Any news from Konica Minolta?

[UberTech]

They do have the PRO C65hc and in June od '10 a whole new series beginning with the C8000

First I heard of any model numbers but c8000 makes sense I guess. As for testing, we have been waiting for the 1200 FOREVER finally some light at the end of the tunnel. I heard the "c8000" was delayed after Ricoh sprung the c900 on everyone.

[Craig]

What`s the problem with that flagship model, briefly?

Do a forum search, but folks were having problems with drum marks, toner scatter, and several other things, from what I have heard from my Flesch source is that a lot was due to piss poor training with the techs.

[wilsmatt]

Konica Minolta is keeping everyone out of the know, so to speak, with respect to the C8000. As an employee, all I know about it is that its coming :P

That being said, I am looking forward to hearing about it as time progresses.

[St.Nicholas Press]

According to Olaf Lorenz, KMBS Europe GmbH, new serie to be demostrated at IPEX 2010, totally new product, not development of 6501, will be competitor to XEROX 7000-8000, Ricoh c900, and will seize the market niche between DC8000 and iGen...