PRODUCT OF THE WEEK: Konica Minolta bizhub Pro C65hc

摘要

Konica claims its new bizhub printer is the first to closely match the colour gamut of RGB. The past couple of years have seen the emergence of print buyers who are digital savvy, but lack awareness of colour management and colour physics. In essence, they want the colours they can see on their screens accurately reproduced on paper. The problem is that computer monitors display colour using the wider RGB colour gamut compared to a printer's smaller CMYK gamut output. In addition, most toner-based digital printers struggle to reproduce spot colours accurately, and there's a wide difference between what a designer produces on screen in terms of colour and how it looks when it is printed. Launched last month, Konica Minolta's bizhub Pro C65hc is the first printer claiming to closely match the colour gamut of sRGB. In terms of configuration the machine is similar to its C6501 light production unit with an output speed of 65 A4 sheets per minute. The manufacturer's high croma technology is the first of its kind to attempt to match the gamut of sRGB using the CMYK colour process. The printer has a colour space that claims to come very close to sRGB, reproducing more of the gamut than previously possible. This in turn allows colours to be printed 'virtually' as shown on the monitor, following the WYSIWYG principle.