Version 2.0 07/01/05 magicolor 5400 series A closer look

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.

Belt fusing system

magicolor 2300 series: 180 seconds magicolor 5400 series: 35 seconds 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 180 sec 3:11:59 0:34:81 35 sec magicolor 2300 series: 180 seconds magicolor 5400 series: 35 seconds

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

Fuser blade The fusing unit contains a special-shaped “nipping” blade, that allows wider and smoother heat contact area

Prismlaser print head

The laser beam comes from a registration-free laser module 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

High-tech Prismlaser mirror 4 cylinder lenses into 1 element 3D-shaped 4-laser 1 polygon print head compact: all-in-one design Registration-free laser module measures temperature of laser diode and adjusts the registration dynamically Light & compact scanning lens - made of resin - free curved surface

Polymerised toner

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%.

Advantages and features of the polymerised method Item Polymerisation Pulverisation Particle diameter Reduction down to 3 µm possible Reduction down to 7 µm at maximum Particle distribution Uniform in size and shape distribution Broad, irregular distribution Toner particle shape Uniform in shape, with a smooth surface Irregular in shape and coarse surface Output quality Resolution Efficient reproduction of thin lines and dots  Sharpness Outstanding sharpness (highly efficient at sustaining sharpness throguh multpile copies) Gradation Smooth gradations in halftones Environmental impact (LCA*) Cuts the amount of carbon dioxide (32%), nitrogen oxide (40%), and sulfur oxide (42%) emissions compared to the pulverisation method.

Production processes polymerised toner 1. 2. 3. pulverised toner

Toner particle comparison close-up of particles toner transfered to paper

Image quality results sharpness resolution gradation

Controller technology

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

KMRL offers basic office functionality 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)