Konica Minolta bizhub C300i, Secondhand in Sydney

What is the bizhub C300i?

Konica Minolta announced its i Series in 2019 and billed it as a smarter, connected kind of copier, built around a large tablet style touch panel. The first colour models included this one, the 30 pages per minute bizhub C300i. Colour copying, printing and scanning, on sheets up to A3.

Either side of it in the series: the bizhub C250i (25 pages per minute) and the bizhub C360i (36). Its predecessor was the bizhub C308. The photograph is the C300i itself, from Konica Minolta.

How many people can share one?

Built for five to fifteen people who print in colour, with 25,000 pages a month as Konica Minolta's recommended ceiling. Fewer people? The C250i. A busier floor is better off with the C360i, at 36 pages per minute.

Which grade, and how do you pay?

The bizhub C300i is available refurbished or used. Every machine is checked before we offer it, and its page count goes to you in writing. Rent or lease it for up to 60 months (its age decides the longest term), or pay outright. Delivery, network connection, scanning set up and a hands on run through for staff are part of the price.

With a service agreement in place, our replacement warranty lasts as long as the agreement: if the machine fails, we replace it. When the term ends, you upgrade or hand it back. On selected machines, rental is priced from $15 a week plus GST; finance needs approval.

Four checks before buying secondhand

• The meter reading. Pages printed so far, in writing. That number beats the build year as a guide to wear.
• What comes with it. Extra trays, a finisher, a big paper deck: each one alters the work it can take and the figure on the quote.
• Who looks after it. We do not sell a machine we cannot service, because a copier nobody can fix is no bargain.
• Running cost. Get the mono and colour rates per page in writing, plus what each rate covers.