RISO's Digital Duplicator Product Line Honored with Two of BERTL's Best 2008 Awards

RISO's EZ Series named "Best Cost Effective Duplicator Series" and
"Best Digital Duplicator for the Office and Educational Market"
DANVERS, Mass.--(Business Wire)--
RISO, Inc., a leading manufacturer of high speed color inkjet
printers and duplicators, today announced that its EZ series of
digital duplicators received two of BERTL's Best 2008 Awards. BERTL, a
leading independent testing facility for digital imaging devices and
workflow solutions, created the Best Awards to recognize the most
innovative and highest quality products in the printing industry. As
part of BERTL's 13th Annual Awards, the RISO EZ series was named "Best
Cost Effective Duplicator Series" and "Best Digital Duplicator for the
Office and Educational Market."

"We are very proud to be recognized twice by such an independent
and leading organization as BERTL," said David Murphy, Vice President
of Marketing for RISO, Inc. "Our digital duplicators have a history of
offering our customers a better, more efficient alternative to
traditional photocopying. Industry-wide accolades such as these awards
from BERTL for our recently launched EZ series demonstrate that not
only are our new products continuing this tradition, they are setting
the benchmark for other printing technologies in the industry as
well."

With their adaptability and easy-to-use design, RISO's digital
duplicators reduce operating and capital costs, which have earned the
entire product line the distinction of an ENERGY STAR rating for low
energy use. The EZ models are designed to meet the needs of
organizations that require versatile spot color and monochrome
printing while also being cost-effective. Hundreds of thousands of
customers currently use RISO digital duplicators as production
printers in high volume environments.

About RISO, Inc.

RISO, Inc., headquartered in Danvers, Massachusetts, is a wholly
owned subsidiary of RISO Kagaku Corporation, Japan's leading
manufacturer and distributor of production printers, digital
duplicators and supplies. RISO sells high-speed color inkjet and
monochrome printing solutions throughout the Americas. RISO's
high-speed color inkjet printers provide fast and affordable full
color digital printing for everyday communications, at speeds of up to
120 pages per minute. Its line of digital duplicators includes one-
and two-color systems that reliably produce millions of copies, are
environmentally friendly, and are easy and inexpensive to use.

About BERTL

BERTL(R) Inc. is the source for objective, independent product
evaluation reports and comparative analyses on digital imaging devices
and workflow solutions. BERTL's evaluation reports, customer
satisfaction research, awards and product ratings are undertaken
entirely at BERTL's expense for the benefit of its international
subscriber base.

At all times, BERTL's primary focus is the end user. Covering all
major digital imaging manufacturers, BERTL publishes the world's most
extensive Web site of evaluation reports, comparisons data, vertical
market research, news and more on copiers, printers, MFPs, production
and workgroup scanners, fax machines, color and production equipment
and wide format devices. BERTL reports, research and other industry
informative services are available in a range of specialized
subscription services. To learn more about BERTL, visit www.BERTL.com
or telephone 1.732.761.2311.

RISO, Inc
David Murphy, 978-739-3687
dmurphy@riso.com

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