Minolta came up on the market with the Konica Minolta Magicolor 2590MF Color Laser Multifunction Printer, which has the same price as another performing device of its class, the Brother MFC-9440CN. The advantage for buying the Konica Minolta 2590MF printer is that it can offer both powerful performance and qualitative document printings. The Brother MFC-9440CN resembles many of the Konica Minolta Magicolor 2590MF printer features.



It was designed following the compact structure, while being equipped with reliable options such as the top scanner unit which can be easily accessed, the 100-sheet output tray that can hold simple paper, or envelopes or other types of papers, or the duplexing option. The costs of paper are not very cheap; a 500-sheet input tray can range between $299 and $399.

The Minolta Magicolor 2590MF printer was created for easy use, and it was provided with easy access buttons. However, the buttons were not very well organized on the printer, so that you might find it difficult to find the right button from a first glance. The control panel has an LCD display that shows the text on a monochrome display. However, the text on the LCD screen can be cryptic. The cartridges can be easily replaced, after you pressed a button from the control panel. To finish the cartridge replacement you must also lift the scanner and a panel placed at the top of it. After that has been done, you will find the cartridge carousel, which can be wriggled.



You can buy the Minolta Magicolor 2590MF printer together with a pre-4500-page black cartridge, which will cost around $101. The 1500-page color cartridges that also come together with the package cost a bit more than usual, approximately $83 each.

Specifications:
-Printer Type: All-In-One printer;
-Technology: Color Laser;
-Black Print Speed: 20 pages per minute;
- Color Print Speed: 5 pages per minute;
-Max Resolution (BW): 2400 x 600 dpi;
-Max Resolution (Color): 2400 x 600 dpi;
-Total Media Capacity: 200 Sheets;
-Connectivity Technology: USB 2.0;
- Duplex printout: Optional;
-Direct Printing Capability: Print Photos Without a PC;
- Monthly Duty Volume: 35,000 Pages;
-First Page Out Time: 22 Seconds;
-Media Type: Cards, Envelopes, Glossy Paper, Labels, Plain Paper, Postcard, Transparancies, Recycled Paper;
-Media Path Type: Curved;



- Copying Speed (Black): 20 pages per minute;
-Copy Speed (Color): 5 pages per minute;
-Zoom  Range, Reduction: 50 %;
- Zoom  Range, Enlargement: 200 %;
- Scanner Type: Sheetfed Scanner;
-Scanner Resolution: 600 x 600 dpi;
-Scanner Speed: 23 Second;
-  Fax Speed: 33600 bps;
- Fax Features Supported: Speed Dial;
-Modem Type: Fax/Modem;
- Networking Type: Network Adapter;
-Data Link Protocols: Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Hi-Speed USB;
-Installed RAM: 128 MB;
- Platform: PC;
-Operating System: Apple MacOS x 10.2, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple MacOS X;
-Width: 20.79 in.;
-Depth: 18.7 in.;
-Height: 20.91 in.;
- Weight: 61.73 lb.;
-Special Features: Borderless Printing;
-Family Line: Konica Minolta Magicolor.

The Konica Minolta Magicolor 1600w color laser printer can be bought at an affordable price of around $180. Even if it surpassed the accessible price of the Samsung CLP-315, it also offers very fast printing speed, and the quality of the prints is also assured. The prints made by the Konica Minolta Magicolor 1600w color laser printer have a good accuracy and business-like aspect.



Although it measures 10.9 by 15.6 by 15 inches, it does not have a very boxy appearance, and it is smaller than other color printers of its class. These features make the Konica Minolta Magicolor 1600w color laser printer more feasible and suitable for offices and homes. The paper tray can hold up to 200 sheets, which is better than the Samsung CLP-315capcity of 150 sheets. The difference of 50 pages can be an important advantage for users who usually need to print more documents. If the printer is used for personal purposes, the 200 sheet capacity at an affordable price can be more than satisfying.



Furthermore, the setting up of the Konica Minolta Magicolor 1600w color laser printer can be done in few easy steps. First of all, you need to take off the packing components, then you can load the pages, and after that you will plug in the power cord and the USB wire. After these steps have been made, you will run the automatic software installation already saved on the disk. The removal and reinsertion of the cartridges will not be necessary, because they were already placed inside the printer. You will also benefit from already included drivers for Vista (32- and 64- bits) operation systems, Windows 2000, XP, and Windows Server 2003.

The printing is made with the help of a four-pass color engine, that is the color passes through four types of processes. The speed of printing reaches 20 pages per minute for black and white versions, and 5 pages per minute for the colored ones. These speed surpass the average levels of other printers from the same category as the Konica Minolta Magicolor 1600w color laser printer is.



This printer also offers very good graphics quality, which is required especially by the business-purpose documents. The same problem shared by other printers as well, is that the thin lines tend to disappear in time, but this can be offset by the use of more contoured lines.

