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RISO ComColor

9050

150-ppm Monochrome; 150-ppm Color

Print ▪ Copy ▪ Scan

Key Buyer Benefits

 Heatless, non-impact printing method uses only 1,000 watts when printing, saving both the environment and

money spent on energy bills

 Extremely cost effective – average costs are less than a half cent per monochrome page and less than three

cents for color pages

 Network scanning of up to 40 opm at 600 dpi

 No slow-down for duplex printing – prints the same speed in duplex as it does in simplex

 Multi-function finishing provides a large array of booklet-making options such as punching, stapling, stitching,

folding, and arranging documents

 8.5-inch LCD Touch Screen designed for maximum readability and easy navigation

 Three drawers accommodate paper sizes up to 11” x 17”, plus a 1,000 sheet standard tray for a total of 2,500

sheet input

 Line smoothing eliminates jagged edges

 Gamma controls allows user to adjust contrast and color density of images that may be ill-defined, too dark, or

two light

 Can cluster five printers together (with one as the master printer) to automatically allocate print jobs for top

efficiency

 Energy Star qualified, contains no destructive halogens such as chlorine, fluorine, iodine, or bromine,

motherboard/cables/wires.

 Very small footprint: less than 48” wide and 41” high

 Standard hard drive capacity of 160 GB

Summary of content (39 pages)

