January 3, 2006 - Mobile, AL – Today KONICA MINOLTA PRINTING SOLUTIONS U.S.A., INC. announced that the company’s magicolor 5430 DL color laser printer has recently received three prestigious awards from Possibility Media publications. The high-speed, network-ready magicolor 5430 DL was given a 2005 “Excellence Award” from IT Week, a “Product Excellence” award from Service Provider Weekly, and was named one of the “Top 50 Business Products” for 2005 by Business Computing Magazine.

The Editors of IT Week, a weekly digital magazine targeted to IT professionals, deemed the magicolor 5430 DL to be “. . . a wise consideration for corporate document production.” They further added that “This cost effective printer wins our ‘Editor’s Choice Award’ for quality and speed.”

Service Provider Weekly, a weekly digital magazine focused on the business of the Service Provider Industry, also praised the speed of the magicolor 5430 DL stating “As a . . . network color laser printer, the KONICA MINOLTA magicolor 5430 DL is a fast unit . . .”.

Business Computing Magazine, a monthly digital publication that covers business computing from the business owner’s perspective, commended the printer’s speed and affordability saying “A color laser printer with the speed of the magicolor 5430 DL usually costs hundreds of dollars more.”

The magicolor 5430 DL is one of several high-speed printers in the award-winning KONICA MINOLTA magicolor 5400-series. This tandem color laser prints at 21 ppm in both color and black and white. It features 2400 x 600 dpi resolution and is equipped with 64 MB of RAM. Network-ready, the magicolor 5430 DL has both Ethernet 10/100BaseTX and Hi-Speed USB 2.0 interfaces for shared workgroup printing.

KONICA MINOLTA PRINTING SOLUTIONS U.S.A., INC.
KONICA MINOLTA PRINTING SOLUTIONS U.S.A., INC., is an innovative developer, manufacturer, and supplier of document printing solutions. The product line includes color and monochrome laser printers, and associated supplies and accessories for general office, electronic publishing, graphic design, advanced imaging, and home office applications. KONICA MINOLTA PRINTING SOLUTIONS U.S.A., INC. headquarters are in Mobile, Alabama USA, and its products are distributed through a broad network of e-commerce, retail, reseller, and distribution partners.

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