

take this business principle from an 

abstract form and integrate it into 

their planning and 

measurement systems. 

One local company, however, that has managed to 

successfully weave sustainability – from an 

environmental, social and economic perspective – 

into the very fabric of its business practice, is Konica Minolta 

South Africa (KMSA). 

Laetitia Coetzer, special projects manager at Konica Minolta 

South Africa states that the key to sustainability becoming a 

priority for KMSA was to change the mindset of all staff 

members so that they understood that sustainable business 

practices encompass much more than just the environment. 

The three interdependent elements of sustainability are the 

economy, society and the environment - a business needs to 

meet the requirements of all three to be considered 

sustainable. 

From an environmental point of view, KMSA has put a number 

of initiatives into practice, which all contribute to its status as a 

‘carbon neutral’ business, this aside from its environmentally 

conscious products. The recycling programme is in place at its 

Johannesburg based head office and sales branch and in 

conjunction with Hands-on-Waste has resulted in less than one 

third of the company’s total waste generated being taken to 

the landfill. 

Furthermore, Desco Electronic Recyclers, a preferred service 

provider of KMSA, dismantles and recycles end-of-life 

electronic equipment, with Certificates of Destruction issued 

for 54,636 kg of equipment over the 2011/ 2012 financial year. 

In order to use less fuel for travel, Coetzer states that it has 

put effective and efficient route planning in place for all offices, 

using functionalities available within its SAP ERP system. Due 

to be launched nationwide in December 2012, the new mobility 

solution will allow for a faster turnaround time on calls as our 

engineers will also have immediate access to more detailed 

information on the problem, including error codes and spares 

needed, before they are dispatched, thereby removing any 

diagnostic guess work on site and fewer site visits.

The organisation has also received final approval from Eskom 

to subsidise a planned energy saving project, which 

involves the replacement of conventional high-intensity 

discharge (HID) fluorescent tubes with T5 linear fluorescent 

lamps that employ a high performance aluminium reflector 

system. All lighting at the company’s head office, 

Johannesburg branch and respective warehouses has already 

been replaced, resulting in a usage saving of 54.6kw, 

according to an onsite inspection conducted by Eskom and 

Galaxy Projects. In addition, an energy management system 

has been installed by TST Power Utility Forensics, which will 

provide a monthly comparison on consumption, power factor 

and phase balancing. 

What's more, KMSA’s corporate social initiative (CSI) 

programme has reached new highs during the 2011/2012 

financial year, with more than R1 million being donated to 

the World Wide Fund for Nature’s (WWF) African Rhino 

Programme and the conversion of a light commercial vehicle 

into a mobile library, entrusted to The Edu-Care Foundation, 

providing children who do not have access to books in their 

schools and communities with the opportunity to improve their 

literacy skills. 

>>> 

As part of its Arbor Day celebrations, 

Konica Minolta South Africa supplied 

vegetable seedlings to disadvantaged 

schools and community projects 

in the Johannesburg area. 

KMSA’s Life Starter Programme, where the company pays all 

school fees and related expenses on behalf of historically 

disadvantaged learners identified in Grade 10, has seen 

another successful year, assisting two Johannesburg students 

and one learner in Port Elizabeth. 

KMSA has also donated 3,000 trees, through the Food and 

Trees for Africa programme in 2011, to the residents of Lotus 

Gardens in Pretoria, Entokozweni in Nelspruit and 

Thembalethu in George. These trees will provide other 

environmental and social benefits, such as preventing water 

runoff and erosion, providing shade and shelter and beautifying 

the neighbourhoods. All of the trees donated have been 

planted and Food and Trees for Africa has trained community 

educators on how to look after these trees, basic climate 

change, the benefits of trees and clean, green suburbs, as well 

as the value of trees and how to plan and maintain this 

wonderful natural resource. 

KMSA is passionate about meeting and surpassing its social 

and moral obligations. The company truly believes in doing 

whatever is possible to ensure a sustainable future for South 

Africa, at whatever level that might be. 


wears green heart on sleeve 

According to Laetitia Coetzer, special projects manager 

at Konica Minolta South Africa, the company as well as 

its Head Office and Johannesburg branch staff 

sponsored more than 1,850 vegetable seedlings to schools 

and charities with feeding schemes, helping these become 

more self-sustainable. “We visited our beneficiaries just a 

month after planting and the seedlings have flourished. It is 

inspiring to see how excited the children are in nurturing these 

plants and at the same time help to nourish a community,” she 

says. 

