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KYOCERA MITA America’s Award-Winning TASKalfa 552ci Color MFP Gains Pantone Approval for Color Imaging Capabilities

Marks Pantone approval across entire TASKalfa 500ci series of coor MFPs

FAIRFIELD, N.J. – October 12, 2010 – Bringing superior Pantone-approved color capabilities to its entire TASKalfa 500ci series, Kyocera Mita America, Inc., one of the world's leading document solutions companies, announced today that, Pantone LLC, the world-renowned authority on color and provider of professional color standards, has approved the TASKalfa 552ci color multifunctional product (MFP) for PANTONE® Color production capabilities.

Achieving Pantone approval is a significant milestone for the TASKalfa 552ci MFP, as enterprise users can now generate professional-grade documents and collateral using Pantone’s industry-recognized global standard PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM®. To achieve this approval, Pantone’s color scientists and analysts developed expertly tuned look-up tables (LUT) specific to Kyocera’s TASKalfa 552ci MFP, enabling enterprise users to print the best possible simulations of PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM Colors. Pantone conducted rigorous testing, which took into consideration the effect of the toner, print driver, resolution, and engine of the TASKalfa 552ci on PANTONE Color reproduction.

“The composition of colors is reliant upon the printing system, and Kyocera’s award-winning TASKalfa 552ci MFP exceeds the high standards that Pantone demands of candidates for its color matching approval,” said Danielle Wolowitz, senior manager, MFP product and solutions, Kyocera Mita America. “We designed the TASKalfa 552ci with the superior image quality, performance and ultra-reliability enterprise users have come to expect from Kyocera MFPs. And now, with PANTONE Color support, we have brought its performance to another level, ensuring consistent, dynamic output for color documents produced with true PANTONE Color across our entire TASKalfa 500ci color MFP series.”

ABOUT KYOCERA MITA AMERICA
Kyocera Mita America, Inc. (www.kyoceramita.com/us), headquartered in Fairfield, N.J., is a leading provider of computer-connectable document imaging and document management systems, including network-ready digital MFPs/printers, laser printers, color MFPs/printers, digital laser facsimiles, and multifunctional and wide format imaging solutions. Kyocera Mita America is a group company of Kyocera Mita Corporation. Kyocera Mita Corporation is a core company of Kyocera Corporation, the world's leading developer and manufacturer of advanced ceramics and associated products, including telecommunications equipment, semiconductor packages and electronic components. Kyocera Mita America, the first document solutions company with third-party certified sales data, has earned numerous honors for its products’ high performance, reliability and cost efficiency. Kyocera Corporation's consolidated net revenues exceeded $11 billion for the year ending on March 31, 2010.

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