Johannesburg, South Africa – May, 2013 – KYOCERA Document Solutions, a global leader in advanced imaging technology and practical document solutions, announced that Pantone LLC, the world-renowned provider of professional colour standards, has approved the TASKalfa 5550ci, 4550ci, 3550ci, and 3050ci MFPs for PANTONE Colour production capabilities.

Pantone approval is granted only after rigorous analysis. When testing the TASKalfa devices, the company's colour scientists and colour analysts developed KYOCERA device-specific look-up tables, allowing users to print superior simulations of proprietary PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM® Colours. Pantone scrutinised the output—along with the toner, driver, resolution, and engine of each TASKalfa device. Overall the results during this analysis were found to be exceptional.

Read more: Kyocera TASKalfa colour MFPs receive official Pantone® approval

A new leave module was recently launched as part of the SmartSlip solution. SmartSlip was originally designed to deliver payslips digitally via text message, email, online or via a SmartKiosk at the company’s sites and has proven to drastically reduce the cost of payslip production and distribution. The Smartslip leave module further enhances the capabilities of SmartSlip by streamlining the leave application and approval process which is built on the same technologies.

The Smartslip leave module enable’s employees to apply for various leave types from an on-site kiosk or from their desktop computers .Once the employee has submitted his leave application, it will be forwarded to his manager as a text message. The text message will contain the details of all employees reporting to the manager who have approved leave for the same period. Information such as the names of all employees, the type of leave taken and the leave dates granted are then displayed on a grid and aid the manager in his decision making process.

Read more: Applying for and approving leave has never been easier with SmartSlip