Recipients of the seedlings: 

• Toekomsrus Primary School (Randfontein) 

• Sparrow Ministries (Roodepoort) 

• Project Feed the Children (Cloverdene Community) 

• Martha’s Garden (Diepsloot) 

• Tsepang Orphanage for Vulnerable Children (Princess 

Settlement, Roodepoort). 

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WWF and 


continue the fight 

against rhino 

poaching 

>>> Konica Minolta South Africa (KMSA) 

is pleased to announce that it has 

renewed its support of the World 

Wide Fund for Nature’s (WWF) 

African Rhino Programme for the 

next year. 

According to the World Wide Fund, KMSA’s substantial 

financial donation to the programme over the past year 

has helped in the South African rhino DNA index system, 

namely RhODIS, contributing evidence to more than 400 

investigative rhino poaching cases in South Africa. 

It is heartening to see that this type of indisputable evidence is 

a strong factor in some serious sentences being handed down 

– including the two rhino poachers recently sentenced to a 

collective 58 years in prison – something that we hope will act 

as a deterrent to other would-be poachers. 

Furthermore, the partnership between the WWF and KMSA 

has been instrumental in support of the introduction of RhODIS 

into Kenya, where a large percentage of the critically 

endangered East African black rhino population resides. More 

than 300 DNA forensic kits have been donated to support both 

ongoing investigations and the collection of live rhino samples 

for DNA profiling within the region. 

Dr Joseph Okori, the head of WWF's African Rhino 

Programme states that, while poaching prevention and 

investigation remain key, addressing the demand for rhino horn 

is also critical. “In line with this, we have begun to upscale our 

efforts in addressing this side of the equation, in particular 

creating a greater awareness of illegal trade concerns across 

Asia. 

This meant that KMSA’s contribution was also invested in 

specialised micro-chipped scanners for the marking of both 

rhinos and their horns. These kits have gone directly to special 

operation units within government, but some are to be handed 

over to Vietnam during the South Africa-Vietnam signing of a 

bilateral memorandum of understanding that would see 

strengthening of border and ports monitoring coupled with 

improved information sharing. 

We are certainly in a growth phase of our partnership with 

KMSA and believe that this type of strong corporate 

engagement can only lead to greater things for conservation. 

We look forward to a long and healthy relationship with the 

company and together, plan to continue supporting the 

ongoing delivery on rhino horn DNA profiling, as well as 

provide for the production and distribution of 600 forensic kits 

for five Africa rhino range states, to improve both rhino 

management and traceability, amongst additional objectives,” 

concludes Dr Okori. 

“Konica Minolta South Africa is passionate about the 

preservation of the majestic rhino and based on the successes 

seen over 2011 and 2012, has pledged to continue supporting 

WWF’s programme into 2013. We look forward to seeing many 

more conservation victories as well as the protection and 

growth of the African rhino population,” says Griffith.

"The project, in terms of direct laboratory costs, is really 

expensive and to be frank, we are quite desperate for basic 

support funding – in large amounts. With an approximate 

17,500 additional rhino to be profiled, the financial backing of 

RhODIS is a core component of its success," says Dr Cindy 

Harper, head of the Veterinary Genetics Laboratory. 

A total of 171 rhinos were poached in the first 100 days of this 

year. It's high time that these criminals are caught and placed 

behind bars. 

Dr Joseph Okori, head of WWF’s ARP, says “Konica Minolta 

South Africa’s contribution strengthens South Africa’s ability to 

help ensure the survival of the rhino and continues to be a 

major source of rhinos for the rest of Africa.” 

In light of these successes, WWF congratulates KMSA’s 

sustained effort in addressing the poaching crisis. The 

conservation organisation sees this as a clear sign of how 

strategic corporate engagement can make a difference in 

ensuring the survival of a highly threatened species like the 

African rhino. 