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RISO ComColor®9050 150-ppm Monochrome; 150-ppm Color Print ▪ Copy ▪ Scan Key Buyer Benefits Heatless, non-impact printing method uses only 1,000 watts when printing, saving both the environment and money spent on energy bills Extremely cost effective – average costs are less than a half cent per monochrome page and less than three cents for color pages Network scanning of up to 40 opm at 600 dpi No slow-down for duplex printing – prints the same speed in duplex as it does in sim
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August 2009 RISO ComColor 9050 www.BERTL.com What’s Inside Table of Contents BERTL Galaxy Star Rating .................................................................................. 3 Introduction .......................................................................................................... 4 Device Overview ....................................................................................... 4 Device General Specifications ................................................................
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August 2009 RISO ComColor 9050 www.BERTL.com What’s Inside Table of Contents (Cont.) Security ............................................................................................................... 37 Security-Features Summary ................................................................... 37 What We Liked ....................................................................................... 37 Summing Up........................................................................................
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August 2009 RISO ComColor 9050 www.BERTL.com Introduction “Many industry observers say that the future of production printing is inkjet [and] RISO provides that breakthrough,” said RISO President Todd Deluca, “with our unique and powerful ComColor high-speed inkjet printers.” In June 2009, RISO Inc. introduced the ComColor series, which RISO claims to be among “the world’s fastest cutsheet inkjet printers.” These printers are supposed to be not only fast, but durable, space efficient, and eco-friendly.
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August 2009 RISO ComColor 9050 www.BERTL.com Print BACKGROUND First Page Out Time (seconds) Printing passed copying as the primary method of reproducing documents years ago. Today, printing is just as important—if not more important—than copying. Connectivity Most devices include Ethernet and USB connectivity outof-the-box. Some devices include parallel connections. In addition, many devices provide a selection of optional connectivity choices such as Wireless 802.
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August 2009 RISO ComColor 9050 www.BERTL.com Print Simplex GDI Print Productivity Black-and-White Text – Normal Mode (Pages Per Minute) Simplex PS Print Productivity Black-and-White Text – Normal Mode (Pages Per Minute) SETS SETS PAGES 1 3 5 10 20 30 40 50 PAGES 1 3 5 10 20 30 40 50 1 4.9 13.9 21.8 38.0 60.7 75.7 86.4 94.4 1 3.8 10.8 17.1 30.8 51.1 65.5 76.2 84.6 2 9.5 25.4 38.0 60.7 86.4 100.6 109.7 115.9 2 7.4 20.1 30.8 51.1 76.2 91.2 101.2 108.
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August 2009 RISO ComColor 9050 www.BERTL.com Print WHAT WE LIKED Simplex GDI Print Productivity Color Graphics – Normal Mode (Pages Per Minute) • SETS PAGES 1 3 5 10 20 30 40 50 1 3.8 10.8 17.0 29.8 47.6 59.5 68.0 74.3 2 7.5 19.9 29.8 47.6 68.0 79.2 86.4 91.4 3 10.8 27.5 39.7 59.5 79.2 89.1 95.0 98.9 4 14.0 34.0 47.6 68.0 86.4 95.0 100.0 103.2 5 17.0 39.7 54.1 74.3 91.4 98.9 103.2 106.0 6 19.9 44.6 59.5 79.2 95.0 101.8 105.5 107.9 7 22.
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August 2009 RISO ComColor 9050 www.BERTL.com Copy BACKGROUND Nearly all multi-functional systems on the market today provide digital copying, while many desktop printers offer it as an option. Despite the fact that many devices provide a wide range of digital-copying capabilities, from image manipulation to page insertion, most typical copy jobs actually consist of a single set of a simplex document that is five pages or less, with no finishing, and no imagequality manipulation.
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August 2009 RISO ComColor 9050 www.BERTL.com Copy Users can control all of the copy settings from this screen. Options include Color Mode, Reproduction Size, Feed Tray, Originals, Scanning Level, and Duplex/Simplex. Above and below: Users can register up to 4 frequently used functions to the direct access area of the [Basic] screen or up to 16 functions to the [Selections] screen. Copyright © 2009 BERTL Inc.
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August 2009 RISO ComColor 9050 www.BERTL.com Copy Users can configure the staple and punch settings with optional multifunctional finisher directly from the control panel. Within the Color Mode setting users can select the [Auto] setting which is designed for documents with a mixture of color and black-and-white pages, the auto color mode senses the presence or absence of color and controls ink usage to reduce ink consumption and save cost.
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August 2009 RISO ComColor 9050 www.BERTL.com Copy Copy Job Time # of originals MONOCHROME MODE Time In Seconds CPM 10 1 sided to 1 sided 14.00 42.9 10 1 sided to 2 sided 20.00 30.0 10 2 sided to 1 sided 29.50 20.3 10 2 sided to 2 sided 33.00 18.2 COLOR MODE The ComColor 9050 offers users the ability to stamp the page number and date on the header or footer. 14.00 42.9 10 1 sided to 2 sided 20.00 30.0 14.00 42.
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August 2009 RISO ComColor 9050 www.BERTL.com Copy Duplex Black-and-White Copier Productivity (Pages Per Minute) SETS Duplex Color Copier Productivity (Pages Per Minute) SETS Pages 1 3 5 10 20 30 40 50 Pages 1 6.0 14.4 20.0 28.2 35.6 38.9 40.9 42.1 1 2 3 4 1 3 5 10 20 30 40 50 6.0 14.4 20.0 28.2 35.6 38.9 40.9 42.1 10.7 22.2 28.2 35.6 40.9 43.0 44.1 44.9 14.4 27.0 32.7 38.9 43.0 44.5 45.4 45.9 17.5 30.3 35.6 40.9 44.1 45.4 46.0 46.4 2 5.3 22.
