Konica Minolta Printing Solutions is introducing the magicolor®5450D colour laser printer. The PostScript 3 and PCL 6 printer languages make this fast network colour printer suitable for every environment and guarantee sharp prints of text and graphics, as well as full-colour images. High quality does not mean that the printer compromises on printing speed: 25 A4 pages per minute in monochrome as well as in colour.

The magicolor 5450D is a high-end colour and monochrome PostScript/PCL printer enabling printing from virtually every application (including DOS and SAP applications) and in all major environments (Windows®, Mac® OS, Linux® and Citrix® Metaframe®).

The new printer is especially suitable for medium-sized workgroups and capable of handling the most demanding printer tasks. The magicolor 5450D has a G4 processor at 667 MHz, a gigabit Ethernet network card, a big internal memory of 256 MB and a USB 2.0 interface. It also executes the smallest print jobs rapidly: thanks to its extremely short warm-up time, the first page appears in the output tray after just 14 seconds. The high printing speed is maintained after the first page for both monochrome and full-colour print jobs.

Compared to the existing models in the magicolor 5400 series, the print quality of the magicolor 5450D has been improved even further. In addition to the polymer toner technology developed by Konica Minolta, which ensures extremely well distributed, uniform and excellent sharp toner placement, the magicolor 5450D comes equipped with the new Emperon controller. This feature in combination with printer languages PostScript 3 and PCL 6 guarantees sharp images at high speed.

The magicolor 5450D's resolution is 600x600x4 dpi, with the '4' being significant. It means that the printer uses 'continuous tone' or contone. Traditional printing techniques create a specific colour by using a number of halftone 'pixels'. Photo ART™ contone means that each individual pixel is built up of four “layers”. The number of colour variations per pixel is multiplied by four. The result: a more detailed image which does much better justice to even very small colour variations and colour gradients.

The enhanced Automatic Image Density Control (eAIDC) ensures that all printing parameters of the magicolor 5450D are optimally matched - even during long-term intensive use. If the properties of the photo drum and toner cartridges are changed, the relevant printing parameters are adjusted automatically. The eAIDC uses sophisticated test patterns, which are tested very quickly. The machine then calculates whether the actual density still complies with the factory specifications.

PictBridge-compliant digital cameras - a commonly accepted global standard - can be directly connected to the magicolor 5450D. Photos can then be printed for inclusion in tenders, reports or newsletters without a PC being required. The system offers simple editing options, such as rotation, automatic adjustment of print size, and printing N-up (multiple photos on a single page). Users can also specify the number of copies required or print an overview of all photos in thumbnail format.