Over the past year, Konica Minolta 

South Africa’s investment went into 

supporting and achieving the 

following: 

n Specialised micro-chipped 

scanners for rhino and horn marking 

n Capacity building and training 

n Presentation and peer review of 

RhODIS application and 

achievements 

n Donation of over 300 DNA forensic 

kits 

n Support for RhODIS application in 

Kenya 

n Contribution to over 400 

investigative cases in South Africa 

Alan Griffith, managing director of Konica Minolta South Africa, hands over the cheque to Puleng Mosholi, corporate 

relations officer: business development at the World Wide Fund for Nature’s (WWF) African Rhino Programme. The funds 

donated go directly to the University of Pretoria’s Veterinary Genetics Laboratory, to assist in the running and further 

development of RhODIS, a rhino DNA index system 

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>>>Konica Minolta South Africa (KMSA) 

has converted a light commercial vehicle 

into a mobile library, providing 

children who do not have access to 

books in their schools and communities, 

with the opportunity to improve their 

literacy skills – a necessary tool to 

function in society, find a good job and 

nourish problem solving as well 

as the imagination. 

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Konica Minolta South Africa’s mobile library 

brings literacy to rural schools 

The fully kitted-out Mercedes-Benz Sprinter, purchased by 

Konica Minolta South Africa from McCarthy Kunene in 

Witbank, has been entrusted to The Edu-Care 

Foundation, a non-profit organisation that through its R.E.A.D. 

(Respect, Education, Attitude and Discipline) initiative assists 

children in the foundation phase to improve their reading ability. 

According to project initiator Laetitia Coetzer, special projects 

manager at Konica Minolta South Africa, the mobile library is 

the first of its kind and will service the Gauteng area, ranging 

from the West Rand to the East Rand and even a school in 

Hammanskraal. She adds that it will also function as a study 

centre at certain rural area schools where there are no study 

facilities. 

Although projects such as the Mandela Day Library have set 

up libraries using converted shipping containers at various 

schools, the mobile library extends that work and adds a 

unique element in that it can service up to 20 schools a month. 

As a Bidvest Group company, KMSA has encouraged other 

organisations within the group to take part in the project. For 

this reason, Kolok sponsored the consumables for the printer 

in the mobile library, Bid Financial Services has insured the 

vehicle and Bidtrack will provide vehicle tracking, recovery and 

fleet management services. 

KMSA has also donated a sum of money to buy books and a 

laptop to be used as a research facility for subjects such as 

history, science and geography. With the help of one of its 

suppliers it has also created cheerful artwork on the body of 

the vehicle. 

Achmat Dangor, chief executive of the Nelson Mandela 

Foundation and champion of Mandela Day was present at the 

recent handover. He praised the project as an initiative that, 

through innovation, has created a solution to South Africa’s 

current literacy problem. We believe there is always a remedy 

and that businesses, government and civil society should focus 

on solutions and not problems, something KMSA has done so 

well.

Konica Minolta South Africa helps spread 

festive season joy at Diepsloot day centre 

>>> Konica Minolta South Africa (KMSA) together with The Edu-Care Foundation 

brought some festive cheer to the babies, toddlers and preschoolers of 

El-Shaddai Day Centre in the Diepsloot informal settlement. 

Diepsloot pre-school development project leader, Patti 

Hanley led the Edu-Care Foundation team - consisting 

of founder, Daleen Havenga; office manager, Beverly 

Peters; driver, Michael Petersen; and Florida Police Station 

sergeant, Marcel Coutuers – in donating a large, two-metre tall 

Christmas tree to the day centre. 

“There was a sudden burst of laughter and raised excitedness 

in the children’s voices when Marcel dressed up as Santa 

Claus and surprised the children in their classrooms. He 

handed each preschooler a gift bag from KMSA, filled with 

yummy snacks and a juice, as well as a lovely book of fairy 

tales,” says Laetitia Coetzer, special projects manager at 

Konica Minolta South Africa, who attended this event with her 

colleagues, Janine Ferreira, public relations officer and 

Khomotso Mtimunye, risk director. 

The day centre’s toddlers also received a gift bag filled with 

goodies and an educational book, whilst the babies were spoilt 

with a Purity hamper and a cuddly teddy. 

