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Konica Minolta AccurioPress C84hc

AccurioPress C84hc: toners are particularly strong in delivering vibrant pinks, purples, greens and blues

says Smith. He says that typically users
would run a C84hc alongside conventional
digital or litho presses to add extra services.
Konica Minolta quotes applications includ-
ing “studio photos, photobooks, nature
photos and web-to-print orders for com-
mercial printers, dedicated design houses,
advertising agencies, corporates and
brands”.
It adds: “The high-chroma gamut delivers
natural skin tones while the unique satura-
tion of greens, blues, purples, pinks, and
magentas, creates more natural results that
were not previously possible.”
It also mentions its AccurioShine 3600 dig-
ital varnish and foil press as a good compan-
ion to add embellishment to high-impact
colour.
How does it work?
What does it do? Specifications centage of Pantone ‘spot’ colours. The C84hc is essentially the latest genera-
This is the latest and the fifth generation On the other hand, unlike rival machines tion AccurioPress 4080. However, you
Process Dry-toner
of Konica Minolta’s unique high-chroma with fifth and sixth colour units, there’s can’t run HC toners on a non-HC press –
CMYK dry-toner presses. These can print Colours Wide- no provision for running special colours Konica says there are technical reasons why
a much wider colour gamut than stand- gamut CMYK such as metallics or fluorescents. the two toners can’t be interchanged.
ard digital or litho presses, to give notice- Despite the impressive side-by-side com- It can handle long sheets up to 330x862mm
ably more vivid, saturated colours. These Print speed 81ppm parison prints against conventional as standard, and banners up to 1,300mm
(A4), 45ppm (A3)
were first introduced 15 years ago with CMYK, the HC presses have never been long (simplex only) with the addition of the
the C65hc and for every new generation Resolution big sellers in the UK. However, Konica banner feeder kit.
of Konica Minolta presses there’s been an 3,600x2,400dpi x Minolta says there have been “solid sales” A new option is closed-loop Auto Inspec-
update to the high-chroma version. This 8-bit in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, France tion Technology (AIT). This inspects every
model is SRA3 width with a long-sheet Paper sizes and the Czech Republic, more so than printed sheet and detects problems includ-
facility up to 1,300mm banners, and a 330.2x487.7mm, Asian markets. It says the press appeals to ing dirt, sub-standard imagery, or incorrect
speed of 81 A4 pages per minute. 330.2x862mm (max “industries which have a lot of imagery
for duplexing), page orders.
Given its entry level price around 330.2x1300mm with people on it as the flesh tones show
£35,000 (and £100,000 for a configura- (simplex only) up particularly well with HC,” citing The C84hc can run the same range of inline
tion with lots of inline input and finish- Italy’s lively fashion sector as an example, finishers as the 4080. This includes a GBC
ing), Konica Minolta presents it as a Paper weights as well as a demand in Switzerland for punch; auto ring binder; folder, booklet
highly economical alternative to compet- 62-360 gsm precise Pantone colour matching. maker; perfect binder; slitter; creaser; sta-
ing makers’ five- and six-colour presses at When was it introduced and what is the tar- pler; Plockmatic PowerSquare stitcher-
Maximum paper
much higher price points. input capacity get market? binder PSQ-60/224; Plockmatic
“Where it has real value is in anything 15,390 sheets The AccurioPress C84hc was introduced at SD-450/435 booklet maker. A GBC lamina-
with a photographic bias – light blues, Drupa in May 2024. Target markets are tor is forthcoming. For front-ends there’s a
Footprint
greens, pinks and purples,” says Malcolm 80x90.3cm printers that want to offer more vivid satu- choice of KM’s own IC-609 print control-
Smith, category manager, Professional rated colour than standard CMYK. “It is ler, or a Fiery IC-317 image controller with
30mm/210x297mm/600x400mm
Print. He also points out the high- Feed capacity 30mm primarily targeted at the commercial print advanced job management, or an internal
chroma toners can match a very high per- sector rather than in-plant environments,” Fiery IC-419 embedded controller.
5th Generation of Konica Minolta’s high-chroma CMYK dry-toner press is a highly cost-effective option.

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