Riso’s Printers Are Showcased In BC Hydro’s Power Smart e.Catalog

Submitted by Sara Johnson on Thu, 10/08/2009 - 13:07 * Riso Danvers, MA – October 8, 2009 – RISO, Inc., a leader in digital printing technology, announced today that its suite of high-speed ComColor inkjet printers and digital duplicators are featured in BC Hydro’s e.Catalog. The catalog showcases RISO’s entire ComColor series (9050, 7050, 7010, 3050 and 3010) along with its five duplicator models (MZ790, RZ990, EZ590, EZ390 and EZ220). As the third largest electric utility in Canada, BC Hydro serves customers in an area containing over 94 percent of British Columbia’s population. BC Hydro’s e.Catalog is a resource for businesses to find equipment that is energy efficient and environmentally friendly and includes products from multiple manufacturers. All printers that are chosen to be included in the e.Catalog must meet specific energy efficiency standards, used by the US Department of Energy (DOE) known as ENERGY STAR or the Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP). “We are so pleased that our ComColor inkjet printers and digital duplicators have been selected to be included in BC Hydro’s list of energy efficient technologies and we are thrilled that ours are the first printers of their kind to be featured there,” said David Murphy, vice president of marketing for RISO, Inc. “This list reinforces other tests and studies including the third party validation from Buyers Laboratory that RISO printers are energy efficient, environmentally friendly and use less energy than comparable models.” A study from Buyers Laboratory Inc., (BLI) measured RISO digital duplicators and inkjet printers against competing MFP models. The results proved that RISO’s digital duplicator models and the inkjet printer consume up to 95 percent less energy than conventional printing equipment and offer energy costs that are considerably less than the comparable model. Thus, providing users with potential cost savings of thousands of dollars in energy consumption over a five-year lease. RISO’s digital duplicators earned the ENERGY STAR rating for low energy use, requiring as little as two amps of electrical current when producing copies, or less energy than three light bulbs. RISO high-speed duplicators and inkjet printers are ideal for large copy volumes and offer flexible printing options, which accommodate the needs of companies of all sizes. Businesses and organizations are able to print what they need, such as flyers, newsletters, forms and outreach communications expediently and for a very low cost. RISO’s recently launched ComColor high-speed inkjet printers produce up to 150 color pages per minute (ppm) for about half of the operating costs of comparable toner-based production printers. Capable of producing up to 500,000 pages per month, applications include variable data envelopes, transactional documents, direct mail, and more. To request more information about RISO’s complete suite of digital printing solutions, call 1-800-876-7476. Visit RISO’s blog at http://risoprinter.blogspot.com. *