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July 2005

Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH

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International Marketing Division

Office Marketing Group

Launch Guide bizhub 250/bizhub 350

Table of Contents

Page

1. Intro

2. Market

2.1 General Considerations

2.2. Market Trend

2.3 Sales Approach

3. Product Concept

3.1 Standard Configuration

3.2 Highlights

3.3 Configuration

3.4 Option Attachment/Sales Ratio

4. Comparison with Di2510(f)/3510(f) and 7222/7235

5. Special Features and their Benefit

5.1 bizhub Design & Operation

5.2 Scanning

5.3 Printing

5.4 Document/Personal Box

5.5 Fax

5.6 Security

5.7

User Authentication/Accounts

5.8 Finishing

5.9 PageScope Utilities

5.10 Function/Option Matrix

6. Suggested Retail Pricing

7. Competitive Comparison

8. Customer Replaceable Supplies

9. Environmental Aspects

10. Technical Improvements

11. Phase 2 Release

11.1 Availability Phase 2

11.2 Phase 2 Functions

11.3 Phase 3

Summary of Contents for bizhub 250

Page 1: ...July 2005 Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH Page 1 International Marketing Division Office Marketing Group Launch Guide bizhub 250 bizhub 350 bizhub 250 bizhub 350 Your Office Professionals ...

Page 2: ...July 2005 Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH Page 2 International Marketing Division Office Marketing Group Launch Guide bizhub 250 bizhub 350 ...

Page 3: ...t Sales Ratio 13 4 Comparison with Di2510 f 3510 f and 7222 7235 14 5 Special Features and their Benefit 15 5 1 bizhub Design Operation 15 5 2 Scanning 16 5 3 Printing 16 5 4 Document Personal Box 19 5 5 Fax 19 5 6 Security 20 5 7 User Authentication Accounts 20 5 8 Finishing 20 5 9 PageScope Utilities 21 5 10 Function Option Matrix 21 6 Suggested Retail Pricing 22 7 Competitive Comparison 23 8 Cu...

Page 4: ...July 2005 Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH Page 4 International Marketing Division Office Marketing Group Launch Guide bizhub 250 bizhub 350 ...

Page 5: ...ll companies Increased ease of use thanks to the newly designed graphic user interface and large operation panel is only one of the many assets of the bizhub 250 and bizhub 350 They also offer a wide range of useful accessories like a fax kit a separate scanner unit a 40 GB hard disk various paper feed cabinets as well as sophisticated finishing options to name but a few Full Box functionality LDA...

Page 6: ...portance of the Workgroup Paper volume is forecasted to increase at a CAGR compound annual growth rate of only 0 6 between 2002 and 2007 in Western Europe Nevertheless there are pockets of growth within the office market particularly in the Workgroup environment This growth will be driven by office colour devices and multifunctional devices These units are placed in shared environments and will be...

Page 7: ... will be the first choice especially for major accounts key accounts and for large corporate environments because of the very low running cost and the out of the box network print connectivity including PostScript 2 2 Market Trend Compared to 2003 total black white office placements were up 11 in 2004 according to InfoSource While all speed categories experienced growth category 2 20 39 ppm increa...

Page 8: ...osely following on place number 3 As far as individual models are concerned the Di2510 took rank number 6 among the 10 top models of category 2 in 2004 CANON KONICA MINOLTA XEROX KYOCERA RICOH SHARP NASHUATEC TOSHIBA HEWLETT PACKARD OLIVETTI GESTETNER LEXMARK TRIUMPH ADLER PANASONIC Others 0 10 000 20 000 30 000 40 000 50 000 60 000 70 000 80 000 iR 2200 Aficio 2022 HP LJ 4100 Mfp AR M 205 DSM 622...

Page 9: ...present in many offices today by one compact multi functional unit The all in one architecture and standard EmperonTM driven print controller will certainly positively support this aim as do the specified recommended average and maximum print volumes of 7 000 pages average 28 000 pages max for the bizhub 250 and 10 000 pages average 48 000 pages max for the bizhub 350 Our sales targets for both pr...

Page 10: ...ble as an individual option 3 1 Standard Configuration The standard configuration consists of the main body with two 500 sheet universal trays a 150 sheet bypass a stack less duplex unit 192 MB of memory Ethernet and USB 2 0 interfaces as well as the Emperon controller 3 2 Highlights of the bizhub 250 bizhub 350 copy print speed of 25 35 ppm A4 and 14 20 ppm A3 70 OPM at 200 x 200 dpi 41 OPM at 60...

Page 11: ...roup Launch Guide bizhub 250 bizhub 350 security chip option for HDD data encryption compliance with ISO 15408 EAL 3 security standard new polymerised SimitriTM toner User Authentication and up to 1 000 dedicated accounts for volume tracking CS Remote Care via telephone fax eMail from phase 2 beg 2006 from mid 2006 ...

Page 12: ...12 International Marketing Division Office Marketing Group Launch Guide bizhub 250 bizhub 350 3 3 Configuration For details on the compatibility of the bizhub 250 bizhub 350 options with the Di2510 series products and vice versa please refer to the Product Guide ...

