Konica Minolta picks up three Buyers Lab Pick awards

Konica Minolta has earned three Buyers Lab (BLI) Pick awards for the summer 2014 season for its monochrome bizhub 454e, bizhub 654e and bizhub 754e printers. 

The bizhub 454e was awarded Outstanding 41- to 50-ppm A3 Monochrome Multi-Function Printer (MFP); the bizhub 654e was named Outstanding 61- to 70-ppm A3 Monochrome MFP; and the bizhub 754e is an Outstanding 71- to 80-ppm A3 Monochrome MFP.

The bizhub 454e.

Based on BLI's report, all three MFPs performed flawlessly or near flawlessly over the course of BLI's extensive durability testing. 

Additionally, all three models were easy to use, featuring extremely well-designed control panels that give users a choice of three easily accessible interfaces, and support for dragging and dropping, pinch-to-zoom and the ability to rotate pages in a scan preview using multi-touch controls. 

Also contributing to ease of use is the My Tab feature in the print drivers, which allows users to configure a tab with their own frequently used features.

The models were further praised by BLI for their print quality, with all three earning excellent or very good ratings in all categories evaluated.

The bizhub 654e.

BLI provides intelligence on the document imaging and solutions industry. Its Pick awards, presented twice annually, acknowledge the hardware and software offerings that measure up as the best in BLI's lab testing, which assesses most important features and performance factors for buyers, including reliability, productivity, image quality, media handling, and ease of use.

*Images from Konica Minolta.