Konica Minolta · A3 Colour Multifunction Copier
Konica Minolta bizhub C251i
The entry point into A3 colour — 25 pages a minute on A4 and 15 on A3, a 100-sheet feeder, a 10.1-inch touch panel and printing from A6 up to SRA3 and banners. Built for smaller offices that still need A3 occasionally, without the size or cost of a heavier-duty machine. Available to lease or buy from KM Direct Holdings, with sales, installation and service handled in-house across Gauteng and the Western Cape.
- 25 ppm A4 / 15 ppm A3
- A6–SRA3
- 100-sheet feeder
- 10.1" touch panel
- Banner printing
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- Dealer of the YearKonica Minolta, 2024
- 1,000+ clientsSupported nationwide
- In-house techniciansWe service what we sell
- Lease or buyFlexible contract terms
Why offices choose the bizhub C251i
A3 colour without the step up to a heavy-duty machine — occasional posters, drawings and SRA3 marketing material handled without disrupting day-to-day A4 work.
A3 when you need it, A4 the rest of the time
25 ppm on A4, 15 ppm on A3, banner printing up to 1.2 metres and a 100-sheet feeder — enough range for a smaller office that occasionally needs A3 without paying for a full production machine.
Built for POPIA-conscious offices
ISO 15408 Common Criteria certification, TLS 1.2/1.3, AES 256 drive encryption, secure print and user authentication as standard — with optional Bitdefender® real-time virus scanning on the device itself.
Cheaper to run, quietly
Simitri® V polymerised toner, a dynamic eco timer that learns your working hours, and ECO scan and print modes that skip warm-up. Small savings that add up across thousands of pages a month.
The machine
What the bizhub C251i does
Driverless direct print of PDF, DOCX, XLSX, PPTX, JPEG, TIFF, PS and PCL, with toner-save mode for draft prints and single-page Carbon Copy printing from multiple trays. One Universal Printer Driver across the whole fleet.
Scan
Up to 100 images per minute simplex, 200 duplex. Scan to email, SMB, FTP, SFTP, Box, USB or WebDAV, with Card Shot for ID documents, blank-page removal and Scan-to-Me / Scan-to-Home pulled from Active Directory.
Copy, fax & finish
Corner and two-point stapling, two- and four-hole punching, half-fold, letterfold, booklet and offset printing, plus banner printing to 1.2 metres. Optional Super G3 fax with forwarding to email or an SMB folder.
Print from anywhere, anytime
Straight from a phone or tablet — no cables, no workarounds.
bizhub C251i full specifications
| System speed A4 | Up to 25/25 ppm (mono/colour) |
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| System speed A3 | Up to 15/15 ppm (mono/colour) |
| Autoduplex speed A4 | Up to 25/25 ppm |
| First page out (A4) | 5.2 sec mono / 6.9 sec colour |
| Warm-up time | Approx. 11 sec (mono/colour) |
| Imaging technology | Laser, Simitri® V polymerised toner |
| Control panel | 10.1" colour touchscreen, 1024 x 600 |
| Memory | 8,192 MB |
| Storage | 256 GB SSD standard, 1 TB SSD optional |
| Document feeder | Optional, up to 100 originals, A6–A3, 35–163 g/m², RADF or dual-scan |
| Paper sizes | A6–SRA3, custom sizes, banner up to 1,200 x 297 mm |
| Paper input capacity | 1,150 sheets standard, up to 6,650 sheets max |
| Print resolution | 1,800 (equivalent) x 600 dpi; 1,200 x 1,200 dpi |
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| Page description languages | PCL 6 (XL3.0), PCL 5c, PostScript 3 (CPSI 3016), XPS |
| Interfaces | 10/100/1,000-Base-T Ethernet, USB 2.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n/ac (optional) |
| Network protocols | TCP/IP (IPv4/IPv6), SMB, LPD, IPP, SNMP, HTTP(S), Bonjour |
| Operating systems | Windows 10 and 11, Server 2016–2025, macOS 10.14 or later, Unix, Linux, Citrix |
| Mobile printing | AirPrint (iOS), Mopria (Android), Konica Minolta Mobile Print; optional Wi-Fi Direct |
| Optional print controller | Embedded Fiery IC-420 v2, Intel Celeron G4900T, 4 GB RAM / 500 GB |
| Scan speed | Up to 100/100 ipm simplex, 200/200 ipm duplex (mono/colour) |
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| Scan resolution | Up to 600 x 600 dpi |
| Scan destinations | Email, SMB, FTP, SFTP, Box, USB, WebDAV, DPWS, URL, TWAIN — 2,000 destinations plus 100 groups, LDAP supported |
| File formats | JPEG, TIFF, PDF, Compact PDF, Encrypted PDF, XPS, PPTX, PDF/A 1a and 1b; optional searchable PDF and DOCX/PPTX/XLSX |
| Copy resolution | 600 x 600 dpi, 256 gradations, 25–400% zoom |
| Fax | Super G3 (optional), analogue, i-Fax, colour i-Fax and IP-Fax, up to 33.6 Kbps |
| Finishing | Corner and two-point stapling, two- and four-hole punch, half-fold, letterfold, booklet, offset sorting, banner printing |
| Certification | ISO 15408 Common Criteria |
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| Network security | IP filtering and port blocking, TLS 1.2/1.3, IPsec, IEEE 802.1x |
| Data protection | Hard drive overwrite, AES 256 drive encryption, encrypted print data, secure print, confidential fax, end-of-life data erasure tool |
| Optional protection | Bitdefender® real-time antivirus scanning with on-screen status |
| User accounts | Up to 1,000, with Active Directory support |
| Authentication | Password, user name and password, ID card or finger-vein scanner |
| Document storage | Up to 3,000 documents or 10,000 pages in public, personal or group boxes |
bizhub C251i — common questions
How much does the Konica Minolta bizhub C251i cost in South Africa?
Pricing depends on your monthly print volume, the finishing options you need and whether you lease or buy outright. We quote both side by side so you can compare the total cost over the contract term. Send us your monthly page count and we’ll come back with a firm figure.
Can I lease the bizhub C251i instead of buying it?
Yes — most of our customers lease, with the machine, toner and servicing bundled into a single monthly cost. We’ll quote lease and purchase side by side so you can compare the total cost over the term rather than just the upfront number.
Do I need the bizhub C251i or would an A4 machine do?
If you only ever print A4, an A4 machine like the C4051i will be cheaper to run. The C251i is worth the step up the moment you regularly need A3 — drawings, spreadsheets, posters or SRA3 marketing material — without moving to a high-volume production machine.
Who services the copier after installation?
We do. KM Direct Holdings sells and services everything we supply, with our own technicians in Gauteng and the Western Cape backed by a nationwide network. The person who quotes you is accountable for the machine afterwards — there’s no hand-off to a separate service agent.
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Get a quote on the bizhub C251i
Tell us your monthly print volume and we’ll come back with a lease or purchase price, including toner and service.
Still comparing? Download the full C251i brochure (PDF) — or call us and we’ll talk it through.
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