"Treat the earth well; it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children."                                     -Ancient American Indian Proverb

Why Choose the EcoCopier

FASTER - Efficiency is all about having the speed when you need it and energy to spare. Get more work done in less time! EcoCopiers are the fastest on the planet yet only use as little as 40% of the power than that of a conventional copier of half the speed. Ultra-swift processing from the IS900C RIP delivers variable data with deadly accuracy.

LEANER - Efficiency is having all your needs met in one compact versatile package. These All-in-One units do it all! EcoCopiers preserve your ink with the unique ComColor colour processing, designed to minimise ink coverage while maximising the impact of your printing and, most importantly, save you money with the lowest cost colour printing available today.

TOUGHER - Efficiency is having a robust design that will not only last but grow to meet any future challenges head on! EcoCopiers conserve your time with a high service cycle which guarantee minimal downtime, while meeting the toughest demands of any environment. Fast drying pigment inks are fade and moisture resistant, which means durable lasting prints.

GREENER - Efficiency is quite simply no longer an option when it comes to the environment - it's a must! No organisation, big or small, can afford wastefull methods anymore! EcoCopiers have been developed adhering strictly to the environmental policies respected worldwide and are all ENERGY STAR rated. In all of it's manufacturing operations, RISO deals almost exclusively with suppliers that have qualified under internationally recognised Environmental Management Systems such as the ISO14001. Riso launched the "RISO Environmental Charter" and the "RISO Environmental Protection Principles" a far back as 1996 and 1998 respectively. Riso Kagaku Corporation is itself ISO14001 certified and conducts regular audits aimed at EMS improvements and retention of their certification.

The Facts

• Producing the extra electricity used up when running a typical laser driven copier instead of an EcoCopier would require the burning of at least 15 additional tons of coal and consume an additional 24,000 liters of fresh water during the useful life of the machine. Coal produces the most CO2 for the amount of energy we get from it. Offsetting those carbon emissions would require the planting of 5 trees every 3 months for 5 years which, in turn, would require over 100,000 litres of fresh water to nurture and maintain the trees.
• The typical medium to high volume Multi-Functional Printer uses two and a half times as much electricity as all the lights in the average small household on any given day!
• If 50% of the copiers in the category of 45-90 prints per minute purchased in 2009 alone were replaced with EcoCopiers it would save 35,000 trees over the next 5 years. That's enough to cover the area of 100 city blocks in downtown Johannesburg!