Konica Minolta bizhub PRO C5501 User manual

bizhub PRO C5501 Professional
The full-colour on demand digital press

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If you don’t have the flexibility to offer your customers
speed, colour, and finishing options at a competitive cost,
they won’t be your customers for long. That’s why you need
a digital colour press to reliably handle complex jobs.
Introducing the bizhub PRO C5501 Professional. Equipped with the tools you need to
process and finish small lot, on-demand runs smoothly and efficiently, you can quickly
move on to the next job and generate more business in less time. With the bizhub PRO
C5501 Professional on your production floor, you can take every order in your stride.
Flexible on-demand
digital colour printing

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• Full colour A4 size printing at 55 ipm
• Compatible with 300 gsm thick paper, coated paper and other media
• Image quality rivaling offset printing
• Highly accurate front/back registration
• Numerous finishing capabilities including folding, stitching and stapling
• Exceptional durability and long life of consumables
Innovative

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Flexibility
Keep your customers satisfied by completing
small lot jobs in a hurry.
Achieve quality comparable to that of an offset press for
all your orders without the need for film or plates. Any job,
even variable print runs and other customised documents,
can be quickly output from data when it is needed.
Reliability
The durability to stand up to the rigors of
professional printing.
A highly rigid frame ensures excellent durability, while
the box chassis is strengthened with a double layer. With
long-lasting consumables, you’ll enjoy exceptional cost
performance with the bizhub PRO C5501 Professional.
High productivity
55 ipm high-speed printing to meet even the
tightest deadlines.
When you have the power to print at a speedy 55 ipm in
colour and B/W while offering impressive inline finishing,
you can process more orders and take on more complex
jobs. Meanwhile, on-the-fly replacement of toner and
paper means reduced downtime and improved efficiency.
In-house processing
Take on any challenge with a variety
of high-quality finishing options.
Never turn down a job again. The wealth of finishing
options includes folding, saddle stitching and stapling,
and optional hole punching. Best of all, you can use paper
up to 300 gsm in weight, coated sheets, and irregular
sizes – everything you need to get the job done right,
without outsourcing.

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Paper handling
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4,250-sheet paper capacity
The three trays in the main unit have a combined capacity
of 1,500 sheets. The LU-202 Paper feed cabinet holds a
capacity of 2,500 sheets.
Large output capacity with the Booklet
Finisher FS-607
The FS-607 Booklet Finisher allows the bizhub PRO
C5501 professional an output capacity of 2,500 sheets.
Delivering your business
needs a digital press that can
effortlessly handle a diverse
range of high-volume output.
Compatibility with a wide range of media boosts the value of your business
Improved compatibility with
coated paper
The newly developed belt-type fixing
unit improves feeding accuracy and
speed thanks to a wider nip width.
And with a cooling vent in the lower
pressure roller of the fixing unit,
blistering and warping of coated
paper is reduced.
A wide range of paper supported
Sizes from postcard to 330 x 487 mm
are supported, enabling A3 layouts to
be output at full size, complete with
trim marks. The main unit trays can
handle paper between 64 gsm to
256 gsm, while the LU-202 Paper
Feed Cabinet, is compatible with
paper weights up to 300 gsm.
Paper registration settings
The bizhub PRO C5501 Professional
lets you register up to 60 paper
types, sizes and weights along with
sophisticated settings such as image
correction and air-assisted paper
feeding. Once registered, each job can
be prepared at the push of a button.

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Exclusive technologies for stable paper feeding
Air-assisted paper feeding
The LU-202 Paper Feed Cabinet features an air-assisted paper-feeding
mechanism that separates sheets by blowing air at a constantly changing
force and frequency. The occurrence of multi-feed is dramatically reduced
– even for coated paper in humid conditions.
LU-202 Paper Feed Cabinet
2500 sheets
Main unit
500 Sheets x 3 trays
PI-502 Post Inserter Unit
2 x 200 sheet trays

