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Product History of the RISO Inkjet Printer
Product History of the RISO Inkjet Printer
In 2003, RISO debuted its first high-speed inkjet printer that employed industrial inkjet technologies for business use in the Japanese market. We expanded overseas in 2005, and since then have been continually advancing our capabilities. All RISO high-speed business printers are designed to support offices with fast, high-volume printing as well as outstanding performance and reliability.
2005
RISO HC5500 RISO HC5500

RISO HC5500

RISO commenced marketing high-speed inkjet printers around the world. The RISO HC5500 was an unprecedented business inkjet printer made to defy the conventional wisdom of high cost and low speed color printing - ultimately aiming to better familiarize businesses with color printing.
2009

ComColor

RISO introduced the ComColor series, the first generation, which provided higher productivity and image quality. Achieved a compact footprint with the multi functional finisher which enabled stapling, hole-punching and folding documents, as well as saddle stitch book binding.

ComColor ComColor

2013

ComColor X1

Launched the new ComColor X1 series. It realized revolutionary automated post-press solutions, including in-lined mailing and bookbinding functionality as well as high capacity feeding and stacking.
2016

ComColor FW

Launched the FW series. The FW series was a new lineup achieving high productivity and high functionality with a compact design to fit any workplace. The FW series was awarded Blue Angel eco-labels organized by the federal Environment Agency of Germany in 2016 due to the significant peformance of the series to reduce the total amount of volatile organic compounds emissions.

ComColor FW ComColor FW

2017

ComColor GD ComColor GD

ComColor GD

Launched the GD series with improved productivity and expandability, overtaking X1 series functionality. The series’ speed leads the world at 160 ppm for A4/letter simplex for a business inkjet printer. Enhanced image quality with five-color ink (black, cyan, magenta, yellow, gray), guaranteed reliability at high-speed.
2019

VALEZUS T2100

Taking production printing to new levels of output efficiency. Streamlined large-volume duplex cut-sheet printing. An ideal solution for production printing as an affordable entry into the market.

VALEZUS T2100
VALEZUS T2100

VALEZUS T2100

Taking production printing to new levels of output efficiency. Streamlined large-volume duplex cut-sheet printing. An ideal solution for production printing as an affordable entry into the market.
2020

ComColor FT

The FT series was launched improving its performance as the successor of the FW series. The print speed up to 140 ppm increased productivity and more advanced functionalities for offices and schools.

140ppm 4-COLOR 140ppm 4-COLOR

2022

A4 simplex 165ppm 5-COLOR A4 simplex 165ppm 5-COLOR

ComColor GL

Following in the footsteps of the GD series, the GL series also achieves a high output speed of 165 ppm A4 simplex, further increasing productivity.
For improved data processing speed and print quality, the GL series is ideal for high volume printing in printing businesses and in-house.

VALEZUS T1200

The VALEZUS T1200 has been added to the line-up, meaning VALEZUS brand production presses can handle an even wider range of transactional printing.

A4 simplex 165ppm 5-COLOR A4 simplex 165ppm 5-COLOR

VALEZUS T2200

Launched the VALEZUS T2200, the second generation of VALEZUS brand tandem print engine production press. Further improvements in speed and print quality have been achieved.

A4 Duplex 330ppm 5-COLOR
A4 Duplex 330ppm 5-COLOR

VALEZUS T2200

Launched the VALEZUS T2200, the second generation of VALEZUS brand tandem print engine production press. Further improvements in speed and print quality have been achieved.
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