TOKYO, JAPAN — June 8, 2026 — Konica Minolta, Inc. (Konica Minolta) today announced that the EP450Z, a plain-paper copier with the world’s first stepless optical zoom function which Minolta Camera Co., Ltd., one of the Company’s predecessors, started to manufacture in 1983, was designated as Copying Machine Heritage by the Imaging Society of Japan.
Previously, the U-Bix 480, Konica Minolta’s plain-paper copier, was designated as Copying Machine Heritage in 2018.