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August 2009 RISO ComColor 9050 www.BERTL.com Copy per copy environment will save money as the click will now be charged as a monochrome click and not a color click. Document-Finishing Penalty # of originals Finishing Selection Time In Secs 1 Set Time (Secs) Penalty Per Set (Secs) 10/5 Corner Staple 23.00 11.40 -0.52 10/5 Side Staples 25.00 11.80 -0.22 8/5 Saddle-Stitch Booklet 40.00 14.80 0.08 10/5 Covers and Inserts 48.00 16.40 0.
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August 2009 RISO ComColor 9050 www.BERTL.com Image Quality THE BERTL DTP BOOKLET BERTL’s production-printing analysts ran a broad range of tests in order to evaluate all aspects of image quality and functionality using a hand-picked selection of standard test targets and scientific matching charts. BERTL also produced copies of the 32-page BERTL Digital Test Portfolio (DTP) that contains a variety of text, lines, gradations and synthetic images printed onto a variety of substrates.
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August 2009 RISO ComColor 9050 www.BERTL.com Image Quality Page 5 Coated Body Page 5 is used for graphic applications as well as a sample of the ability to print lighter solid colors at 100 percent in full bleed. The background is a red composite mix of magenta, yellow and black. The BERTL logo is a lighter red mix of magenta and yellow, and positioned down the right hand edge of the page. All text is outlined with a 1 pt. white line.
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August 2009 RISO ComColor 9050 www.BERTL.com Image Quality Page 15 Coated Body N4 Wine and Tableware from ISO 12640 Graphic technology – Prepress digital data exchange – CYMK standard color image data (CYMK/SCID). Image in both color and grayscale of glassware and silverware used to evaluate the reproduction characteristics of highlight tones and neutral colors.
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August 2009 RISO ComColor 9050 www.BERTL.com Image Quality Pages 23-24 Coated Body imageXpert Printer 600 dpi Target Version 5.1 consists of various sizes of negative and positive lines, negative and positive dots, solid areas, negative and positive text, and color gradations. Used to evaluate negative and positive dot and line control. Page 25 Coated Body BERTL test chart that consists of various widths of negative text and negative and positive lines intersecting at various angles.
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August 2009 RISO ComColor 9050 www.BERTL.com Image Quality BERTL DTP BOOKLET IMAGE QUALITY Print Halftones The RISO COMCOLOR® 9050 is not designed to generate beautiful glossy finished documents with color matching capabilities. Depending on the type of paper used users can expect to generate very decent image quality. However, this device is designed for applications where the output is disposable and used for a short period of time.
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August 2009 RISO ComColor 9050 www.BERTL.com Image Quality an indication of the device’s ability to produce gradients and halftones and maintain a clean edge with curved fine lines. The most extreme portion of the dot quality evaluation is the ability of the device to print both negative and positive 1- and 2-pixel dots.
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August 2009 RISO ComColor 9050 www.BERTL.com Image Quality sheet registration was ~0.3 mm vertically and ~0.5 mm horizontally. COLOR REGISTRATION WHAT WE LIKED Many elements of BERTL’s DTP are designed to address the evaluation of color registration. Grids composed of colored lines are used to evaluate color trapping of intersecting lines. A series of negative and positive multicolored elements are used to evaluate color dot placement and minute color transitions.
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August 2009 RISO ComColor 9050 www.BERTL.com Ease of Use ACCESSIBILITY In the United States, Section 508 legislation prohibits government agencies from purchasing devices that are not accessible to those with physical impairments. For this reason—and the corporate world’s increased focus on delivering a better work environment for all—many manufacturers are increasingly providing more userfriendly features for physically-impaired users.
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August 2009 RISO ComColor 9050 www.BERTL.com Ease of Use PROGRAMMING THE CONTROL PANEL Visit a few manufacturers’ showrooms, and you will see a wide range of control panels and touch screens. The most rudimentary consist of a selection of hard keys and an LCD screen that can often be challenging to navigate. On the other hand, some control panels that utilize hard keys and LCD screens can actually be easier to use than touch screens.
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August 2009 RISO ComColor 9050 www.BERTL.com Ease of Use WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE • BERTL found the RISO ComColor® 9050’s control panel very easy to use. • We would have liked to have seen support for LDAP embedded in the device to support users how perform scan to email. However, RISO has a tool which they have developed that allows administrators to import email address directly onto the device.
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August 2009 RISO ComColor 9050 www.BERTL.com Ease of Use The [Trays] tab provides users with the option of selecting the paper tray to be used when printing. Users have the option of selecting the input tray, tray selection per page, paper type and mixed output size among other options. From the [Finishing] tab users can utilize the finishing tab to take full advantage of the ComColor 9050’s full array of finishing options, such as binding, stapling, punching, folding, etc. Copyright © 2009 BERTL Inc.
