DEVELOP South Africa launched its new ineo 958 to the local market, aimed to meet the growing demand for professional quality monochrome printing in production environments.

“The ineo 958 meets clients’ demand for an affordable yet powerful printing system that brings professional production printing performance to in-house printrooms and digital printshops,” says Marc Pillay, CEO at DEVELOP South Africa.

“It embodies the simplicity of an office device with the durability and capability of a production device that serves a great need with the local market.”

More than 25% faster than its predecessor, the new device combines speed and a 1,200×1,200 dpi output quality with a high degree of media performance.

The ineo 958 offers speeds of up to 95ppm as well as a number of new features, such as a new dual colour scanner with capacity for 300 sheets and scanning speeds of 240 ipm in a single pass.

The 150-sheet bypass tray brings greater media flexibility, for example, by allowing banners to be printed in-house, and the maximum paper tray capacity of 6,650 sheets allows high volume print jobs to be completed without paper refills.

These enhanced features do not come at the expense of compactness, however, as the ineo 058’s small footprint means that this printing production system will easily fit into areas with limited space.

“The Open API interface supports third-party applications such as YSoft SafeQ and Nuance eCopy Sharescan,” says Clayton Passmore, business development specialist at Konic Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH.

The IWS technology and near field communication (NFC) authentification give the ineo 958 a high degree of scalability, making it easy to integrate into an existing workflow and structure.

A function like convert+share allows you to scan a document in various file formats and sends the file to whatever destination you want, like Google Docs, Evernote or Microsoft SharePoint.

The store+find feature helps you to locate any document easily and quickly through a keyboard or full-text search facility.

There are also various means of authentication, such as passwords, finger-vein scanning, contactless smart cards or embedded NFC authentication available on the system.

Security features, such as IPsec, S/MIME email encryption and IP filtering also make sure every form of system communication or document transfer is secure and all data stored on the system’s hard disk is protected from unauthorised access by data encryption technology and, if required, data erasure.

The system also has a low energy consumption, economical running costs and intelligent environmental concept, which has earned it and ENERGY STAR rating, a positive addition to any organisation’s carbon footprint and balance sheet.

“It’s the multifunctional printer (MFP) ‘on steroids’, and this system offers enhanced performance and excellent productivity with convenient media flexibility, operability and scalability,” adds Shannon Ras, DEVELOP South Africa sales, marketing and training coordinator.

The features of the ineo 958 are outlined below:

  • Customisable capacitive touchscreen display
  • High-speed scanning system with 240 opm
  • Economical and flexible
  • Sophisticated finishing features

Functionality

  • Copy and print in black & white – up to 95 ppm A4 and 48 ppm A3
  • Scans up to 240 ipm in colour/black & white
  • Super G3 fax option for fast transmission and digital reception, polling, time shift, PC fax, receipt to confidential box, receipt to email, FTP, SMB
  • Standard: Embedded controller

Media

  • 3,650 sheets standard; 6,650 sheets max.
  • 2 x 500-sheet universal cassettes (A5-SRA3, 52-256 g/m²); 150-sheet bypass (A6-SRA3, 52-300 g/m²) for standard paper, envelopes, OHP, thick paper;
  • 1,000-sheet and 1,500-sheet cassettes (A4, 52-256 g/m²) for standard paper

Finishing

  • Booklet finisher for brochures of up to 80 pages
  • Finisher with 50- or 100-sheet stapling, max. 3,200-sheet capacity
  • Optional for 50-sheet finisher: punch kit (2/4-hole),
  • Optional for 100-sheet finisher: booklet kit (incl. letter- and centerfold), punch kit (2/4-hole), job separator, post insertion unit, Z-fold & punch unit

For more information, visit the DEVELOP South Africa website.