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Pitney Bowes Announces U.S. Agreement with RISO to Offer Color Inkjet Printer
STAMFORD,
Conn. & DANVERS, Mass., Mar  2009 —-Pitney Bowes Inc. , the
world’s leading mailstream technology company, and RISO, Inc., a leader
in digital printing technology, announced an agreement in which Pitney
Bowes will offer RISO’s HC5500 color inkjet printer to customers in the
U.S. Ideal for mid and high-volume printing environments, the HC5500
complements Pitney Bowes’s portfolio of integrated printing and mailing
solutions to help organizations manage the production and flow of
documents and mail, and connect with customers.

The HC5500 works
in conjunction with a broad array of Pitney Bowes products, including
its mail management software and inserters, to form a complete
“print-to-mail” solution in a cut-sheet environment.”Our collaboration
with RISO is a natural fit with our integrated printing and mailing
solutions,” said Mark Pollack, vice president, marketing, U.S. Mailing
for Pitney Bowes. “The HC5500 offers our customers a high-speed,
low-cost color inkjet printing solution that can help increase
operational efficiency and convenience with the creation and printing
of documents in-house with a broad array of Pitney Bowes products.”

“In
today’s economy, organizations need to maximize productivity and
efficiency in their print production. The HC5500 combines affordable
color, high speed, and high reliability that results in low total cost
of ownership. With this printer, organizations can now afford to
convert their black and white documents to full color in order to
increase response rates and improve the overall appearance of their
communications. This product offers real and unique value to Pitney
Bowes customers,” said David Murphy, vice president of marketing for
RISO.

Utilizing RISO’s FORCEJET printing technology, the HC5500
is the world’s fastest sheet-fed color inkjet printer, running at 120
pages per minute, or 85 #10 envelopes per minute. The HC5500 is ideal
for anyone printing transactional or transpromotional documents such as
invoices, notices and personalized newsletters.

The printer can
handle duplex printing in normal mode up to 92 pages per minute. The
low-cost, small-footprint printer has a robust paper handling system
for volumes up to 500,000 pages per month. The no-heat system of the
HC5500 also offers increased reliability and up-time for post insertion
processes.

HC5500 systems are available with a stacking tray,
offset stacker or full finisher and options including a scanner system
and touch panel display. The standard IS700C ComColor Adobe  PostScript
3TM RIP can be enhanced with an Advanced or Professional package to
increase the color and variable data printing capabilities of the
HC5500.

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March 31, 2009 at 11:36 AM