Minolta PPD Secures Largest Order to Date.MAHWAH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 1999-- U.S. Army Recruiting Recruit or Army recruit is a term often colloquially used to refer to the lowest military rank in various armed services. It usually implies that the soldier so labeled has not yet completed basic training. More formally, "recruit" means a person attending boot camp. Office Purchases 3,500 PageWorks Laser Printers Minolta Corp.'s Peripheral Products Division announced today that the U.S. Army Recruiting office at Fort Knox Fort Knox [for Henry Knox], U.S. military reservation, 110,000 acres (44,515 hectares), Hardin and Meade counties, N Ky.; est. 1917 as a training camp in World War I. It became a permanent post in 1932. In the steel and concrete vaults of the U.S. , Kentucky, purchased 3,500 Minolta desktop laser printers, Minolta's largest contract to date. Print speed, cost and Minolta's next-day replacement policy were key benefits in the Army's decision to purchase Minolta's PageWorks 8L, an 8 page-per-minute monochrome printer. Competitive products in the same price class feature a print speed of 6ppm. "This agreement with the U.S. Army follows a very successful year for Minolta's Peripheral Products Division. We are pleased that we can provide quality products and services that fit their needs," said Brian Greer, director of marketing for Minolta. Army field representatives will use the laser printers in their recruitment efforts. The printers were purchased through Minolta Business Partner Cintronix Inc., a government reseller based in Annapolis, Md., and a subsidiary of CSI CSI Crime Scene Investigator CSI CompuServe, Inc. CSI Commodity Systems, Inc. CSI Commodity Systems Inc. (Boca Raton, FL) CSI Crime Scene Investigation (CBS TV show) CSI Christian Schools International Inc. "Minolta's product was faster, better and less expensive than the competition," said Mike Heminger, vice president of sales and marketing for Cintronix. "Another advantage was Minolta's superior product warranty." The Minolta PageWorks 8L is a 600-dot-per-inch (dpi) compact laser printer equipped with network-capable Adobe(R) PrintGear(TM) technology. Adobe's PrintGear technology is a unique combination of host-based software and printer-based hardware, which results in faster overall processing speeds See MHz. . Adobe PrintGear is enhanced with Adobe Memory Booster, enabling it to print virtually any document using only 2MB of RAM and making it an ideal solution for a Windows-based environment. The PageWorks 8L offers fast, high-quality printing for small-workgroup users. About Minolta Minolta Corporation's Peripheral Products Division (PPD (1) (Parallel Presence Detect) The method used by earlier SIMM memory modules to communicate their capacity to the computer. A binary number coming from a parallel set of pins was read by the system, with each pin representing one bit. Contrast with SPD. ) was formed in 1997 to market Minolta's full line of high-quality color and monochrome printing solutions. The flagship PageWorks printer line benefits from Minolta's more than 15 years of experience as a leading manufacturer of monochrome and color printer A printer that prints in color using three (CMY) or four (CMYK) colors of ink, toner or dye. Four color ribbons have been used in dot matrix printers, but these are rare today. See color laser printer and printer. engines and developer of advanced color technologies. As a growing number of business and personal users demand digital output, Minolta PPD is committed to providing them with reasonably priced, highly reliable printers backed by superior service and support. Headquartered in Mahwah, New Jersey Mahwah is a township in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 24,062. The name Mahwah is derived from the Lenni Lenape word "mawewi" which means "Meeting Place" or "Place Where Paths Meet". , the Peripheral Products Division is part of the Business Products Group, which manufactures digital and analog office equipment including fax machines, copiers, printers, micrographic mi·cro·graph n. 1. A drawing or photographic reproduction of an object as viewed through a microscope. 2. An instrument used to make tiny writing or engraving. systems and electronic image and information management systems. Additional information is available online at www.minoltaprinters.com, toll free at 1-888-2MINOLTA (1-888-264-6658). |
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