Specifications

Ease of Use
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August 2009
RISO ComColor 9050
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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 e-
mail address directly onto the device.
POSTSCRIPT PRINT DRIVER
As with control panels and touch screens, print-driver
design can vary enormously from manufacturer-to-
manufacturer. And, as with control panels and touch
screens, how easy it is—or isn’t—to make selections in
the print driver and navigate through it can significantly
affect user productivity.
Most vendors provide an emulation of PCL (printer control
language) developed by the Hewlett-Packard Company.
Some may also provide an emulation of PostScript, which
was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated, or they
may license PostScript directly from Adobe. While the
Adobe PostScript driver is not the most user-friendly of
print drivers, the advantage is that many users are already
familiar with it. Alternately, some manufacturers may use
an emulation of PostScript and design their own print-
driver user interface, or may license PostScript from
Adobe and also design their own print-driver interface.
BERTL evaluated the RISO ComColor 9050 with the
external ComColorExpress IS900C Controller.
This first tab [Basic] shown above provides the most
frequently used features required for workgroup printing.
These include paper size, orientation, input tray selection,
paper type, and color output mode. Users also have the
option of choosing a quick print setting for simplex or
duplex printing.
The [Layout] tab provides users with the option of setting
the document layout, orientation, output size, imposition,
multi-up, binding margin, scaling and rotating.