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KONICA MINOLTA PRINTING SOLUTIONS EUROPE B.V.
magicolor 5400 series
A closer look
Version 2.007/01/05
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The magicolor 5400 series is the result of Konica Minolta’s commitment to be a company that constantly brings new
surprises to customers, through its unique and innovative products and services, by mobilizing its broad technological
capabilities in the field of imaging.
This presentation will highlight some of the revolutionary technologies inside the magicolor 5400 series and the benefits
these technologies bring to customers.
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Belt fusing system
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Belt fusing system
For the magicolor 5400 series, Konica Minolta have developed a revolutionary belt fusing system, which dramatically reduces the warm-up time of the printer
3:11:59
magicolor 2300 series:180 seconds
magicolor 5400 series:35 seconds
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180 sec
35 sec
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High-tech material belt
The belt is made of a material called “POLYIMIDE”
Polyimide:- high-tech material, developed by NASA
- heatproof, long-life, thin and durable
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Fuser blade
The fusing unit contains a special-shaped “nipping”
blade, that allows wider and smoother heat contact area
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Prismlaser print head
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Prismlaser print head
All models in the magicolor 5400 series contain a high-tech print head called Prismlaser
This Prismlaser is basically a mirror that combines 4 cylinder lenses into one element
The laser beam comes from a registration-free laser module This measures the temperature of the laser diode and
adjusts the registration dynamically
The laser beam is transmitted to a light & compact scanning lens Made of resin Free curved surface
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High-tech Prismlaser mirror4 cylinder lenses into 1
element
Registration-free laser modulemeasures temperature of laser
diode and adjusts the registration dynamically
Light & compact scanning lens- made of resin
- free curved surface
3D-shaped 4-laser 1 polygon print head
compact: all-in-one design
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Polymerised toner
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Polymerised toner
Like most Konica Minolta products, the magicolor 5400 series use special polymerised toner, produced in-house
Polymerised toner is essential to the reproduction of high-quality images: The small diameter and uniform shape of these toner particles offer
superior concealment, which means space previously left between each toner particle has now been eliminated. As a result, the units provide consistent, high-quality images with improved reproduction of text and fine lines.
Plus, since polymerised toner needs no oil for fusing, it produces natural-looking low-gloss colour images and documents that can be written on as well as allow notes to be attached to, and are therefore suitable for business use.
Moreover, smaller toner particles have a better transfer rate to paper, which thus reduces the amount of toner used in image reproductions.
Polymerised toner is also friendlier to our environment. It requires less energy in its manufacturing process than do conventional toners that use traditional kneading and pulverising methods. What's more, the amount of CO2, NOx and SOx emissions that cause global warming and acid rain are cut by approximately 30%.
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Advantages and features of the polymerised method
ItemItem PolymerisationPolymerisation PulverisationPulverisation
Particle diameterParticle diameterReduction down to 3 µm
possibleReduction down to 7 µm at
maximum
Particle distributionParticle distributionUniform in size and shape
distributionBroad, irregular distribution
Toner particle shapeToner particle shapeUniform in shape, with a
smooth surfaceIrregular in shape and
coarse surface
Output Output qualityquality
ResolutionResolutionEfficient reproduction of thin
lines and dots
SharpnessSharpness
Outstanding sharpness (highly efficient at sustaining
sharpness throguh multpile copies)
GradationGradation Smooth gradations in halftones
Environmental impact Environmental impact (LCA*)(LCA*)
Cuts the amount of carbon dioxide (32%), nitrogen oxide (40%), and sulfur oxide (42%)
emissions compared to the pulverisation method.
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Production processes
polymerised toner
pulverised toner
1.1. 2.2. 3.3.
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Toner particle comparison
close-up of particles
toner transfered to paper
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Image quality results
sharpnesssharpness
resolutionresolution
gradationgradation
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Controller technology
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Konica Minolta Raster Language
The magicolor 5430DL and 5440DL use Konica Minolta’s own Konica Minolta Raster Langue
This is an enhanced version of GDI
KMRL supports various environments: Windows Mac Linux
KMRL offers hi-speed color graphics with a low-cost controller
KMRL will be used by all DL-products
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Special note
Konica Minolta Raster Language does support certain versions of Mac-OS but it is not a PostScript or PCL driver
KMRL offers basic office functionality Word processing Emails Spreadsheets Presentations
It does not offer: Color matching Object segmentation eAIDC (Automatic Image Density Calibration)
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