Specifications

Ease of Use
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RISO ComColor 9050
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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. While separate
long-life parts are more complex to install (i.e., separate toner
cartridges, imaging drums, transfer belts), they tend to cost
less than low- yield, all-in-one alternatives.
Toner Replacement
Changing the toner or imaging cartridge is a necessary task
that traditionally is avoided by some for fear of toner dust
leaking on clothing or hands. However, most units today offer
clean replacement of toner supplies, and there is very little risk
of toner leakage.
Clearing Paper Misfeeds
The main issue that office users attempt to avoid is the
removal of an occasional paper misfeed. As a general rule,
the faster a device engine, and the more paper handling and
finishing options it has, the more complex is the process of
removing paper misfeeds.
Common paper-misfeed sources involve the duplex unit and
poor loading of paper supplies. The position of the duplex unit
may be a major factor in the removal of many paper misfeeds.
How easy or difficult it is to load paper supplies can also be a
factor in the overall number of misfeeds that may occur
Loading Paper
It goes without saying that loading paper should be as easy as
possible, but sometimes this not the case. Among the factors
that affect ease-of-use are:
• The user should be able to load an entire ream (500
sheets) in a single step.
• Mechanisms such as corner separators and ramps in the
paper drawer can impede loading paper.
• The most critical factor involved in ease-of-loading paper
is automatic paper-size detection. Ultimately, the device
should be able to recognize the new paper size and reflect
it on its control panel/touch screen and across the network
in print drivers, printer-management software. Without
automatic paper-size detection, users must remember to
program-in the new paper size—something they often
neglect to do or do incorrectly. This can result in jobs
printed on the wrong paper size, backed-up job logs, etc.
Maintenance-Features Summar
y
Ink Cartridge Yield (CMYK) N/A
Ink Refill During Printing? No
User Replaceable Imaging Unit? Not applicable
User Replaceable Fuser Unit? Not applicable
User Replaceable Waste Container? Yes
User Replaceable Original/Paper Feed
Rollers?
No
LOADING MEDIA
Media Loading Checklist
Drop-in loading of a full ream of paper? Yes
Corner separators in paper trays? No
Spring-loaded ramps in paper trays? No
Geared media size side guides? Yes
Captured rear media guide?
Yes
Automatic paper size detection? Yes
The RISO ComColor® 9050 is equipped with three 500-
sheet paper drawers that can handle maximum media
weight and size. The media trays roll smoothly out on
metal drawer extensions with internal bearings.
BERTL found replacing paper in the trays to be a very
simple process. The user simply slides the captured rear
and side guides into place in order to alter its position in
the drawer.