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magicolor 5400 series

A closer look

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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

0:34:81

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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