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With rated speeds of 40 copies-per-minute and 33 copies-per-minute respectively, the 7040/7033 are the first Konica products with Real Time High Speed Scan Technology. This technology allows each page of a document to be fed, scanned and stored into memory virtually simultaneously, increasing reliability over time (due to fewer moving parts) while still offering the superior copy quality and productivity of scan-once-print-many technology.

Konica has taken contention management to new heights with its Real Time Document Processing Technology. The 7040/7033's electronic reversing document handler (ERDH) features 10 memory partitions for storing pre-programmed copy or print jobs, enabling consecutive, non-stop production. Up to 5 copy jobs and up to 5 print jobs can be in printer memory. Remember additional jobs can be spooled to the IP-402 Print Controller. Should production need to be halted in order to complete emergency jobs, users can select the Job Interrupt feature to gain immediate access to the copier.

The units' intuitively designed touch screen interfaces allow easy programming of all job functions and are the first Konica products with intuitive jam clearance. This enables paper jam locations to be diagrammed directly on the touch screen, eliminating the need for users to decipher error code messages that are routinely used to locate jams and other problems.

Monitoring job progress can be done directly from the touch screen, which shows the order and status of each job. Users can even delete or reprioritize jobs after they are programmed. To save time, this feature is accessible even while the copier is warming up.

Copy quality is further enhanced with the 7040/7033's advanced toner supply system. An auger placed inside the toner bottle continually rotates the toner supply, insuring toner freshness. The method of replacing toner was even simplified so that any user can easily handle this maintenance task cleanly in a few seconds.

Another new feature is Flash ROM Upgradability, which will allow Konica service technicians to digitally upgrade the 7040/7033's machine EPROMs from a laptop computer. A computer port located inside the machines' front panels is included specifically for this purpose. Since upgrades can be accomplished during routine maintenance calls, machine uptime and efficiency are increased while the process for adding new EPROM commands is streamlined.

The FS-105 Finisher features three output trays to allow users to send reserved jobs to a different output tray than designated for a copy or print job already in progress. Documents are processed according to which tray they are being output to. Tray 1 can print face up or down; while trays 2 and 3 support face down printing and have finishing capabilities. Total tray capacity is 1,100 sheets.

Network scanning options will be released in the first half of 2000. The IP-402, the latest model in a series of Konica-designed print controllers, will drive the printing function, while connectivity options will support all major network operating systems, platforms and protocols. The IP-402 will be developed on Konica's New Operating Architecture (NOA). The NOA employs a real time multitasking operating system based on Wind River Technologies' Vx- Works™ platform, delivering high-performance and extreme flexibility. For example, the IP-402 was designed to support both page printing and document printing, so whether users need multiple sets of a document or multiple prints of a single page, the 7040/7033 provide unmatched job processing power.

With the optional network scanning feature, users will be able to scan documents over a network via the 7040/7033.