“Much too soon it was time for the children’s afternoon nap and 

for us to return to the office. With a last thank you, hugs and 

numerous blowing of kisses we left, hoping that we made a 

difference in the children’s heart, even if only for one day,” adds 

Coetzer. 

Santa with Patti Hanley, Project Leader for Diepsloot Pre-school 

Projects. 

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P R O D U C T TA B L E S DIGITAL PRODUCTION PRESSES digital colour 

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(high chroma) 

The colour wizard 

The bizhub PRESS C70hc features the revolutionary 

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the sRGB gamut, this system enhances the 

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The bizhub PRESS C70hc is the ideal solution for 

creative professionals, graphic designers and 

specialists from the graphic arts industry as well as 

commercial printers and print providers. 

Colour SRA3 71 ppm A4 

RGB workflow support due to HC toner 

Technical specifications 

IC-306 EFI Fiery controller 

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IC-307 Creo Colour Server 

IC-601 Internal Konica Minolta controller


bizhub PRESS C6000/C7000 (standard) 

Extraordinary imaging for smart colour production 

The bizhub PRESS C6000 and bizhub PRESS C7000 are two versions of an 

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IC-306 external EFI Fiery controller 

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bizhub PRESS C6000/C7000 (professional) 

Extraordinary imaging for enhanced colour production 

These innovative colour digital presses combine high-speed print production with 

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bizhub PRESS C6000 



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IC-413 internal EFI Fiery controller 



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Colour SRA3+ 80 ppm A4 unmatched speed, unrivalled quality 






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P R O D U C T TA B L E S DIGITAL PRODUCTION PRESSES digital black & white 

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The durable performer 

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P R O D U C T TA B L E S DIGITAL PRODUCTION PRESSES digital black & white 

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B/W SRA3 105ppm A4 125 ppm more than 50 system configurations 


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P R O D U C T TA B L E S OFFICE digital colour multifunctional printers 


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Duplex 

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Mono/Colour A4: up to 22ppm A3: up to 14ppm 

1st copy out time 6.9/8.3 sec. 

bizhub C284 








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mixmedia 


sorting 

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Two-hole 

punching 

Sheet 

insertion, 

report 

Four-hole 

punching 

Letter fold 

Z-fold Banner 

printing

P R O D U C T TA B L E S OFFICE digital black & white multifunctional printers 


Mono/Colour A4: up to 65/60ppm A3: up to 33ppm 



Mono/Colour A4: up to 75/60ppm A3: up to 37/30ppm 




Corner 

stapling 

Duplex 

Two-point 

stapling 

Combined 

mixplex/ 

mixmedia 


sorting 

Two-hole 

punching 

Sheet 

insertion, 

report 

Four-hole 

punching 

Letter fold 

Z-fold Banner 

printing 

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bizhub 36 

B/W A4: up to 36ppm A3: up to 18ppm (print only) 

1st copy out time 7.9 sec. 


B/W A4: up to 42ppm A3: up to 20ppm (print only) 



Corner 

stapling 


Two-point 

stapling 

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Duplex


Duplex 


B/W A4: up to 19ppm A3: up to 11ppm 







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Corner 

stapling 


Two-point 

stapling 

Duplex Combined 

mixplex/ 

mixmedia 

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Two-hole 

punching 

Four-hole 

punching 


sorting










Corner 

stapling 

Duplex 

Two-point 

stapling 

Combined 

mixplex/ 

mixmedia 


sorting 

Two-hole 

punching 

Sheet 

insertion, 

report 

Z-fold 

Four-hole 

punching 

Letter fold 

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P R O D U C T TA B L E S OFFICE digital black & white laser printers 







Functionality 


Corner 

stapling 

Duplex 

Two-point 

stapling 

Combined 

mixplex/ 

mixmedia 


sorting 

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Two-hole 

punching 

Sheet 

insertion, 

report 

Z-fold 

Four-hole 

punching 

Letter fold 

Technical specifications

P R O D U C T TA B L E S OFFICE digital black & white laser printers 

bizhub 20P 

B/W A4: up to 30ppm 



Duplex 


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bizhub C284 - Konica Minolta bizhub

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