IKON Office Solutions (NYSE:IKN)

  • New IKON BusinessPro 650 features EFI's Fiery System 8e, the industry's first embedded print server to extend to the desktop

IKON Office Solutions (NYSE:IKN), the world's largest independent channel for document management systems and services, today introduced the IKON BusinessPro 650, a color printing and copying system designed specifically to meet the needs of the office environment. The IKON BusinessPro 650 joins the recently launched IKON CPP® 650 in a line of 65-page per minute color systems developed with Konica Minolta. The EFI (Nasdaq:EFII) Fiery®-driven system combines powerful printing and finishing capabilities within a cost-effective, space-saving footprint, making it an ideal solution for the office environment, and builds on the success of the IKON BusinessProTM 500c, a 50-page per minute color system designed for the office environment.

?The IKON BusinessPro 650 continues our commitment to delivering best-in-class color technology that is available to businesses in a variety of prices and configurations,? explains Bill Carpou, Vice President of Marketing for North America, IKON Office Solutions. ?The ease-of-use, performance and advanced capabilities of the IKON BusinessPro 650 are designed for office environments looking for a robust color solution for a range of applications and business communications.?

The IKON BusinessPro 650 offers color and black-and-white output of 65 pages per minute with a high-volume, 300,000-page monthly duty cycle. It offers a wide range of finishing features, including 200-page saddle-stitched and face-trimmed color booklets, folded output for mailers and inserts, and 100-sheet stapling for color presentations and reports. The IKON BusinessPro 650's many features and capabilities can also be enhanced with a variety of variable data printing software, enabling personalized, high impact materials.

The IKON BusinessPro 650 is driven by EFI's Fiery System 8e, the industry's first embedded print server to extend to the desktop, providing exceptional color, advanced capabilities and convenience while increasing productivity. The server includes the recently launched EFI Desktop SE (standard) and EFI Desktop Pro (optional), which are designed to allow users to instantly organize, manage, file and share all of their paper and digital documents at their desktop. Fiery System 8e features a Native Document Conversion feature that enables the printing of Microsoft® Word, Excel®, and PowerPoint® documents through the email client without a printer driver. Driver-based imposition enables users to produce complete booklets and other documents from the desktop.

The IKON BusinessPro 650 includes the new Fiery Smart RIP technology, which drives up to 30 percent more pages on printing devices per time period in the most demanding office environments. In addition, Fiery ColorWise®, the EFI in-RIP color management system, is designed to deliver consistent color across applications, computer platforms, color spaces, and color file formats, enabling users to easily achieve undeviating, professional-level color.

?Our newest generation of Fiery server technology designed for IKON continues EFI's legacy of providing increasingly innovative high-value solutions for customers,? said Frank Mallozzi, Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales, EFI. ?With new, powerful tools for exceptional color, productivity, flexibility and security to maximize the IKON digital output device, customers who demand consistently high levels of color quality, productivity and security should find exceptional value in the Fiery-driven IKON BusinessPro 650.?

The IKON BusinessPro 650 is available for order throughout the United States and Canada, with a current retail base price of $49,995. More information can be found at http://www.ikon.com/products/Production/Color/IKON_BusinessPro650.asp or by calling 1-888-ASK-IKON.

About IKON

IKON Office Solutions, Inc. (www.ikon.com), the world's largest independent channel for copier, printer and MFP technologies, delivers integrated document management solutions and systems, enabling customers worldwide to improve document workflow and increase efficiency. IKON integrates best-in-class systems from leading manufacturers, such as Canon, Ricoh, Konica Minolta, Kyocera Mita, EFI and HP, and document management software from companies like Captaris, Kofax eCopy and others, to deliver tailored, high-value solutions implemented and supported by its global services organization--IKON Enterprise Services. With fiscal year 2006 revenue of $4.2 billion, IKON has approximately 25,000 employees in over 400 locations throughout North America and Western Europe.

IKON Office Solutions®, IKON: Document Efficiency at Work®, IKON BusinessProTM 650, IKON BusinessProTM 500c and IKON CPP® 650 are trademarks of IKON Office Solutions, Inc. EFI and Fiery are registered trademarks, and ColorWise is a trademark of, Electronics for Imaging, Inc. in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and/or certain other foreign jurisdictions. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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