Modern inkjet printers are breaking past their traditional limitations and challenging laser printers in high-volume printing environments.
Once considered slower and more costly per page, today’s inkjet technology, especially printers with advanced page-wide printheads, are busting long-held myths about performance. They now match, and in some cases surpass, color laser printers in speed, cost efficiency, and energy savings.
Why Inkjet is Faster Than Ever
Inkjet printers equipped with wide printhead arrays print an entire page in a single pass. This simplified printing process and path supports a wider range of media, even up to card stock. Because inkjet doesn’t use heated fuser rollers, pages remain flat, energy consumption drops, and operating costs decrease.
These innovations give high-volume inkjet printers impressive speed for utilities, insurance, healthcare, schools, churches, or non-profits needing pops of color. They are ideal for items such as newsletters, forms, bulletins, flyers, or envelopes when organizations need an affordable bridge between a basic color printer and outsourcing jobs to a large-scale production press.
"High-volume inkjet printers, such as those from RISO, excel when a business needs in-house, print-on-demand production,” said Josh Santos, Director of Graphic Communications at RJ Young. “By having the print devices in house, you can print what you need, when you need it. This eliminates rush fees, delays with creative changes, shipping, and the need for large inventory and storage space."
Balancing Cost and Quality
High-volume inkjet printers strike a medium balance between high-end quality and affordability for businesses that need good color but not necessarily photo-quality output.
- Upfront Cost: Inkjet printers generally cost less to purchase, making them attractive for small or medium-sized businesses.
- Cost Per Page (CPP): Historically, laser printers offered lower CPP due to efficient toner cartridges. Newer business inkjet technology with high-yield cartridges or ink tank systems now rival—and sometimes beat—laser printers on CPP.
- Reliable Performance: With fewer moving parts than a laser printer, a business inkjet printer may have less standard maintenance.
How Often Do You Print in Color?
Low-volume color printing: Lasers are always at the ready for printing color, ideal for occasional color or long timeframes between color jobs.
Frequent color printing: Business Inkjet devices shine when producing regular, higher-volume color, especially for organization looking to bring their printing in-house to improve efficiency.
RJ Young + RISO: Powering Affordable Speed
RJ Young has partnered with RISO to deliver a full lineup of high-speed, full-color inkjet printers—ranging from office-ready multifunction devices to mid-level and high-volume production systems.
RISO, long recognized for revolutionizing inkjet printing with digital duplicators, now brings their innovation and expertise to business-class inkjet printing. Two standout models highlight just how fast, efficient, and cost-effective this technology has become:
RISO ComColor FT5230
A versatile, office-focused multifunction printer delivering full CMYK color output at up to 120 ppm. It has a very compact footprint for a high-volume device and it runs on a standard 110 household-type plug. RISO’s FORCEJET printing technology uses oil-based pigment ink resulting in clear and cold output that is instantly dry and ready for finishing.
RISO Valezus T2200
A cut-sheet production powerhouse producing up to 330 ppm in color or monochrome. With the capacity to handle over 2 million pages per month, it offers massive output in a compact, energy efficient footprint.
Making the Right Choice
Laser printers have long been seen as the standard for cost-efficient in-house printing, but the performance of modern inkjet printers has advanced dramatically. Today, the right choice depends on your business’s specific needs rather than outdated assumptions.
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