Insource Corporation, a Canadian leader in mailing & fulfillment, printing and packaging solutions, held a Meet, Eat and Learn Day on Wednesday, July 27 in downtown Toronto. This was another event in the Markham-Ontario-based company’s successful initiatives to bring the latest technology from today’s OEMs to printers “in their own backyards.”
The event featured seminars and demonstrations of some exciting new products from RISO by Andre D’Urbano, RISO’s National Sales Manager for Canada, who described the unique features and benefits of the RISO ComColor FW5230 and ComColor X1 Series. The Breakfast Seminar began at 7:30 am and the Lunch Seminar started at noon.
The FW5230 – a fifth-generation inkjet system from RISO – is aimed at corporate offices where some departments incur heavy print volumes, but it’s also ideal for traditional printing facilities such as in-plant graphics departments, based on its 120-page-per-minute printing speed in full colour. The highest-end X1 system on the market can hit speeds of up to 150 ppm in full colour.
“RISO remains as one of the only large vendors to supply a low-investment, cut-sheet inkjet engine,” said D’Urbano. “At drupa 2016, only a few vendors showcased cut-sheet inkjet systems for less than $1 million, whereas the RISO systems are priced well under $100,000 – typically between $30,000 and $90,000 depending on configuration. This is the way to go for anyone looking to test the inkjet market.”
During the seminar, D’Urbano also highlighted the no-heat advantages of inkjet printing relative to toner, which traditionally needs to fuse its toner images to paper at around 350 degrees Fahrenheit. “The no-heat process of inkjet provides not only significant uptime benefits, but also an ability to work with a greater range of applications – from NCR to envelopes to Tyvek materials, because there is no curling of materials from added heat,” he pointed out. “The FW series, for example, can print about 80 envelopes per minute for a cost of about $18 per 1,000 – and this means any size of envelope, including window envelopes.”
D’Urbano also referenced a range of InfoTrend studies about the growth of inkjet printing, including findings that colour inkjet devices accounted for more than one-third of all digital colour pages in 2014. According to InfoTrend’s 2013-108 Global Production Printing & Copying Market Forecast, U.S. and Western European digital production colour volumes totaled around 265 billion impressions in 2013 and will surpass 500 billion by 2018.
Also attending the event were Insource’s technical support team and reps from the printing trade media. Another special guest was Richard Mroczek from St. Bruno, Quebec, Field Development Services Specialist for paper supplier Appvion. Appvion creates product solutions through its development and use of coating formulations and applications. The Wisconsin-based company supplies thermal, carbonless, security, inkjet, digital, specialty and coloured papers.
“We’re extremely excited to once again bring the latest technology to printers close to where they work,” said Insource President Tim Wakefield. “We know how busy they are in their day-to-day duties and we’ll always respect their time. We have a long history of partnering with our clients and potential customers to help them succeed – and these types of events help us to achieve that very important goal.”
Insource brings RISO technology to downtown Toronto printers
