RISO Inc.

The RISO Perfect Binder not only incorporates the benefits of inkjet technology and the production speed of the ComColor X1 series printers, but converts the system into a self-contained book manufacturing solution for both short-runs and high-volume production. RISO’s inkjet Perfect Binder solution prints books as thick as 300 sheets of 20-lb. bond—which meets or exceeds the production needs of most digital book printers.

After putting up with aging equipment for years, Printing Services at California State University at San Bernadino recently replaced its Challenge cutter with a Perfecta 76 HTVC, installed a new James Burn Lhermite DocuPunch to replace an old GBC Streampunch and added a new Standard Horizon system, including an SPF-200A stitcher/folder, an FC 200 face trimmer and a 10-bin air-fed VAC-100A collator.

Now in its 18th year, the On Demand Conference and Exposition tried something new this time when it moved south of the Mason-Dixon line to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Not everyone was happy with the results. Though some exhibits were packed at intervals, others were not so busy. Perhaps the absence of key companies like Xerox, Kodak, Presstek and Standard caused some potential attendees to skip this year's event. Or maybe D.C. was too far for the Northeast day trippers who attended previous years' shows in Philadelphia, Boston and New York.

Hot products for in-plants, including Riso's RZ series of digital duplicators, Mitsubishi Imaging's DP Series Specialty Media and the new Standard Horizon HT-80 three-knife trimmer includes advanced setup automation, among many others hot new products.

Braving single-digit temperatures (which he secretly enjoyed), intrepid IPG Editor Bob Neubauer traveled to Minnesota to visit the in-plant at the University of St. Thomas.

Always on the move, the On Demand Conference & Exposition will take place in Washington, D.C., next month for the first time. We asked some of the participants what they plan to have on display.

The Xplor Document University’s educational road show came to Philadelphia in November, and IPG attended the one-day seminar. Though rain and traffic took a toll on attendance levels, the five speakers gave interesting and thought-provoking presentations.

One technology that may be finding a home on your shop floor is inkjet printing. If the hopes and dreams of equipment providers play out, full-color inkjet presses may soon coexist alongside offset and electrophotographic systems.

Two-color printing had never been a problem for Tuomey Healthcare System’s two-employee Print Shop. Its Riso MZ790 digital duplicator did a great job printing two-color flyers, envelopes and other items needed by the Sumter, S.C.-based hospital. But Graphic Artist Lisa Reardon was ready to move beyond just two colors. “We’ve always wanted to do full color,” she says.

On November 4, the fourth annual Digital Printing in Government & Higher Education Forum took place in Washington, D.C.