Konica to preview new desktop color laser printer with next generation Fiery print controller from EFI; Konica to demonstrate affordable, Fiery Driven KL-3015 at PC EXPO in New York.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 18, 1997--Konica Business Machines U.S.A., Inc., a leading worldwide OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and manufacturer of color not of the white race; - commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. See also: Color laser printer engines, announced today a new, low-cost desktop color laser printer A laser printer that prints in color using four toner cartridges (CMYK) of cyan, magenta, yellow and black. The colors are applied one at a time to the drum and are then adhered to the paper. See printer. designed in conjunction with Electronics for Imaging, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :EFII EFII Electronics for Imaging Inc (Foster City, CA) ), a leader in network color printing “colour separation” redirects here. For other uses, see colour-separation overlay. Color printing is the reproduction of an image or text in color (as opposed to simpler black and white or monochrome printing). technologies. Konica's first venture into the color desktop market under its brand name, the KL-3015 incorporates an advanced, next generation Fiery(R) print controller from EFI See UEFI. EFI - Extensible Firmware Interface . The KL-3015 will be demonstrated at Konica's booth (No. 428) during PC EXPO A trade show for resellers, corporate managers and technical professionals from CMP Media LLC, a subsidiary of United Business Media. First held in New York in 1983 with 120 exhibitors and 9,600 attendees, the show grew from the personal computer's early years to 550 vendors and more than in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , June 17-19, 1997. The Fiery Driven(R) KL-3015 delivers superior performance at an extremely economical price point. Optimized for corporate workgroup communications such as color presentations, manuals and brochures, the KL-3015 offers printing speeds of three pages-per-minute in color and a market-leading 15 pages-per-minute in black-and-white. The KL-3015's brilliant, photographic-quality color output is also ideal for a range of graphic arts graphic arts: see aquatint; drawing; drypoint; engraving; etching; illustration; linoleum block printing; lithography; mezzotint; niello; pastel; poster; silk-screen printing; silhouette; silverpoint; sketch; stencil; woodcut and wood engraving. applications such as composites and proofs. In addition, the KL-3015 includes built-in tools for remote management via the World Wide Web or corporate intranets. "We are very pleased to announce our partnership with EFI, a leader in networked print controllers," said Terry Nakazawa, president and chairman of Konica Business Machines. "Combining our technologies and expertise with those of EFI, we have developed a printer that sets a new price/performance benchmark for the desktop color printer market. The KL-3015 will allow us to build on the tremendous success we've enjoyed with our popular Konica-branded line of products for black-and-white network printing." "The Konica KL-3015 marks the beginning of a new era of affordable, high-quality desktop color printing," noted Dan Avida, EFI's president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Now, for what was recently the cost of a black-and-white only printer, companies can purchase a color printer. And not just any printer, but one that melds Fiery print quality and document processing power with Konica imaging performance." About the KL-3015 The combination of Konica's high-performance print engine and EFI's next generation Fiery print controller enables the KL-3015 to produce brilliant 600 x 600 dpi, photographic-quality color output at the print engine's maximum rated speed. EFI's RIP-While-Print(TM) technology provides increased throughput on multi-page documents and multiple jobs by enabling the KL-3015 to process and print pages simultaneously. EFI's Continuous Print(TM) technology also allows the KL-3015 to generate faster output by eliminating the need for the print engine to cycle down between pages or jobs. The Konica KL-3015 is expected to be equipped with 45 resident PCL (Printer Command Language) The page description language for HP LaserJet printers. It has become a de facto standard used in many printers and typesetters. PCL Level 5, introduced with the LaserJet III in 1990, also supports Compugraphic's Intellifont scalable fonts. 