What is
RISOGRAPH
Printing?
The Risograph printer is a digital duplicator that prints one colour at a time and building up layers of colour to create your finished artwork – Think screen printing meets photocopying.The risograph machine itself looks similar to a photocopier, however rather than using regular printing ink or toner, it uses a large drum of soy-based ink to print your image.
Each risograph drum has a unique colour ink, and printing in multiple colours is achieved by swapping drums in and out of the machine and printing layers on top of one another. A separate file is required for each colour of your print, as a result. These colours are unique to risograph printing, producing results different to regular digital printing, with a number of options such as fluorescents and metallics available.
We can print posters, flyers, zines, books and more. Risograph printing is suited to printing in multiples. As most of the cost of printing is in the set-up, printing is more cost effective when printing with fewer colours, and printing in larger quantities. We can print individual prints, but recommend printing at least ten copies for prints, or 50 copies for books and zines. Read our print guidelines below for more details on Riso's capabilities.
Read on for full print guidelines. Or
OUR
COLOURS
We currently have ten colours for our riso.
These are:
#000000
Green
#00a95c
Fluorescent Orange
#ff7477
Metallic Gold
#AC936E
#3255a4
Aqua
#5eC8e5
#ff48b0
Blue
#0078bf
Yellow
#ffe800
Bright Red
#f15060
Fluorescent Yellow
#f7ff00