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Hi-Per ASIC
CRS
Technology
IT Bit
Technology
HI-PER ASIC
An exclusive ASIC layout
that offers full digital control
over imaging processes.
IT BIT TECHNOLOGY
Four features to improve imaging
accuracy: Laser Exposure Control,
Dot Position Control, Multi-bit
Screen and Text Enhancement.
CRS TECHNOLOGY
A system that uses feedback
from the engine to make adjustments
to imaging components.
Image quality
IT bit (Image Tag bit) Technology
A collection of four technologies:
• laser exposure with nanosecond pulse control for
precise dot placement of each colour,
• dot position control to write in fine resolution (1/256 of
total dot width) for detailed edges of fine lines and text
that runs together smoothly,
• multi-bit screening that performs 4 bit processing in the
engine to express fine gradations, and
• text enhancement to accurately detect the area of
print data and reproduce the colours and unique
characteristics of text.
CRS (Colour Retention and Stability) Technology
An exclusive technology that continuously monitors
the status of the main body, receiving feedback about
changes in the print environment and the engine to make
adjustments necessary to maintain high print quality.
HI-PER ASIC
An exclusive ASIC layout streamlines the imaging
process from the optical system to the writing system.
Each imaging step is fully controlled digitally to enable
600 dpi x 8 bit colour output at 55 ipm in extremely high
image quality.
Three Image Plotting Patterns
1. From the left 2. From the centre 3. From the right
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3
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1 pixel
Dot position control provides
three image plotting patterns
based on the relationship
between contiguous dots.
High-accuracy Laser Exposure Control
Quality gradations so fine, colours so vivid, it’s like having
an offset press on your production floor. S.E.A.D. processing
technology, for image quality that exceeds all expectations.
S.E.A.D. (Screen-Enhancing Active Digital Processing) is the core image processing
technology behind the bizhub PRO C5501 Professional. This image processing
system works closely with the machine’s optics, developing unit and other processes
to emphasise each component’s unique characteristics and make possible a
comprehensive, high-class image processing environment.

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Simitri HD polymerised toner offers high
image quality
Unique Engineered Simitri HD Polymerised Toner
The particles in Simitri HD toner are extremely small and
consistent in shape, ensuring improved colour photo and
illustration quality and clear reproduction of text and line
drawings. The smooth outer surface and evenly dispersed
wax and colour pigment offer a great hold and a consistent
finish for high image quality across diverse media.
Oil-less Fusing System
A special compound fusing process delivers high-quality,
low-gloss output that allows you to celloglase and use
post finishing equipment easily.
Superior Colour Reproduction Range
Simitri HD toner provides a wider reproduction range
across the entire colour spectrum. Most notably, there
is visible saturation between yellow and red.
High Durability
Simitri HD toner offers resistance to fading comparable
to offset ink and excellent resistance to peeling compared
to other conventional toners. Documents can be stored
for long periods of time and still retain the same high
image quality as the day they were printed.
Detailed Reproduction of Fine Lines
Halftones and fine characters are reproduced with greater
precision than conventional pulverised toner. This gives
documents a professional-looking clarity and refinement.
Low Temperature Fixing Reduces Paper Stress
The bizhub PRO C5501 Professional affixes Simitri HD
toner using less heat energy than previous models.
By reducing excess heat, this fixing process minimises
paper stress allowing for an extensive range of media
to be used.
Conventional
toner
Simitri HD
toner
Colour
material
Wax
Composition of Simitri HD toner
Pulverised toner
Comparison of pulverised toner
and Simitri HD toner (internal test)
dot line text
dot line text
Simitri HD toner

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1,800 dpi equivalent x 600 dpi resolution
Thanks to exclusive smoothing technology, documents
can be output at a stunning 1,800 dpi equivalent x
600 dpi resolution.
Text enhancement
During printing, text data is isolated from image data
and processed to best enhance reproduction. Detailed
outlines are precisely defined, while reversed text and fine
text are optimised to clearly stand out.
Detailed reproduction of small characters
A newly developed technology controls the screen by
adjusting exposure time of the engine’s lasers. Text at
small point sizes are not only legible, but very clear.
Stable image quality and colour alignment
The transfer belt features an optical sensor to monitor
the density of toner and provide instructions such as
adjusting laser strength and screen gradation to maintain
consistency and precise coverage, even during long runs.
At the same time, optical sensors monitor the colour
registration mark on the transfer belt, allowing for
automatic correction of misalignment between colours.
Doing so helps to improve the precision of colour output.
Robust ADU design
The ADU is built on a sturdy steel chassis for precise,
stable performance. An additional conveyance roller
reduces skew of thick and coated paper, while increasing
overall paper feed capability.
Fine-tuning image placement and registration
From the touch panel, users can make slight
adjustments to image position (in 0.1 mm increments),
and magnification (in 0.01% increments) for length
and width. An exclusive chart can also be printed and
measured for accuracy, enabling on-screen registration
adjustments by tray.
Advanced image alignment sensors
The position of each sheet that passes through the
bizhub PRO C5501 Professional is checked by a series
of centering detection sensors to help ensure high
registration accuracy.
Highly accurate front / back registration
Better registration accuracy for two-sided printing
Transfer belt unit.
Increasing the value of documents, stabilising text and
images for print.
Image quality