Konica MinoltaNew Products and Technology Introduction

Jun AraiGeneral Manager

Production Printing SalesKonica Minolta Business Technologies Inc.

2010/5/20

Implementation Strategy –Product Portfolio

Konica Minolta’s Business Trend

Shipment Units of Color Digital (Accumulated Global)

8050/C500: 20,000+ units (‘03～‘07)

C6500 series: 25,000+ units (‘06～‘09)

2009 Unit Market Share of Color Digital (Global KM estimation)

bizhub PRO 6501/5501

bizhub PRO C65hc

Konica Minolta

Flagship New Product bizhub PRESS C8000

The Definitive Advanced Color Digital System for Commercial Printing

Professionals. Brought Outstanding Konica Minolta’s Imaging Technologies

European Debut!

New Products bizhub PRESS C7000/C6000

Based upon most recognized award winning bizhub PRO C6500/6501,Konica Minolta introduces highly advanced light production digital on-demand press to fulfill most of the customer needs

World Wide Debut at IPEX!

Digimaster / Nexpress Introduction

Known Solid Product Line-Ups for Complete Product Portfolio,

Both Monochrome and Color - Phase in Introduction

New Product Portfolio Completion

Monochrome Colour

bizhub PRESS C8000

Heavy Production

Mid Production

Light Production

Nexpress

bizhub PRO C6501

bizhub PROC5501bizhub PRO

950

bizhub PRO1051

bizhub PRO1200

DigimasterEX 300

Implementation Strategy –Commercial Printing & Color

New Flagship Brand for Production Printing

By implementing bizhub PRESS as a new brand for Production Printing,our intention is to strengthen Konica Minolta’s Production Printing

business and improve its prestige.

The objective for implementing bizhub PRESS as a new brand

New Product Portfolio Completion

Commercial Printers /High Volume Production

Light Production /CRD, In-Plant, PFP

Office

Create New Digital Press Operation Real Transfer from Analogue to Digital Superior Quality & Performance

Create New Digital Printing Value Short Run, Quick PrintLight Production

Document Printing for CRD’s

Focus onCommercial Printing

bizhub PRESS

bizhub PRO

bizhubmagicolor

Implementation Strategy –Technologies

S.E.A.D.II Technologies

<NEW> HI-PER ASICExclusive ASIC layout offering full

digital control over imaging processes.

<NEW> IT bit TechnologyHigh-level image processing technology including Dot Position Control, Multi-bit screen, 1,200dpi x 8bit data processing, Outline processing.

<NEW> CRS TechnologyAn exclusive image stabilising system

that maintains high image quality by providing feedback about changes

in the main unit’s characteristics..

High-level Technology with S.E.A.D.II ComponentsThe further evolved S.E.A.D.Ⅱ – processing consists of three technologies that combine to ensure a high level of accuracy, stability and consistency offered by the bizhub PRESS C8000.

Simitri HD+ Technologies

External: Ultra thin-film heat-resistant layerInternal: Pigment and wax surrounded by resin with ability to fuse at low-temperatures

Introducing the newly developed ultra thin-film core shell structure

Uses a layer-detaching structure featuring a heat-resistant, ultra thin-film layer surrounded by active ingredients that contribute tolow-temperature fusing.

Wax Pigment Ultra thin-film core shell

Possesses contradictory properties: Heat resistance and low-fusing temperature

Enables low-temperature fixing with stable quality

Simitri – Behind the Spec.

Konica Minolta

Both

Accumulated CO2

Reduction

Color / Mono

Launch

Machine

Area

Contributions towards reducing CO2 emission

Carbon neutral viewpoint

Simitri toner with Biomass

8,400tBoth

Since 2001

All Simitri-series

Worldwide

Very big & proven

Winner!

From PP to Printer

RICOH

Biomass toner

???Only Mono toner

Since End of 2009

imagio MP 6001GP only

Only Japan now

Very limited & small

Follower

Only model

KyoceraMita

Io colour toner

---Only Color toner

Not yet(Only technical announcement)

Not yet

Not yet

Unrealized now

Follower

Not yet

Contributive Very limited & small Unrealized now

High Chroma Toner – Superior Reproduction

Magenta on display Magenta on offset press

Offset press cannot express the display’s colour space

RGB (display)Offset printing

80

40

0 40 80

Colour Space of Display monitor and print

Blue on display Blue on offset press

Cyan on display Cyan on offset press

Green on display Green on offset press

-80 -40

-80

-40

Application Software Technologies

(Web-Submission) (Job-Management)(Device Management)(Make Ready)

Konica Minolta’s Own Developed Workflow, Perfect for Digital Environment

2007 BERTL's BEST Innovation Award

2007 The ON DEMAND Honorable Mention Award

Implementation Strategy –Resources & Infrastructure

Infrastructure for Marketing

Marketing/Business Development Bases ‘Digital Imaging Square’Professional Service BasesRegional Engineering Bases

Shanghai

Tokyo

DigitalImagingSquare

Sydney

DigitalImagingSquare

DigitalImagingSquare

New YorkNew Jersey

ChicagoAtlantaDalas

Anaheim

Customer Engagement

Center

HannoverLondonParis

Warsaw

if-hub

Digital Imaging Square - Global

New Jersey

TokyoHannover

Sydney

Shanghai

London

Warsaw

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