KYOCERA Launches New Range of Color Scanners and Printers

Kyocera has announced the launch of four new A3 MFP's printers and scanners, TASKalfa 1800, TASKalfa 2200, TASKalfa 1801 and TASKalfa 2201 under the brand name Kizuna and is available for Indian market.

As per Kyocera, these new machines are simple to install and work with, and built with superior print and scan elements. Kyocera is renowned to make the most reliable & durable MFP's, courtesy its patented technology of Amorphous Silicon Drum. Kyocera's new range of A3 MFP's has a Drum life of 1.5 lacs pages & 9-10.5 lac prints of Mainframe/Machine life.

Overview of the products:

For the first time, Kyocera has introduced Color Scanning in its Segment 1 machines (20 ppm or below), which ensures flawless digitization of color documents. Each model is equipped with print box feature, a unique application provided with this new range of printers to ensure document security & confidentiality. A user can fire a print and the machine will not execute the Print Command till the User enters a password on the machine. The range comes with a Drum life of 1.5 lacs pages, 3 times than any other equivalent competition product. Being an eco-friendly company, Kyocera has always made a conscious effort to provide the best products with the least environmental impact. The new range of MFP's, consumes only 385 watts of electricity per hour (printing/copying mode), which is least in the industry for this segment.

Basic Configuration of the machine:

TASKalfa 1800/2200

- 18/22 ppm, Copy/print/Color Scan, RAM: 256 MB, Paper Capacity: 1 x 300 sheets (Standard Tray) + 1 x 100 sheet (Multi-purpose Tray), Power Consumption: 385/415 watts

TASKalfa 1801/2201

- 18/22 ppm, Copy/print/Color Scan, RAM: 256 MB, Paper Capacity: 1 x 300 sheets (Standard Tray) + 1 x 100 sheet (Multi-purpose Tray), Power Consumption: 385/415 watts, Network Interface (optional), Super G3 Fax (Optional)

The TASKalfa 1800, TASKalfa 2200, TASKalfa 1801 and TASKalfa 2201 are available in India from December 2013 with an MRP starting from Rs. 45,000/- to Rs. 1,00,000/- depending on the various enhancements that the customers would be looking for.