Konica Minolta bizhub 250 User manual

July 2005 Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH Page 1
International Marketing Division
Office Marketing Group
Launch Guide bizhub 250/bizhub 350
bizhub 250/bizhub 350
Your Office Professionals

July 2005 Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH Page 2
International Marketing Division
Office Marketing Group
Launch Guide bizhub 250/bizhub 350

July 2005 Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH Page 3
International Marketing Division
Office Marketing Group
Launch Guide bizhub 250/bizhub 350
Table of Contents
Page
1. Intro 5
2. Market 6
2.1 General Considerations 6
2.2. Market Trend 7
2.3 Sales Approach 9
3. Product Concept 10
3.1 Standard Configuration 10
3.2 Highlights 10
3.3 Configuration 12
3.4 Option Attachment/Sales Ratio 13
4. Comparison with Di2510(f)/3510(f) and 7222/7235 14
5. Special Features and their Benefit 15
5.1 bizhub Design & Operation 15
5.2 Scanning 16
5.3 Printing 16
5.4 Document/Personal Box 19
5.5 Fax 19
5.6 Security 20
5.7 User Authentication/Accounts 20
5.8 Finishing 20
5.9 PageScope Utilities 21
5.10 Function/Option Matrix 21
6. Suggested Retail Pricing 22
7. Competitive Comparison 23
8. Customer Replaceable Supplies 24
9. Environmental Aspects 24
10. Technical Improvements 25
11. Phase 2 Release 25
11.1 Availability Phase 2 25
11.2 Phase 2 Functions 25
11.3 Phase 3 26

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Launch Guide bizhub 250/bizhub 350

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1. Intro
Even though 2005 more than anything else is the year of
colour we are proud to present our two new black & white
office professionals to you, the Konica Minolta bizhub 250 and
bizhub 350. Performing at an output speed of 25 and 35
pages per minute respectively, they offer a powerful bunch of
features already in their standard configuration: their
comprehensive copying, network scanning as well as
EmperonTM driven PCL and PS printing functions are the
perfect solution to the many-fold needs of small to mid-sized
workgroups, departments and even small companies.
Increased ease of use thanks to the newly designed graphic
user interface and large operation panel is only one of the
many assets of the bizhub 250 and bizhub 350. They also
offer a wide range of useful accessories like a fax kit, a
separate scanner unit, a 40 GB hard disk, various paper feed
cabinets as well as sophisticated finishing options, to name
but a few.
Full Box functionality, LDAP support, User Authentication and
volume track functions as well as compliance with the ISO
15408 EAL3 security standard are among the additional
highlights of our two newcomers (some available from Phase
2 only!), not to forget the application of polymerised toner,
which largely contributes to an increased output quality.
Due for launch in September 2005, the bizhub 250 and
bizhub 350 replace the current Di2510(f)/3010/3510(f) and
7222/7228/7235.
Let our office professionals do the job for you - and your
customers!

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2. Market
2.1 General Considerations (Source: CAP V)
We are working in an increasingly connected and digital environment. As a result, the definitions
for the document and the office have changed. We have moved into a world of virtual and
collaborative working, where the office workflow and information processing is becoming central to
defining the total product solution. Electronic documents are experiencing exponential growth,
shifting the focus away from hardcopy. With the total Western European paper market projected to
remain flat over the next five years, the dynamics of the office market are undergoing a major
transformation.
The office is no longer in a fixed location. Today’s office must be where the user is, be it at home,
on the road, in a hotel room, or in a corporate building. Regardless of their location, workers still
need to produce documents in the most convenient and efficient way. Vendors must find a way to
address business issues as well as capture and share the information within an office environment.
The Importance of the Workgroup
Paper volume is forecasted to increase at a CAGR (compound annual growth rate) of only 0.6%
between 2002 and 2007 in Western Europe. Nevertheless, there are pockets of growth within the
office market, particularly in the Workgroup environment. This growth will be driven by office colour
devices and multifunctional devices. These units are placed in shared environments and will be
increasingly network-connected in the future. Connectivity enables users to easily share
documents and information, driving the print volume from their office devices. The Workgroup will
also see growth because of users in the Personal environment that are now networked and
outputting most of their volume on a Workgroup device. In addition, some distributed documents
are now being printed on demand in the Workgroup arena rather than in a Production printing
environment.
According to a study done by CAP-V in 2004 one third of corporate users believe that more than
50% of their documents will move to the network within 3 years. An increasing percentage of
documents have moved from copying to printing, and this trend is expected to continue in the
future. While the majority of customers considered most scanning applications to be important,
scan-to-file was identified as critical by the greatest percentage of respondents. The largest
percentage of scanned documents are archived.