The photos will have a good quality, which can be an advantage for photos used in newsletters and Web pages. There are only two problems with the photo prints, one is the posterization (the colors change rapidly instead of progressively), and the other is the unrealistic color shading (colors can appear orange instead of red, or blue instead of green).

The costs for printing range from 2.9 cent per black and white pages, while the color ones have a price of 16.6 cents per page. These prices are not very high, according to other printers similar to the Konica Minolta Magicolor 1600w color laser printer.

The Konica Minolta magicolor 7450 II grafx - printer - color – laser was created specially for color printing businesses. This printer has a speed of 24.5 pages per minute for both the color and the black and white documents. Monthly, it can print over 120,000 documents, enough for businesses where this big amount is required.You also benefit from an amazing color fidelity and cross-platform potential, which is added to PANTONE® color tablets, a photorealistic image resolution, 40 GB hard drive, 733 MHz G4 processor, and 768 MB memory.The Konica Minolta magicolor 7450 II grafx can print on 12.25× 18 paper, heavy stock, labels, envelopes, or output full color 12.25 × 47.2 banners.

There are many advantages offered by the Konica Minolta magicolor 7450 II grafx, among them are the excellent color projections that also have an improved consistency. The image density control which is the maintenance of colors accuracy throughout the long printing runs is ensured by the Automatic Image Density Control (eAIDC), a process that is very important in printing.

The Macintosh, PC or other mediums benefit from an excellent performance thanks to the pro-quality color tools, multi-platform compatibility and emulation profiles.The Konica Minolta magicolor 7450 II grafx also has a 9600 x 600 photorealistic resolution, PANTONE color tables and ICC based color matching, in order to provide high quality graphics that are essential to business color printing.

Specifications:

-Print Speed (Letter): black: up to 24 ppm, color: up to 24 ppm;

- First Page Out: as fast as 12 seconds;

- Resolution: 9600 x 600 dpi - class Photo ART contone;

-Memory, Standard: 768 MB;

-Memory, Maximum: 1024 MB;

-Processor: Power PC7447A, 733 MHz G4;

-Hard Disk: Standard 40 GB;

-Paper Handling, Standard: 100-sheet manual feed tray, 250-sheet multipurpose tray, 350-sheet output tray;

-Duty Cycle: up to 120,000 prints per month;

-Media Sizes Supported: manual feed tray: same as multipurpose cassette plus banner sizes (W) 3.55" - 12.25" (90 - 311 mm), (L) 5.50" - 47.24" (140 - 1200 mm) multipurpose tray: letter, legal, ledger, 12" x 18", 4" x 6", executive, statement, folio, SP Folio, Foolscap, UK Quarto, Letter Plus, Govt. Letter, Govt. Legal, A3, A4, A5, A6, B4, B5, B5 (ISO), B6, D8K, 16K, Kai 8, Kai 16, Kai 32, Japanese Postcard, Double Postcard; Monarch, Com 10, DL, C6, C5, Chou 3, Chou 4, You 0, You 2, You 4, You 6, 16K Envelopes; Custom sizes (W) 3.54" - 12.25" (90 - 311 mm), (L) 5.5" - 18" (139 - 457 mm), Additional 500-Sheet Lower Input Feeders: Letter, Legal, Ledger, Statement, Govt. Letter, Govt. Legal, A3, A4, A5, B4, B5, D8K, Kai 16 Automatic Duplexer: Letter, Legal, Ledger, 12" x 18", Executive, Statement, Folio, SP Folio, Foolscap, UK Quarto, Letter Plus, Govt. Letter, Automatic Duplexer: Letter, Legal, Ledger, 12" x 18", Executive, Statement, Folio, SP Folio, Foolscap, UK Quarto, Letter Plus, Govt. Letter, Govt. Legal, A3, A4, A5, B4, B5, D8K, 16K, Kai 8, Kai 16; Custom sizes (W) 3.54" - 12.25" (90 - 311 mm), (L) 5.5" - 18" (139 - 457 mm);

- Size (W x D x H): 25.5" x 23.6" x 18.7".

The Konica Minolta Bizhub C250 Color Printer distinguishes itself with the astonishing capabilities for business needs, offering impressive performance and inexpensive maintenance costs for color tones. It is a printer that will keep up with the everyday intense rhythm of a business environment, without any problem.

It has a speed of 25 pages printed per minute for both color and B&W, which is very fast.

The Konica Minolta Bizhub C250 Color Printer suits well in a large or mid-sized business environment, as well as in a company’s department or small offices and workgroups. It also saves a lot of space and time, having been equipped with all-in-one print, copy and scan features. With the Emperon™ Print System you now have full control over the printing possibilities with the help of an uncomplicated interface.

The Konica Minolta Bizhub C250 Color Printer also offers improved security functions, the first page out doesn’t take much time, various modular options and smaller footprint. The speed of the ouput is 25 ppm, while the first copy’s speed reaches 8.4 seconds if it is monochrome (black and white), and 11.7 seconds if the output is colored. Monthly, the printer can keep up with 75,000 pages.

