The OEM has produced the KX-MB2100 series of MFPs.
AME Info reported on Panasonic Marketing Middle East and Africa’s (PMMAF) launch of MFP duplex printers at the GITEX 2014 event, with the KX-MB2100 series of machines said to help offices “save on paper usage and printing time” as “printing on one side of the page can be wasteful and inefficient”.
The three devices in the range include the KX-MB2170, KX-MB2130 and KX-MB2120, and feature print speeds of up to 24ppm alongside “enhanced” document security and mobile printing compatibility, with the duplexing said to reduce paper consumption “by up to 75 percent”. The machines and their drums are said to have respective lifecycles of 75,000 and 10,000 pages respectively, which Panasonic says means they are “highly durable” printers.
The aforementioned document security comes in the form of the Print Data feature, which “secures print documents from being leaked by protecting them with [a] high level of security”, consisting of a password “temporarily stored” on a connected computer’s hard drive that means the print can only be authorised through entry of the password on the printer.
In turn, mobile printing compatibility is ensured through working alongside Google Cloud Print and Panasonic’s own mobile printing application, whilst a Quick-job setting allows for “frequently-used functions or complicated copy/scan settings” to be programmed to the Quick-job key, “saving users their time and trouble”.
Nelson Edward, Manager of System Networks and Communication for PMMAF, stated: “The KX-MB2100 series is an ideal machine for any office that requires time and energy-saving devices that are user-friendly. Our quick duplex printers not only avoid excessive wastage of paper, which is a growing issue today, but also offer a simple and organised option for printing documents.
“The secure print feature adds an extra advantage to corporates who like to protect their confidential documents from any leakage whatsoever. This multi-function printer is sure to give any company an immediate boost in productivity.”