Kyocera 2160 K M

We expect that IBM will come out with its own versions

of the Lexmark C622/C624 families in the near future to

replace this model.

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IBM Infoprint Color 1534n

IBM Infoprint Color 1534dn

20ppm full color

20ppm black & white

Same Machines as the discontinued Lexmark C524 family

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IBM Infoprint Color 1654n Express

IBM Infoprint Color 1654dn Express

25ppm full color

25ppm black & white

Same Machines as the Lexmark C770 family

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IBM Infoprint Color 1664n

IBM Infoprint Color 1664dn

25ppm full color

25ppm black & white

Same Machines as the Lexmark C772 family

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IBM Infoprint Color 1567

32ppm full color

36ppm black & white

Same Machine as the Lexmark C920

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KONICA

MINOLTA

Mobile, AL

800 523 2696

www.printer.konicaminolta.net

Vendor Profile

Konica Minolta’s printer division has made its mark by

selling affordable color printers to small businesses and

home users through major retail chains.

Konica Minolta is the company that resulted from the

merger of two Japanese imaging companies, Konica and

Minolta. The main thrust of the company is copiers and

cameras, but the company does sell office laser printers,

both black-and-white and color. These printers were

developed by the Minolta division known until recently

as Minolta QMS, a business that was formed in 1999

when Minolta acquired Alabama-based QMS, an

American vendor of laser printers.

Konica Minolta’s printer group is housed at the former

QMS headquarters in Alabama. The company is starting

to distribute printers through Konica Minolta office

equipment dealers, where they also sell copiers, faxes,

and multifunctional machines. For at least some of their

models, the company has also started to move into cata-

log sales and Internet retailing. Konica Minolta sells its

printers through computer-industry channels. In the US

market for color laser printers, Konica Minolta is now a

presence to be reckoned with.

Note that, in an unusual move,Konica Minolta’s main

copier division has also released a copier-based printer,

the C250P, which is sold through a different part of the

company.

Product Profiles

Konica Minolta magicolor 2500W

Konica Minolta magicolor 2530 DL

Konica Minolta magicolor 2550 EN

Konica Minolta magicolor 2550 DN

5ppm full color

20ppm black & white

Sum-up: Low-cost printers with basic functions.

The new magicolor 2500 printers are replacements for

the discontinued magicolor 2400 models. They print at

the same speeds as their predecessors — 20ppm in black-

and-white and 5ppm in color. In fact, they are very simi-

lar to the 2400 machines,the major difference being their

pricing,whichin the cases of the 2500W and 2530 DL is

$100 cheaper than the printers they replaced.

Blazing speed is not what these machines are about.

However, they do offer black-and-white printing with a

little bit of color for an affordable price.

Though essentially the same printer,these three models

add features progressively, justifying the differences in

price.All have an estimated monthly duty cycle of 35,000

pages. They all use the same consumables, with black

pages costing about 2.3¢, color pages 12.3¢. These are not

cheap, but they aren’t bad at the low end of the market.

The $299 magicolor 2500W is a verybasic printer. It

has 200 sheets of input only and 200 sheets of output,

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