The exceptional quality of the color is assured by the Simitri® Color Polymerizer Toner and the C250 technology which offers a clearer printed text and wonderful halftone reproduction, as well as accurately projected colors.

The scans now have more scanning options such as the Scan-to-Email, Scan-to-SMB (Scan-to-Desktop), Scan-to-FTP, Scan-to-HDD (Scan-to-User Box) and TWAIN scan.

The paper storage is better as well; it can store up to 140 lb. index stock, you can also print on coated paper, and have originals of 11? × 17? or 12? × 18? outputs.

The user box ensures storing, sharing, and provides access to 1,000 mailboxes, backed up by a 40 GB hard drive.



There other important options that are meant to ease your business’s evolution, such as the fax and finishing options: Auto Document Feeder, Super G3 Analog Fax, Booklet and Staple Finishers and other.

Specifications:

-Printer Type: All-In-One Printer;

-Output Type: Color Printer;

-Technology (Detailed): Electrophotographic Laser;

-Black Print Speed: 25 ppm;

-Color Print Speed: 25 ppm;

-Max Resolution (BW): 1800 x 600 dpi;

-Total Media Capacity: 850 Sheets;

-Duplex Printout: Optional;

-Form Factor: Stationary;

-Monthly Duty Cycle: 50,000 - 99,999 (Medium Workgroup);

-Monthly Duty Volume: 75,000 Pages;

-Language Simulation: Adobe PostScript 3 • PCL 5C • PCL 6;

-Copying Speed (Black): 25 ppm;

-Copy Speed (Color): 25 ppk;

-Zoom Range, Reduction: 25 %;

-Zoom Range, Enlargement: 400 %;

-Scanner Type: Sheetfed Scanner;

-Scanner Resolution: 600 x 600 dpi;

-Networking Type: 10/100BaseTx;

-Data Link Protocols: Ethernet • Fast Ethernet;

-Internal Hard Drive Size: 40960 MB;

-Max Memory: 512 MB;

-Processor: PowerPC;

- Processor Speed: 466 MHz;

-Operating System: Apple MacOS 9 • Microsoft Windows 2000 • Microsoft Windows 98 • Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition • Microsoft Windows NT • UNIX • Microsoft Windows XP Home • Apple MacOS X • Microsoft Windows 2003.

The Konica Minolta Pagepro 4650 Laser Printer is one of the best choices for those who want a reliable monochrome laser printer, as well as benefit from great monochrome capabilities.

This laser printer was created to satisfy users that need to print a lot of qualitative text-papers and other monochrome materials as well. As other printers of its class, the Konica Minolta Pagepro 4650 Laser Printer was equipped with inexpensive toners, that are available to buy in a all the sizes, speeds, and prices you wish for. The great advantage of using a monochrome laser printer like this one is that of reliability and excellent text printing capabilities. However, its limits are the printing of simple graphics, and that is about it; but we ought to mention that these limited categories of printings will have an impressive quality.

The technology used by monochrome laser printers is that of laser rotating mirrors, which is meant to project the image in an indirect way onto a photo conducting drum; at the same time, the ink is directed to the forming image, and this ink is dissolved at high temperatures so as to hand over the image to the surface of the page. It is not a complicated or sophisticated technology, but it works rapidly and safe, offering qualitative texts and images.

The Konica Minolta Pagepro 4650 Laser Printer is compatible with the Macintosh and different Apple systems that are used by many computers. Also, it is compatible with the Microsoft Windows Operating System, with which means that it was equipped with drivers and connection types that were created specially for Windows. The drivers and connection types are also available in the case of an Apple system use. Further more, it is also compatible with Linux OS.

It is known that the monochrome printers don’t have such an impressive speed quality, and the Konica Minolta Pagepro 4650 Laser Printer is no exception from this rule either. To increase the speed of one printer, there is the possibility to print the documents in draft mode, which is faster than default mode, but not too fast either. Other methods to increase the printing speed are the omitting of the first page out, or the sending of material raw data directly to the printer, which methods are meant to speed up the process of printing.



You are also connected to Ethernet through the Konica Minolta Pagepro 4650 Laser Printer, an option being standard for networking inside the frame of an office medium. The Ethernet is of various categories, and all of them offer enough bandwidth, which creates more flexibility and possible matches with your needs.

Other Specifications:

-Interface Type:  1 x USB 1.1 - USB, 1 x USB 2.0 - USB, 1 x IEEE 1284 - Parallel, 1 x RJ-45 – Network;

-Max Print Speed: 36 ppm;

-Manufacturer: Konica Minolta;

- Printer Type: Monochrome Laser Printer;

-Black & White Horizontal Resolution: 1200 dpi;

-Black & White Vertical Resolution: 1200 dpi;

-Black & White Print Speed: 36 ppm;

-Installed Memory: 128 MB;

- Processor Speed: 500 MHz;

-Monthly Duty Cycle: 150000 pages per month.