<s>
Konica	B-Application
Minolta	I-Application
OpenAPI	I-Application
is	O
a	O
proprietary	O
API	B-General_Concept
communication	O
system	O
that	O
allows	O
software	O
application	O
developers	O
to	O
create	O
applications	O
that	O
communicate	O
with	O
Konica	O
Minolta	O
MFPs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Konica	B-Application
Minolta	I-Application
OpenAPI	I-Application
is	O
based	O
around	O
a	O
SOAP/XML	O
architecture	O
,	O
however	O
a	O
"	O
wrapper	O
"	O
to	O
abstract	O
the	O
SOAP	B-Application
messages	O
is	O
provided	O
to	O
allow	O
developers	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
.NET	I-Application
Framework	I-Application
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
wrapper	O
is	O
also	O
available	O
for	O
Mono	B-Application
,	O
with	O
no	O
significant	O
differences	O
to	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
wrapper	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
direct	O
SOAP	B-Application
interface	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
used	O
successfully	O
from	O
the	O
Java	B-Device
language	O
in	O
commercial	O
products	O
and	O
deployed	O
on	O
various	O
other	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
including	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
Novell	O
OES	O
2	O
and	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
being	O
a	O
SOAP	B-Application
based	O
technology	O
,	O
it	O
differs	O
from	O
a	O
traditional	O
Open	B-Application
API	I-Application
in	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
for	O
communication	O
between	O
an	O
application	O
and	O
an	O
MFPs	O
rather	O
than	O
two	O
web	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
Open	B-Application
API	I-Application
"	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
proprietary	O
technology	O
,	O
and	O
neither	O
is	O
it	O
an	O
Open	B-License
Source	I-License
system	O
,	O
nor	O
is	O
the	O
SDK	O
or	O
a	O
specification	O
of	O
the	O
interface	O
publicly	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Konica	B-Application
Minolta	I-Application
OpenAPI	I-Application
supports	O
most	O
new	O
Konica	O
Minolta	O
MFPs	O
between	O
the	O
speeds	O
of	O
20	O
and	O
75	O
pages	O
per	O
minute	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Not	O
all	O
models	O
are	O
supported	O
,	O
and	O
different	O
models	O
have	O
different	O
levels	O
of	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
API	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
this	O
,	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
API	B-General_Concept
is	O
able	O
to	O
query	O
the	O
supported	O
functions	O
and	O
version	O
levels	O
available	O
from	O
the	O
MFP	O
and	O
a	O
stated	O
goal	O
of	O
the	O
API	B-General_Concept
is	O
to	O
allow	O
communication	O
to	O
multiple	O
different	O
devices	O
,	O
without	O
the	O
concern	O
over	O
their	O
exact	O
model	O
-	O
as	O
such	O
,	O
backwards	O
compatibility	O
and	O
conformity	O
across	O
the	O
range	O
is	O
strongly	O
emphasised	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Application	O
developers	O
wishing	O
to	O
use	O
Konica	B-Application
Minolta	I-Application
OpenAPI	I-Application
should	O
contact	O
their	O
local	O
Konica	O
Minolta	O
office	O
.	O
</s>
