Langenhagen, Germany | 01 Sep 2026
Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe has been named a leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Laser Production Printers 2026 Vendor Assessment (Doc #EUR154121926, May 2026).
The IDC MarketScape highlighted Konica Minolta’s strengths in: automation capabilities ensuring high print quality and consistency, media versatility and application range, end-to-end workflow solution, and continuous improvements based on customers’ feedback.
“Konica Minolta provides support for a wide range of substrates, heavier stocks, and diverse print applications. Konica Minolta stands out in its strong integration between workflow, automation, and finishing. The company's real strength lies not just in having workflow software or finishing options but also in how tightly they are integrated to create a low-touch, highly automated production environment.”
How Konica Minolta implements AI into the AQA secure server to inspect test charts remotely, provide its own diagnosis, and build a predictive maintenance profile for each customer engine, ultimately helping reduce overall service calls, especially in less skilled customer environments, was emphasized too.
The IDC MarketScape also acknowledged Konica Minolta’s strong dedication to sustainability: “Konica Minolta addresses sustainability in production printing through energy-efficient system design, resource conservation, and circular economy programs.” Furthermore, “The company has achieved significant improvements in the past two years. The most important ones include the introduction of IQ-601 for improved color measurement capabilities and ease of use, the development of AQA to improve the automatic correction of print defects, AQA integration with Machine Condition Monitoring to automatically and remotely diagnose service issues, and the introduction of IM-104/105 media sensors for automatic paper detection.”
Konica Minolta’s specialty applications using white toner was also highlighted by the IDC MarketScape which stated “clients that seek premium specialty applications using white toner should also consider Konica Minolta's offering; the C14010S and C12010S are especially relevant when the buyer wants to move beyond standard CMYK and create higher-margin work.”
Head of International Marketing Division, Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe
“We are honored to be named a Leader by IDC MarketScape. We believe this recognition reflects our commitment to sustainability, media versatility, and continuous improvement based on customer feedback.”
About IDC MarketScape
IDC MarketScape vendor assessment model is designed to provide an overview of the competitive fitness of technology and service suppliers in a given market. The research methodology utilizes a rigorous scoring methodology based on both qualitative and quantitative criteria that results in a single graphical illustration of each vendor’s position within a given market. IDC MarketScape provides a clear framework in which the product and service offerings, capabilities and strategies, and current and future market success factors of IT and telecommunications vendors can be meaningfully compared. The framework also provides technology buyers with a 360-degree assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and prospective vendors.
