IKON Adds 65-Page Per Minute Color System
IKON Expands the IKON BusinessPro Product Line with Addition of 65-Page Per Minute Color System Aimed at the Office Environment.
MALVERN, PA, Feb 15, 2007 - IKON Office Solutions, the world's largest independent channel for document management systems and services, today introduced the IKON BusinessPro 650, a color printing and copying system designed specifically to meet the needs of the office environment. The IKON BusinessPro 650 joins the recently launched IKON CPP® 650 in a line of 65-page per minute color systems developed with Konica Minolta.
Big Capacity, Small Footprint
The EFI Fiery®-driven system combines powerful printing and finishing capabilities within a cost-effective, space-saving footprint, making it an ideal solution for the office environment, and builds on the success of the IKON BusinessPro™ 500c, a 50-page per minute color system designed for the office environment.
"The IKON BusinessPro 650 continues our commitment to delivering best-in-class color technology that is available to businesses in a variety of prices and configurations," explains Bill Carpou, Vice President of Marketing for North America, IKON Office Solutions. "The ease-of-use, performance and advanced capabilities of the IKON BusinessPro 650 are designed for office environments looking for a robust color solution for a range of applications and business communications."
High-Volume Printer
The IKON BusinessPro 650 offers color and black-and-white output of 65 pages per minute with a high-volume, 300,000-page monthly duty cycle. It offers a wide range of finishing features, including 200-page saddle-stitched and face-trimmed color booklets, folded output for mailers and inserts, and 100-sheet stapling for color presentations and reports. The IKON BusinessPro 650's many features and capabilities can also be enhanced with a variety of variable data printing software, enabling personalized, high impact materials.
Fiery System 8e Controller
The IKON BusinessPro 650 is driven by EFI's Fiery System 8e, the industry's first embedded print server to extend to the desktop, providing exceptional color, advanced capabilities and convenience while increasing productivity. The server includes the recently launched EFI Desktop SE (standard) and EFI Desktop Pro (optional), which are designed to allow users to instantly organize, manage, file and share all of their paper and digital documents at their desktop. Fiery System 8e features a Native Document Conversion feature that enables the printing of Microsoft(R) Word, Excel(R), and PowerPoint(R) documents through the email client without a printer driver. Driver-based imposition enables users to produce complete booklets and other documents from the desktop.
The IKON BusinessPro 650 includes the new Fiery Smart RIP technology, which drives up to 30 percent more pages on printing devices per time period in the most demanding office environments. In addition, Fiery ColorWise(R), the EFI in-RIP color management system, is designed to deliver consistent color across applications, computer platforms, color spaces, and color file formats, enabling users to easily achieve undeviating, professional-level color.
Exceptional Color, Productivity
"Our newest generation of Fiery server technology designed for IKON continues EFI's legacy of providing increasingly innovative high-value solutions for customers," said Frank Mallozzi, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales, EFI. "With new, powerful tools for exceptional color, productivity, flexibility and security to maximize the IKON digital output device, customers who demand consistently high levels of color quality, productivity and security should find exceptional value in the Fiery-driven IKON BusinessPro 650."
Price and Availability
The IKON BusinessPro 650 is available for order throughout the United States and Canada, with a current retail base price of $49,995. More information can be found on the IKON website or by calling 1-888-ASK-IKON.
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