With budget cuts across Federal, state, and local government agencies, overall print volume in these markets is declining. Much like the private sector, there is a transition from print to electronic media. For applications that are printed, there is a steady migration from offset to digital technologies as run lengths get shorter and demand grows for on-demand printing. Unlike the private sector, though, the color adoption rate is not growing as fast. This may be due to the fact that is color is typically more expensive than printing in black and is considered a non-necessity when printing for hundreds of thousands or even millions of people.

Enter inkjet, a new print alternative for fiscal conservatives who still want reliable, versatile color printing capabilities in high volume production environments.

Because of the opportunity for government printers to capitalize on inkjet technology, RISO will deliver an educational presentation at the upcoming 2009 Digital Printing in Government & Higher Education Forum. This annual conference, produced by INTERQUEST, takes place at the Omni Shoreham in Washington, DC next Wednesday, November 4th. RISO is a platinum sponsor of this event. Two RISO customers, one from the Federal Government and one from a university, will also deliver presentations on digital print in their production environments.

RISO has had a long and favorable relationship with the US government, with installations in the US Postal Service, a US District Court, the US Department of Agriculture, several VA medical centers, Federal correctional institutes, FEMA, the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and numerous military installations.