The Konica Minolta bizhub C350 is a color laser printer, copier, and scanner designed for high-volume office environments. Its fast speeds and multiple finishing capabilities make it an asset to any busy office.
The bizhub C350 is both a powerful laser printer, a full-featured copier, and a high-quality scanner in one. Despite being an all-in-one machine, it does not include faxing capabilities, though the software supports internet faxing. Although not a true substitute for real faxing capabilities, the internet faxing option may be enough for offices that only send the occasional fax.
The bizhub C350 is capable of fast print and copy speeds up to 35 pages per minute in black and a speedy 22 pages per minute in color, making it one of the fastest color printers available. Its color speeds are due to its single pass printing engine, which can apply all four color in one pass, rather than a pass for each color, as is typical with many laser printers.
A number of finishing options are available, such as staple, fold, hole-punch, booklets, and envelope printing. All of these features are easily accessible from both the front control panel and from the included software. Speaking of software, the unit includes Konica's PageScope Software, which allows easy access to the many options and features available. The software includes OCR (optical character recognition) for converting documents to editable text, image enhancements, and access to scanned documents from a remote computer, making it easy to integrate the C350 into a networked office and still retain all of its essential features for each user.
The C350's only true downside may be its bulky size and heavy weight. At 220 pounds with the toner cartridges, it will not be easy to move, and its large footprint will take up a considerable amount of space in an office. Most offices with the high-volume needs to support the C350 however, will likely have the space to accommodate it.
Overall, the Konica Minolta bizhub C350 offers impressive printing speeds, especially for color prints and copies, and has the capacity to handle a large number of users quite easily. Fax capability is the only missing feature.
