RISO Signs Vendor Agreement with Sir Speedy, PIP Printing and Signal Graphics

DANVERS, MA—February 25, 2010—RISO, Inc., a leader in digital printing technology, announced today that its ComColor full-color high-speed inkjet printers are now available to Sir Speedy, PIP Printing and Marketing Services, and Signal Graphics franchisees under a special pricing agreement.

“This agreement enables Sir Speedy, PIP and Signal Graphics franchise owners to provide their customers with new and unique capabilities in digital color applications,” said David Murphy, RISO’s Vice President of Marketing. “With ComColor high-speed inkjet printers, Sir Speedy, PIP and Signal Graphics can offer an expanded range of color services, including personalized full-color envelopes, letters, cards, transactional documents, and other low-cost variable data print materials at costs and turnaround times not available from other print service providers.”

Printing up to 150 ppm, ComColor inkjet printers are the fastest cut-sheet printing systems on the market. Easily handling volumes of up to 500,000 pages per month, ComColor’s no-heat imaging system offers increased reliability, reliability, and low operating costs.

“The high speed and VDP versatility of RISO’s ComColor inkjet printers will help expand our offerings to our customers,” said John McNew, manager of vendor relations for Franchise Services, parent company of the Sir Speedy, PIP and Signal Graphics brands. “Our franchise locations already offer a broad range of printing and marketing services to our business customers. With the ComColor printers, we are able to expand the range of printing and marketing services we can provide while meeting our customers’ needs for fast turnarounds.”

Acting as RISO’s coordinating representative for this agreement is the Witt Company, one of RISO’s largest and most tenured authorized dealers. Through this special national account relationship, the Witt Company will assist in facilitating each Sir Speedy, PIP, or Signal Graphics acquisition of RISO’s ComColor printing systems. For information about RISO’s high-speed digital color printers, call 1-800-663-3031 (ext 3) or http://us.riso.com.

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 high-speed inkjet printers and digital duplicators (previously called Risograph). RISO’s ComColor printers offer fast, affordable, environmentally friendly digital color at up to 150 ppm.

About Sir Speedy, PIP Printing and Marketing Services, and Signal Graphics
Sir Speedy, PIP Printing and Marketing Services, and Signal Graphics are owned by Franchise Services, Inc. the world's largest printing franchisor, which also operates MultiCopy in the Netherlands and TeamLogic IT, a network of computer consultation and managed services businesses. Sir Speedy, PIP, and Signal Graphics offer traditional printing, copying, and mailing services as well as Web-to-Print solutions, integrated direct marketing tools, promotional products, and more. Franchise Services’ worldwide printing network spans more than 600 locations in 13 countries. The company is based in Mission Viejo, California and can be reached at 
949-348-5400. For more information visit www.franserv.com.

About Witt Co.
Witt Company provides end-to-end solutions for digital document output, imaging, and storage. With offices in Washington, Oregon, and California, Witt Company is one of RISO’s largest and most successful dealers. The company has been an authorized RISO dealer since 1988.