Secondhand Konica Minolta bizhub 450i on the Gold Coast

In plain terms

Of the speeds in Konica Minolta's bizhub 300i to 750i range, the bizhub 450i is the one that does 45 pages a minute. Konica Minolta built the same family at other speeds too: bizhub 300i (30), bizhub 360i (36), bizhub 550i (55) and bizhub 650i (65), in pages a minute. According to Konica Minolta, it reads both sides of a double sided original in one pass, at as many as 140 images a minute, has room for 1,150 sheets (or 6,650 with extra paper options) and copes with card stock to 300 gsm. Konica Minolta has since brought out the bizhub 451i to replace it.

Is it the right fit for your team?

It makes most sense for a workplace where fifteen to thirty people share one machine. Plan on no more than 40,000 pages a month, which is the volume Konica Minolta recommends. For more people on the one machine, look at the bizhub 550i, the next step up at 55 pages a minute. If your team prints less, compare it with the bizhub 360i, which manages 36 pages a minute.

Picking a grade, then a way to pay

A secondhand bizhub 450i comes in one of three grades. Renewed is the top grade, with more parts replaced so it looks and runs close to new, and it costs more than refurbished. Refurbished, the most popular, is cleaned, serviced and tested, with its worn parts replaced. Used is checked and working with less work done, for the lowest outlay. Rental, a lease or finance can run for as long as 60 months if the machine's age allows, or you can buy outright. Delivery, setup on your network, scanning setup and a run through for your team are in the price.

Bought outright without a service agreement, its warranty depends on the machine, and we tell you in writing what it is before the sale. With a service agreement, it is replaced if it fails, for the whole term. The lowest weekly rental, from $15 a week plus GST, is for selected machines, subject to approval.

Questions worth asking first

• The page count. Ask for it in writing; we give it before you sign. Pages printed tell you more about wear than the year a machine was made.
• The options on it. Find out what is attached, such as a stapling finisher, more paper drawers or a high capacity feeder. Each one changes the jobs it suits and the figure you pay.
• Who looks after it. A machine nobody can repair is no bargain, however little it costs. We only sell what we can service ourselves, everywhere we deliver.
• The running cost. Have the black and white and colour page rates put in writing, along with what each rate includes.