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Key Findings
Offices are beginning to shift their printing jobs away from traditional print providers in favour of
outsourced corporate printing. Indicators suggest that new capabilities for in-house printing due to
multifunctional devices will increase the demand for printing in the Workgroup environment.
Overall, colour technology was found to have lower multiples present than black & white devices.
Colour devices are still perceived as being more complex or expensive, and respondents from
larger companies indicated having low numbers of colour copiers overall.
That’s why bizhub 250 and bizhub 350 will be the first choice especially for major accounts/key
accounts and for large corporate environments because of the very low running cost and the out of
the box network print connectivity including PostScript!
2.2 Market Trend
Compared to 2003, total black & white office placements were up 11% in 2004 according to
InfoSource. While all speed categories experienced growth, category 2 (20 - 39 ppm) increased by
a stunning 18%. This increase in placements was mainly due to the ever stronger demand for
multi-functional copier-printer products as well as colour-capable ones.
While multi-functional devices already accounted for about 41% of all black & white and colour-
capable product placements in 2004, their number is expected to almost double within the next few
years. Even though this positive trend is mainly driven by colour-capable products, the potential for
black & white multi-functional units to be sold successfully in parallel must not be underestimated.

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In terms of monochrome placements (cat. 2, 20 –39 ppm) in 2004, Konica Minolta was on place 2
with Canon taking the lead and Xerox closely following on place number 3.
As far as individual models are concerned, the Di2510 took rank number 6 among the 10 top
models of category 2 in 2004:
CANON
KONICA MINOLTA
XEROX
KYOCERA
RICOH
SHARP
NASHUATEC
TOSHIBA
HEWLETT-PACKARD
OLIVETTI
GESTETNER
LEXMARK
TRIUMPH-ADLER
PANASONIC
Others
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2.3 Sales Approach
Within the Konica Minolta product range, the bizhub 250 and bizhub 350 have to cover the speed
range from approx. 23 to 40 ppm. Both products clearly target the office environment, ie. small to
mid-sized teams and departments as well as small companies. They are not only designed to
replace analogue as well as first generation digital MIF, but also various stand-alone devices still
present in many offices today by one compact, multi-functional unit. The all-in-one architecture and
standard EmperonTM driven print controller will certainly positively support this aim, as do the
specified recommended average and maximum print volumes of 7,000 pages average/28,000
pages max. for the bizhub 250 and 10,000 pages average/48,000 pages max. for the bizhub 350.
Our sales targets for both products over a 19 months period in the whole of Europe are as
follows:
bizhub 250: approx. 28,500 units
bizhub 350: approx. 9,500 units
Given the fact that our two new products will replace the current range of eight different products
(Di2510 and 2510f, Di3010, Di30510 and 3510f, 7222, 7228, 7235), order processing and logistics
handling will be largely simplified.

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3. Product Concept
The term “bizhub” usually stands for a certain feature set. The bizhub 250 and bizhub 350 do
provide for some, but not all of them. Both products follow the guidelines for the new graphic user
interface, however, they are not based on the bizhub OP. Yet, they are designed as compact, all-
in-one MFPs offering standard copying, EmperonTM driven PCL5e/6 and PS3 print functionality as
well as standard network scanning features. Thanks to the 10baseT/100baseTX network interface
card these include scan-to-eMail/FTP/SMB/iFax. Full Super G3 fax functionality is available as an
individual option.
3.1 Standard Configuration
The standard configuration consists of the main body with two 500 sheet
universal trays, a 150 sheet bypass, a stack-less duplex unit, 192 MB of
memory, Ethernet and USB 2.0 interfaces as well as the Emperon
controller.
3.2 Highlights of the bizhub 250/bizhub 350
•copy/print speed of 25/35 ppm (A4) and 14/20 ppm (A3)
•70 OPM at 200 x 200 dpi, 41 OPM at 600 x 600 dpi (both via ADF)
•600 x 600 dpi resolution
•FCOT: 5.3/4.8 secs. / WUT: 14 sec. from sub-power
•user-friendly tilt-capable operational panel with large touch screen and new GUI
•high max. paper capacity: 3,650 sheets
•supported paper weights: 50-210g/m²
•supported paper sizes: A6 –A3
•sophisticated finishing options (sorting, mailbin-sorting, stapling, punching, booklet)
•Standard scan-to-eMail/FTP/SMB/iFax; TWAIN scanning, scan-to-HDD/scan-to-Box* (with
optional HDD)
•super G3 fax option plus dual line support option
•40 GB hard disk
•LDAP support