Konica Minolta MFPs win BLI Pick Award 2016

Buyer’s Laboratory LLC (BLI) recently declared the winners of its BLI awards for the summer 2016. Konica Minolta continued its winning streak as its A3 multifunctional printers (MFP) Bizhub C308 and Bizhub 227/287 were awarded BLI Pick Award 2016. These products were appreciated for fast printing, high quality output, reliability and outstanding value proposition.

23 Sep 2016 | By Dibyajyoti Sarma

BLI is a leading intelligence provider on the document imaging industry and the Pick awards acknowledge the products that perform the best as per the BLI extensive laboratory tests. These awards acknowledge products and its capabilities that stand out for attributes such as innovation, usefulness, energy efficiency and range of other criteria.

“The Konica Minolta Bizhub 227/287 and Bizhub C308 reduce costs and streamline workflows in a number of ways and impressively bridge the gap between compact A4 MFPs and traditional mid-volume A3 office MFPs,” said BIL senior editor George Mikolay. “The device is a high value-add for small- to mid-size workgroups. The BLI award winning MyTab in the drivers is fully customisable, allowing users to set preferences and shortcuts for frequently used job to streamline workflow. And the intuitive control panel can be customized with up to 25 shortcut keys for commonly programmed jobs.”

Yuji Nakata, MD Konica Minolta Business Solutions India, said, “The Konica Minolta Bizhub C308 and Bizhub 227/ 287 series is induced to the segment in a way where it plays pivotal role by providing competitive pricing factor, streamline workflows and is in sync with the latest applications which can be operated through mobile devices.”

Key features of Minolta Bizhub C308 and Bizhub 227/ 287:

Excellent reliability
Fully customisable driver and diverse control panel
Fast print speeds in multi-user environments
High quality output in black and consistent colour over long runs
Support for mobile printing
Comprehensive security measures

Buyers Laboratory LLC is the world’s leading independent provider of analytical information and services to the digital imaging and document management industry. For over 50 years, buyers have relied on BLI to help them differentiate products’ strengths and weaknesses and make the best purchasing decisions, while industry sales, marketing and product professionals have turned to BLI for insightful competitive intelligence and valued guidance on product development, competitive positioning and sales channel and marketing support.