Two more members of Konica Minolta’s AccurioJet KM-1 B2 digital sheet-fed inkjet production press family have been awarded Fogra certifications.
The new accreditation is for the company’s AccurioJet KM-1e (launched in 2020) and KM-1e High Definition (HD) models (announced in February 2022), both evolutions of the original KM-1 that was introduced in 2012 and shipped in 2017.
The German standards body awarded Fogra 51, 52 and 59 accreditations for both models. The KM-1e HD and KM-1e presses were also recognised in the Japan Color 2011 coated and Gracol 2013_CRPC6 profiling sections.
According to Konica Minolta, its KM-1 production presses continue to help bridge the gap between offset and digital print. Other benefits include the ability to carry out hybrid printing with the integration of the AccurioJet KM-1 series into existing processes, duplex printing, larger sheet sizes and the ability to print on a wide variety of coated and uncoated stock, including substrates such as packaging board, lightweight papers and textured stock.
Hidetoshi Omo, head of centre of competence at Konica Minolta Europe, said, ‘Our AccurioJet KM-1 series presses are setting new benchmarks as inkjet continues to break new ground as a real growth engine for digital printing. The announcement of more Fogra accreditation is extremely welcome – our KM-1 series presses continue to address wider sets of application needs, which is why they are referred to as the Swiss army knife of printing.’
