Toshiba America Business Solutions Inc. (TABS) announced today that its new flagship mid- and high-volume color multifunction products (MFP) will be on display at the ninth annual EFI Connect conference, July 29-Aug. 1 at the Wynn Las Vegas. The first public showing for these newly designed high-speed color MFPs, the flagship e-STUDIO 6520c and e-STUDIO4520c models provide multi-user offices and mid- to high-volume printing environments with print speeds of up to 65 pages-per-minute (PPM) and 45 PPM respectively, while still delivering crisp and clean color printing. Developed completely in-house by Toshiba, each product family features Toshiba’s next generation e-BRIDGE controller for efficient processing and multi-tasking, and a new Easily Replaceable Unit design, keeping maintenance downtime to an absolute minimum for maximum productivity.

“Color has revolutionized the way that organizations conduct business today, and color is no longer the sole province of the large-sized organization,” said Joseph Contreras, director, Product and Solutions Marketing, TABS. “All businesses want and need color to help their companies stand apart in their marketplace, and Toshiba’s new e-STUDIO6520c and e-STUDIO4520c MFPs allow them to do just that, with monochrome-comparable print speeds, competitive cost-per-page and exceptional color quality. Unveiling our new color line-up at the EFI Connect 2008 conference is a natural fit.”

On display at booth 202 in the main exhibit hall, Toshiba’s new e-STUDIO5520c/6520c/6530c series of color MFPs is the fastest and most advanced color product line the company has ever created. Its clean-sheet design takes a radical new approach responding to the needs of today’s high-volume users, multi-user offices and lightweight production environments. The new Toshiba high-volume color line features a large, adjustable 10.4 Super VGA touch screen for quick and easy access to copying, printing, scanning, faxing and e-filing features, and a new two-part developer delivery system that automatically replenishes developer into the system as new toner is introduced, eliminating the need to install or maintain developer for the projected life of the MFP.

For businesses with less demanding print volume needs, Toshiba’s e-STUDIO2830c/3530c/4520c family of MFPs brings the same color printing technology from the e-STUDIO5520c/6520c/6530c series to the mid-volume color segment. The series provides businesses with smaller output needs the same crisp, clean prints and outstanding image quality as their high-volume counterparts.

Integrated into both the mid- and high-volume product series, Toshiba’s next generation e-BRIDGE controller takes document security to the next level by featuring integrated Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) hard disk encryption, IPv6, IPSec, SNMPv3 and 802.1x authentication, protecting the document workflow all the way to the network. Both the e-STUDIO5520c/6520c/6530c and e-STUDIO2830c/3530c/4520c series includes Secure PDF, enabling users to password-protect documents when creating scanned PDFs, to prevent unauthorized viewing or printing. In addition to their security similarities, the new color MFP series support printing from and scanning to a USB flash storage drive, and support full-color banner printing of sizes as large as 47 inches wide and 12 feet long.