Page 13: ...the bizhub 250 and bizhub 350 Accessory Installation Ratio Original Cover OC 502 10 Document Feeder DF 605 90 Job Separator JS 502 5 Finisher FS 508 40 Add Tray OT 601 2 Mailbin Kit MT 501 2 Punch Unit PU 501 10 Saddle Kit SD 502 1 Fax Kit FK 503 30 Multi Line Kit ML 502 5 Scanner Unit SU 501 1 Hard Disk HD 504 4 Exp Memory EM 303 32MB 20 Exp Memory EM 304 64MB 20 Exp Memory EM 305 128MB 15 Parall...

Page 14: ... MB 40 GB 64 128 MB 40 GB 64 320 MB 20 GB Max Paper Weight from Bypass 210 g m 210 g m 130 g m Paper Input stnd max 1 150 3 650 1 150 3 650 1 050 4 550 NIC Stnd Opt Stnd RIP Stnd Opt Opt Fax Opt Dedicated version Opt Scan to SMB Yes No Yes iFax Stnd Opt No Scan to Box copier Yes phase 2 No Yes Reprint Resend of stored HDD data Yes phase 2 No Yes AMS for mixed originals on ADF Yes No Yes Mixplex si...

Page 15: ...asy to understand key layout The large touch screen LCD offers clearly laid out function keys following the guidelines for the new graphic user interface implemented into all our new product introductions The hard key area has been re arranged as shown below major changes are circled in red Apart from the changes in the panel only minor cosmetic improvements to the front cover have been applied Mo...

Page 16: ...ning functions available with the Konica Minolta products please refer to our separate Scan Guide 5 3 Printing The bizhub 250 and bizhub 350 come equipped with the EmperonTM controller thus offer PCL5e 6 and PS 3 printing as standard and support all common Operating Systems like Win98 Me NT4 0 2000 XP 2003 Mac 9 x 10 x and OS X with some limitations for Phase 1 The standard maximum memory of 192 3...

Page 17: ... Solutions Europe GmbH Page 17 International Marketing Division Office Marketing Group Launch Guide bizhub 250 bizhub 350 Another highlight is the Secure Batch Print function that allows to release several secure print jobs in one shot ...

Page 18: ... and even better than the PCL productivity which was also largely improved Thus we must no longer fear competitors like the Ricoh Aficio 2035 or Canon iR3320i which easily bet the print performance of our current products e g Di3510 Results when printing the 25 page 19 MB Launch Guide of the C450 Word document were as follows Print Time Spool Size bizhub 350 Di 3510 7235 113 2 11 78 2 67 55 2 14 0...

Page 19: ...can be set to be deleted at fixed intervals of 1 to 7 days selectable 5 5 Fax Other than with the Di2510f and Di3510f we now no longer have dedicated fax models but a separate Super G3 fax option kit FK 503 with a 33 6 Kbps modem 200 up to 600 dpi resolution normal fine superfine ultra fine MH MR MMR JBIG compression which can be added on individually even after installation of the machine The sca...

Page 20: ...red on the hard disc Manual HDD data erasure will then also be possible 5 7 User Authentication Accounts Use of network related functions can be restricted by Windows Active Directory via pre registration of user IDs and passwords Up to 1 000 accounts are available for volume tracking by user division ID password volume track information If user authentication and volume tracking are combined whic...

Page 21: ...ersion previously Cabinet Utilities that can be downloaded from the Web free of charge are Plug in for Web JetAdmin CS Remote Care and possibly a Print utility for Unix TBD PS Router and PS Workware full version are available against charge 5 10 Function Option Matrix The following matrix illustrates which of the options is required to support the desired functionality Function Option SU 501 EK 50...

Page 22: ...ries products and also against some major competitors the new models are very attractively priced taking into account that printing and scanning features are already equipped as standard on the main body Although the final pricing was not available at the time this guide was prepared the following estimation already shows a very favourable picture The cost per copy all in is expected to be at leas...

Page 23: ...are Canon iR2230 2270 Kyocera KM 2550 Ricoh Aficio 2022 2027 and Toshiba 230 280 Against the bizhub 350 these are Canon iR3530 3570 Kyocera KM 3035 Ricoh Aficio 2032 2035e Toshiba 350 and Xerox C35 A full overview about competitive products compared with the bizhub 250 and bizhub 350 will be provided with the Competitive Encounter The below screen shots only serve as examples of what this comparis...

Page 24: ...nic equipment and which will come into force by mid 2006 Only the finisher and hard disk will not be compliant from the launch but about three months later autumn 2005 The DTS German Definitive Telefax Standard test has been passed for the fax option Since the bizhub 250 and bizhub 350 use polymerised toner all consumables are new and exclusive for these two models While the drum and developer las...

Page 25: ...ruary March 2006 Existing machines can be upgraded accordingly ISO 15408 certification can only be applied for upon the release of Phase 2 firmware and is therefore expected for mid 2006 11 2 Phase 2 Functions Box Functions increase no of boxes to 999 user 1 public box phase 1 115 user for scanning only 1 public box add storage of copy jobs on HDD re print send of data from HDD change printer sett...

Page 26: ...ord control for Box penalty for authentication failure after 3 attempts access limitation IP filtering Combination of User Authentication and Volume Track function 100 accounts planned TBC 11 3 Phase 3 Due to the fact that most probably not all of the features originally scheduled for Phase 2 can be realised by February 2006 a Phase 3 release is planned for July 2006 Details will be decided by BT ...

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