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New Fiery FS500 DFE Platform Expands Printing Capabilities in Konica Minolta bizhub C750i SeriesFREMONT, Calif., May 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Electronics For Imaging, Inc. and Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A., Inc. (Konica Minolta) have teamed up to make it easier to produce professional color prints and to bring print back in house. The Konica Minolta® bizhub® C750i series is driven by the EFI™ Fiery® IC-420 v2 digital front end (DFE) on the latest Fiery FS500 platform to increase productivity, giving users simple, intuitive tools to quickly, efficiently and cost effectively print professional quality and personalized documents in the office environment or workplace. The DFE includes intuitive Fiery TrueBrand™ technology, a powerful new feature that solves one of the most enduring challenges in office printing – accurate, consistent reproduction of corporate brand colors using Microsoft® Office applications. “We continue to give customers more capabilities through our long-term relationship with EFI and this exceptional new Fiery DFE,” said Dino Pagliarello, Senior Vice President, Product Management and Planning, Konica Minolta. “Together, EFI and Konica Minolta are bringing innovations to customers that add value to their daily work, especially with the very first implementation of Fiery TrueBrand – an easy-to-use tool that should be an essential solution for preserving corporations’ brand identity in common office documents.” Fiery makes getting terrific looking color prints easy and fast, including the ability to print large or complex PowerPoint® files and color-critical PDFs accurately and quickly. In addition, with the new Fiery IC-420 v2, users can easily:
In addition to the operational improvements that come with the new Fiery FS500 DFE platform, customers benefit from the streamlined and efficient control and management capabilities of the latest version 6.7 of Fiery Command WorkStation® – the industry’s most widely used digital printing job management interface. “The new IC-420 v2 DFE includes many additional productivity tools that give business users the power to produce professional-looking documents of all types, from newsletters and flyers to brochures, personalized communications and more,” said John Henze, VP of Sales and Marketing, EFI Fiery. “Leveraging our extensive technology innovation and expertise in digital printing, we have created a powerful, intuitive solution to enable office or enterprise customers to bring print back in house. That way, customers can reduce the costs associated with outsourcing and increase productivity, all while and increasing flexibility and schedule control.” In addition to the Konica Minolta bizhub C750i, the Fiery IC-420 v2 DFE is supported by the C650i, C550i, C450i, C360i, C300i and C250i models, all of which are available from Konica Minolta and authorized Konica Minolta resellers. For more information about EFI Fiery Driven™ products, visit www.efi.com or contact 800-875-7117. About EFI Follow EFI online: About Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. *Available in Q3 NOTE TO EDITORS: The EFI logo, Fiery and Command WorkStation are registered trademarks of Electronics For Imaging, Inc. in the U.S. and/or certain other countries. EFI, Edge, TrueBrand, JobExpert, FreeForm and Fiery Driven are trademarks of Electronics For Imaging, Inc. in the U.S. and/or certain other countries. Konica Minolta and bizhub are registered trademarks of Konica Minolta, Inc. Microsoft, Microsoft Office and PowerPoint are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other terms and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners, and are hereby acknowledged. Nothing herein should be construed as a warranty in addition to the express warranty statements provided with EFI products and services. Contact: |