HOW MUCH COULD THE POWER OF PRINTING AUTOMATION HELP YOUR BUSINESS?
Businesses and organisations across every sector are looking at how automation can improve process efficiency, boost productivity, and get more from their resources.
Some of the more obvious examples would be automating digital workflows and data-driven analysis, aided significantly by the increasing availability of AI tools and platforms. In fact, you’re probably doing many of this yourself already.
But what about increasing automation for your physical tasks?
Take printing for example. From internal office use to large scale commercial printing, there are plenty of opportunities to increase the efficiency of producing printed materials.
64.7% of print firms say clients are requesting faster job turns[1]
Despite growing pressure from labour shortages and demands for faster, digital workflows, the 2025 Print Census[2] found that nearly half of printing service providers reported having no automation in place.
Ignoring this opportunity means leaving a raft of potential time, cost, and resource savings on the table. But when organisations think about print automation, the temptation is often to focus on print speeds alone. But it’s more nuanced than that.
Many of the biggest productivity gains can come from automating the various manual processes that surround the printing – especially at the commercial scale.
Running high volumes of folded, cut, stapled, or bound materials is a time-consuming job that can involve frequent intervention, and often encounters quality control issues.
These inefficiencies not only cost money in terms of resource and wasted materials, but they can also impact your relationship with clients who need fast, reliable turnaround for their printing jobs.
Automate your workflow and free up time and resources with RISO
At RISO, we don’t just offer high-quality colour printing at affordable prices. To help you save valuable time and resources, we also provide a wide range of printer accessories that integrate with our printers to automate tasks and boost efficiency.
From scanning to booklet-making, perfect binding, stapling and hole-punching, we can free your staff from mundane tasks, so you can concentrate on the more crucial facets of your company, and boost customer satisfaction.
Maximise your mailing productivity: The Straight Shooter Envelope Feeder is engineered specifically for RISO ComColor systems, helping you speed up mailing tasks.
- High-Speed Continuous Printing: Achieve speeds up to 7,200 envelopes per hour
- Uninterrupted Workflow: 400-envelope capacity hopper allows you to reload media without halting current print tasks
Hassle-free finishing: The Facedown Finisher and Multifunction Finisher extend the ComColor functions to offer a range of options to deliver distribution-ready documents and printed materials:
- Stapling: One corner or two position side stapling of up to 100 sheets
- Punching: Choose between 2- or 4-hole punch to match ring bound formats
- Booklets: A5 and A4 finished size folded and saddle stapled up to 80 pages
- Folding: Half-fold options include inward or outward A3 to A4 or A4 to A5
Scaling at speed: Meet tight deadlines for high-volume orders with High-Capacity feeders that help reduce the need for frequent paper replenishment and output collection.
By reducing manual touchpoints throughout the process, these accessories allow teams to focus on higher-value work while ensuring print operations remain efficient, scalable and cost-effective.
Improve your productivity and achieve operational excellence
As pressure continues to grow for faster turnaround times and greater operational efficiency, businesses can no longer afford to view printing as a standalone process. By combining high-speed printing with intelligent workflow automation, RISO helps organisations reduce bottlenecks, improve consistency, and free up valuable staff time for more strategic work.
To learn more about how we can help you become a more agile, productive operation that’s better equipped to meet customer expectations while keeping costs under control, contact our team to book a discovery meeting.
[1] PRINTING United Alliance, State of the Industry Report 2026