5c(R) fonts (in addition, an Adobe PostScript(R) Level 2 interpreter and 35 Adobe Type 1 fonts are available as an option). The printer's standard 16 MB of memory can be upgraded to a maximum of 80 MB. Supporting A4, B5, legal, letter, and executive paper sizes, the KL-3015 allows users to manually feed other popular media, including overhead transparencies, envelopes, postcards, and labels. A standard 250-sheet input bin and 50-sheet manual feed tray can be supplemented by an optional 500-sheet cassette, while the KL-3015's output capabilities include a 250-sheet capacity face-down tray and a 10-sheet capacity face-up tray. Web Utilities Providing an added level of flexibility for corporate workgroup printing environments, the KL-3015 can be managed remotely via the World Wide Web or corporate intranets using EFI's Fiery WebTools(R) software. Using any standard Java(TM)-enabled browser, Fiery WebTools provide network administrators with the ability to access and control a variety of printing functions -- such as job tracking, job reprinting, job print order -- and even deleting jobs. Remote access to the print queue also gives the administrator instant updates on job status and error messages, allowing for timely response to problems. The Fiery WebTools utilities also provide job accounting and job security capabilities, two significant functions required in network printing environments. Network Support The Konica KL-3015 can be connected to all popular networks and platforms running most major operating systems, including Novell NetWare 3 and 4, Windows NT, Windows 95, Windows 3.1, UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , and Macintosh System 7. Protocol support includes IPX/SPX See IPX. , TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. , AppleTalk, Token Ring, and Ethernet. Pricing and Availability The KL-3015 will be available in the fourth quarter of 1997 and will be positioned aggressively based on current and anticipated street prices for color laser printers. Official pricing will be released in the third quarter of 1997. About Konica Business Machines U.S.A. Konica Business Machines U.S.A., Inc., headquartered in Windsor, Conn., is a $500 million sales and service company which markets a full range of digital printer/copiers, color laser printers, analog copiers, and digital multifunctional products through direct sales offices, authorized dealers and value-added resellers located in North, Central and South America. The company, which employs approximately 2,000 people in the United States, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Konica Corporation of Tokyo, Japan, a leading manufacturer and worldwide distributor of imaging products. Konica can be accessed on the internet at http://www.kbm.com . About Electronics for Imaging Electronics for Imaging, Inc. (EFI) is the industry pioneer and market leader in the development of products and technologies that enable high-quality digital color printing over computer networks. The company's Fiery Color Servers incorporate advanced hardware and software technologies to achieve fast, photographic-quality color output and provide network connectivity for a range of devices, including color copiers from all leading vendors, wide-format plotters and digital presses. Fiery XJe Controllers leverage these same technologies to increase the output speed and improve the print quality of Fiery Driven desktop color laser printers. EFI's products are distributed by the company's blue-chip OEM partners -- Canon, Digital Equipment Corporation, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Kodak/Danka Office Imaging, Konica, Minolta, Oce, Ricoh, and Xerox. Fiery Color Servers and Fiery Driven color printers are installed worldwide in leading corporations, advertising agencies, graphic design studios, and print-for-pay businesses. Founded in 1989 and headquartered in San Mateo, Calif., the company employs more than 370 people and has 22 worldwide sales offices. Its stock is traded on the NASDAQ national market system under the symbol EFII. Additional information regarding Electronics for Imaging may be obtained by calling the company directly at 415/286-8600, or through public sources, including the company's SEC filings. Electronics for Imaging may also be reached on the World Wide Web at http://www.efi.com . -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: EFI, the EFI logo, Fiery, and the Fiery Signature are registered trademarks with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Fiery XJ, Fiery Color Server, Fiery XJ Color Server, Fiery XJ+, Fiery XJ+ Color Server, Fiery Xje, Fiery Driven, Fiery XJ-W, XJ RipChips, Rip-While-Print, Continuous Print, STARR Starr , Belle Originally Myra Belle Shirley. 1848-1889. American outlaw whose Oklahoma cabin became a hideout for fugitives from justice. Tales of her criminal exploits are largely unsubstantiated. Compression, Memory Multiplier, Fiery Scan, Fiery Print Calibrator calibrator an instrument for dilating a tubular structure or for determining the caliber of such a structure. , Fiery XJ Print Calibrator, Fiery XJ Downloader, Fiery XJ Scan, Fiery XJ Spooler See print spooler and spooling. (operating system, tool) spooler - Software or hardware to which data is spooled and which processes that data (e.g. prints it) in the background. , Command WorkStation, Fiery WebTools, Fiery WebSpooler, Fiery WebLink, Fiery WebInstaller, and Fiery WebStatus are trademarks of Electronics for Imaging, Inc. All other terms and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners, and are hereby acknowledged. CONTACT: Electronics for Imaging, Inc. Letty Dupuy, 415/286-8595 letty.dupuy@corp.efi.com or Konica Business Machines U.S.A., Inc. Lisa Pizzute, 800/456-6422 ext. 2292 |
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