RISO to highlight its green printing technologies at the sustainability

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DANVERS, Mass.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--RISO, Inc., a leading manufacturer of high speed color printers and duplicators , today announced that it will showcase itsenvironmentally-friendly printing solutions at the upcomingSustainability in Printing conference (June 18-20 in Philadelphia,PA). The conference is dedicated to exploring the latest trends andinnovations in the green printing industry and developing newmethods of bringing these exciting technologies to the market.During an afternoon session on June 20, David Murphy, VP ofMarketing for RISO, will lead a presentation on “ the benefits of inkjet over electrophotographic (EP) printtechnologies. ”
“ We are pleased to have the opportunity to share our technology andsome of our insight into the green printing industry at theupcoming Sustainability in Printing conference, ” said Murphy. “ RISO has a long standing commitment to sustainable printingsolutions as proven by our innovative printers and digitalduplicators, which have a lower environmental impact thantraditional printing technologies. ”
Taking place from June 18-20 at Doubletree Hotel Philadelphia, theIntertechPira's Sustainability in Printing conference will examine the trends across the printing supplychain: from material suppliers to publishing houses and how eachone is addressing the sustainability issue from their ownperspective. The conference will include presentations fromnumerous key industry leaders in the green printing industry. TheRISO presentation will detail the following benefits of inkjetprinting including how it: Reduces hazardous materials, thereby reducing environmentalcontamination; Lowers power consumption and minimizes the associated carbonemissions; Reduces e-waste and improves reliability and performance.
To demonstrate its commitment to green printing technologies, RISO has launched its "Live...Print...Save...GREEN"campaign. As part of this campaign, RISO recently announced apartnership with the Arbor Day Foundation to plant 100,000 treesover the course of the next four years. This effort is already infull swing with RISO providing trees to numerous existing customersand recently committing to plant 6,250 trees in Bighorn NationalForest in Wyoming.
In addition to being cost-efficient, RISO ’ s various printing products have a lower environmental impact thantraditional printing technologies, which in turn help customers toconserve energy, reduce waste, and utilize environmentally-friendlyfeatures such as soy-based inks. For example, RISO ’ s digital duplicators, which recently earned ENERGY STAR status fortheir low energy use, require as little as two amps electricalcurrent when producing copies, or less energy than three lightbulbs. In a recent study comparing electricity consumption, RISOdigital duplicators showed 95 percent cost savings over manytraditional toner-based copiers or MFPs.
To request more information about RISO ’ s complete suite of digital printing solutions or RISO ’ s environmental programs, call 1-800-876-7476.
About RISO, Inc.
RISO, Inc ., headquartered in Danvers, Massachusetts, is a wholly ownedsubsidiary of RISO Kagaku Corporation, Japan's leading manufacturerand distributor of production printers, digital duplicators andsupplies. RISO sells high-speed color and monochrome printingsolutions throughout the Americas. RISO's high-speed color printersprovide fast and affordable full color digital printing foreveryday communications, at speeds of up to 120 pages per minute.Its line of digital duplicators includes one- and two-color systemsthat reliably produce millions of copies, are environmentallyfriendly, and are easy and inexpensive to use.