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August 2009 RISO ComColor 9050 www.BERTL.com Ease of Use The [Annotation] tab allows users to add header and footer text to output data when printing. The [Shifting] tab provides adjustments for the vertical and horizontal margins of the original images to be printed. Copyright © 2009 BERTL Inc. The [Workflow] tab is used to configure the output destination of the original data, output operation and notification method which is used to send a job status email message to a specified email address.
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August 2009 RISO ComColor 9050 www.BERTL.com Ease of Use PCL PRINT DRIVER The [Options] tab allows users to register custom paper sizes in the printer driver. The first tab, [Basic] provides options such as color mode, portrait/landscape orientation, input and output paper size, paper source, zoom, and output destinations. The [Layout] tab provides settings for imposition, rotate, and image position. The [About] tab displays the print driver version information. Copyright © 2009 BERTL Inc.
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August 2009 RISO ComColor 9050 www.BERTL.com Ease of Use The [Image] tab provides options that give the user the ability to select whether to give priority to the image quality of photos or text in originals. The [Advance] tab consists of advanced settings used to program everything from job details, continuous output, watermark, stamp page/date, to PIN codes. The [Finishing] tab provides users with the ability to set collation and booklets settings for a specified print job.
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August 2009 RISO ComColor 9050 www.BERTL.com Ease of Use CLIENT UTILITIES In order to take best advantage of a device’s features and capabilities, clients need an efficient way to access and monitor the device. Indeed, an efficient device-management software system is critical in order for a client to take maximum advantage of a device’s feature set, be it a printer, scanner or multi-functional device.
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August 2009 RISO ComColor 9050 www.BERTL.com Ease of Use The [System] screen displays the serial number, used internal hard disk space, and other system information. Users can clean the ink head to prevent clogging by clicking on the function link and pressing the head cleaning hyperlink. COMCOLOREXPRESS IS900C CONTROLLER Users can easily set and change their login password directly from the RISO Console.
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August 2009 RISO ComColor 9050 www.BERTL.com Ease of Use • The IS900C external controller is a powerful and versatile print-production management platform. This PostScript controller will provide users with added capabilities for better management of complex PostScript print jobs. WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE • BERTL was very satisfied with the RISO ComColor® 9050’s client utilities.
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August 2009 RISO ComColor 9050 www.BERTL.com Ease of Use Maintenance-Features Summary ROUTINE MAINTENANCE Workgroup devices sold through retail and traditional IT distribution outlets usually are maintained by office workers who change the all-in-one cartridge units that encase the entire imaging system, including the toner cartridge. Units sold through resellers and dealers are usually maintained by office workers and/or trained service engineers.
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August 2009 RISO ComColor 9050 www.BERTL.com Ease of Use Routine maintenance is easily performed from the front of the device by opening the front cover doors. ADDING INK Above and below: Intuitively the device it will indicate to the user how to remove the jam directly from the control panel. Ink can be added to the RISO ComColor® 9050 by opening the front cover door of the device.
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August 2009 RISO ComColor 9050 www.BERTL.com Ease of Use WHAT WE LIKED • • • Ink cartridges can be replaced very easily. Misfeed access on the main unit and multifunctional finisher were very easy to correct. Users will not have any problems resolving any misfeed issues with the step-bystep instructions offered on the control panel. All routine maintenance is performed at the front of the device.
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August 2009 RISO ComColor 9050 www.BERTL.com Media Handling MEDIA INPUT MEDIA OUTPUT AND FINISHING Substrate (media, including paper) handling is a core requirement of every device. If a device cannot print a file on specific paper desired by the user, it hardly matters how fast the print engine is, or how many pages it can produce.
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August 2009 RISO ComColor 9050 www.BERTL.com Security BACKGROUND It seems high-tech security is never out of the news, with reports of information theft and hacking making headlines almost every day. And, unfortunately, by their very nature, network printers and multi-functional devices are security risks if not managed correctly. For instance, advanced network connectivity options open ports to hackers. Industry-standard Java and Web browser design elements are vulnerable to virus attack.
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August 2009 RISO ComColor 9050 www.BERTL.com Summing Up With the launch of the ComColor® series, RISO continues to maintain its mantra of providing the worlds fasted cut-sheet inkjet printers in the industry. RISO’s ComColor 9050 breaks down obstacles and opens up a new set of prospects for end-users who require high speed, color printing at a significantly low expense per page. This device is very well suited to meet the demands of growing businesses.
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August 2009 RISO ComColor 9050 www.BERTL.com About BERTL About BERTL BERTL Services The success of an organization depends on its ability to manage its information and assets. An effective workflow process requires the complex integration of information, devices, software, and people. Reports and Star Ratings BERTL analysts provide detailed reports on the technical and practical benefits of thousands of color and monochrome workgroup, office, graphic arts, and production devices.